The Indiana Pacers put on one of their most impressive performances of the year against the Miami Heat on May 17, taking a 2-1 lead in Eastern Conference semifinals with their 94-75 victory.

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Things didn't go as planned in the Miami Heat's last outing, and they'll try to get back on track when they visit the Indiana Pacers on May 17.

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The New York Knicks are home watching the rest of the 2012 NBA Playoffs. But I can't help but wonder how the Knicks would do against the Heat right now. Without Chris Bosh, the Heat lost Game 2 of their playoff series with the Indiana Pacers. The Heat looked vulnerable for the first time in the postseason. The Knicks could beat the Heat if they played today. And there are three key areas that would give the Knicks the edge.

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The Indiana Pacers shocked the Miami Heat on May 15, walking away with 78-75 win at the American Airlines Arena. With the win, the Pacers now have home court advantage for the remainder of the series, a position the Heat certainly didn't want to find themselves in.

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On Tuesday May 15, 2012, the Indiana Pacers defeated the Miami Heat 78-75 in Game 2 of the NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals. The series is now tied 1-1. It was a close game, but I saw three things that should concern Heat fans.

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The Miami Heat were able to impose their will against the Indiana Pacers on May 13, taking a 1-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semi-finals. They'll try to duplicate their success when the two teams meet again on May 15.

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Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh has a strained abdominal muscle and will be out indefinitely, the team announced Monday after an MRI exam confirmed the injury.

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The Miami Heat announced Monday morning that forward/center Chris Bosh is "out indefinitely" after suffering a lower abdominal strain on a second-quarter slam over Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert in Miami's 95-86 Game 1 win on Sunday. After driving from the right elbow and finishing with a left-handed slam over Hibbert late in the second quarter, Bosh fell to his knees on the floor of the AmericanAirlines Arena, reeling in pain. He exited the game and did not return, finishing with 13 points and five rebounds in just under 16 minutes of action. In six appearances this postseason, Bosh has averaged 14.7 points and 6.8 rebounds in 30.5 minutes per game for the Heat. Postgame speculation on Bosh's injury ran rampant ahead of a scheduled Monday MRI to determine its extent and severity. "You saw the look on his face ... you knew something was wrong there," Wade said, according to Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel . Without Bosh, Miami rallied from a six-point halftime deficit behind huge performances from stars LeBron James (32 points, including 16 in the fourth quarter, to go with 15 rebounds, five assists and two steals) and Dwyane Wade (29 points, including a 13-of-14 mark from the free-throw line, and four assists) to down Indiana and take a 1-0 lead in the series. [ Related: LeBron James' brilliant destruction of Pacers can't mask his maddening habits ] "Indefinitely" is a deliberately vague term befitting an injury that can be a harsh, tricky beast. Abdominal strains limit range of motion, sap explosiveness, screw with mechanics and make reaching or contesting on defense an awful chore, and players who try to come back from them too quickly can wind up injuring themselves much more seriously and for a much longer period. If the strain's minor enough, a player can be back on the court in a week; if it's a more significant strain, he might be sidelined for two months. Just how severe Bosh's strain is remains unclear. So does just how severely his injury impacts Miami, a team now experiencing its first serious medical bump in the road during a late-season run that has seen Eastern Conference foes in Orlando (Dwight Howard's back), Chicago (Derrick Rose's knee, Joakim Noah's ankle), Boston (Ray Allen's ankles, Paul Pierce's knee) and New York (the knees of Jeremy Lin, Iman Shumpert and Baron Davis) all suffer with health issues.

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Now that my beloved New York Knicks are out of the playoffs, I can concentrate on the other playoff series in the NBA. And I start with the seemingly unbeatable Miami Heat. On Sunday May 13, 2012, the Heat took a 1-0 lead against the Indiana Pacers. But it was a costly victory. The face of the Heat-Pacers series changed in one play.

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The Miami Heat got off to a good start in their first round series against the Indiana Pacers, walking away with the 95-86 victory on May 13.

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