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ATLANTA - The Indiana Pacers headed south Wednesday, finally carrying themselves with a swagger befitting the No. Nike Air Max 90 Sale . 1 seed. Now, they need to prove theyre really back on track — at a place where they havent had much success over the years. The Pacers evened the series against the eighth-seeded Atlanta Hawks with a dominating third-quarter performance in Game 2, stifling some of the incessant criticism the supposed best team in the East had endured after sleepwalking through the final seven weeks of the regular season and turning in a dismal performance in the playoff opener. Of course, the condemnation will start up all over again if the Pacers falter in Game 3 on Thursday night. Theyve got to keep their edge. "That was my point to them," coach Frank Vogel said after a practice in Indianapolis, before the team hopped on a 90-minute flight to Atlanta. "Weve got to maintain that." While a bit down about their most recent showing, the Hawks already accomplished their primary goal of the series — win a game on the road to steal away the home-court advantage. Besides, this team has endured plenty of adversity in recent years, from a massive overhaul that left Atlanta with almost an entirely new roster to the loss of top player Al Horford with a season-ending injury back in December. The Hawks may have lucked into the playoffs with the worst record of any qualifier (38-44), but theyve shown plenty of grit and teamwork to make up for their deficiencies. "Our group has been very, very resilient all year, very tough-minded all year," rookie coach Mike Budenholzer said after a film session with his players. "Ive felt good about this group all year, and I dont feel any differently now." The Hawks did plenty of good things in the first two games, winning the opener rather easily, 101-93, and positioning themselves to pull off another shocker when they built an 11-point lead in the first half Tuesday night. Suddenly, Indiana took control, outscoring the Hawks 52-27 through the rest of the half to the end of the third quarter, pretty much removing any doubt about the outcome when Paul George hit a long 3-pointer at the buzzer. "We had to prove our point," guard Lance Stephenson said. The Pacers have won only twice at Philips Arena since December 2006, a drought that included a 13-game losing streak stretching for more than six years. But Vogel was quick to point out that Indiana has won two of its last three games in Atlanta, including a series-clinching victory in last years playoffs. "Weve won three of our last four if youre counting the preseason," he added. Indiana struggled early on in Game 2, trying to get centre Roy Hibbert more involved in the offence. When that didnt work, the Pacers turned to more familiar weapons. George scored 27 points, knocking down five 3-pointers. Point guard George Hill sparked the offence with his slashing drives into the lane, scoring 15 points over the final two quarters after going scoreless in the first half. Luis Scola provided a huge spark off the bench, scoring 20 points on 9-of-14 shooting, most of them jumpers in the 18- to 21-foot range. "He hit a lot of shots," Budenholzer said. "Credit to him. Now the challenge for us is to make those shots harder and more difficult and more challenged." The Hawks also have to figure out a way to get their point guard, Jeff Teague, to play more like he did in Game 1 (a career playoff-high 28 points) than he did in Game 2 (14 points, just two coming in the second half). The 6-foot-9 George switched over to cover the quicker player and did a marvelous job, limiting the penetration that allows Teague to set up good looks from the outside. Atlanta went 10 of 29 beyond the arc, missing 11 in a row in one stretch as the Pacers seized control. "Paul George is a very good defender no matter who he guards," Budenholzer said. "Hes going to have an impact on the game." Fake Nike Air Max 90 . Onyshko, from Minnedosa, Man., will compete in artistic gymnastics while Hanet, from Kelowna, B.C., will compete in lawn bowling as a para-athlete. "It is exciting that our Canadian athletes are starting to arrive at the Games Village," said Chantal Petitclerc, Canadas Chef de Mission. Cheap Nike Air Max 90 . Patty Mills scored 15 points, Tim Duncan had 10 points and 11 rebounds in limited minutes, and San Antonio trailed for only 11 seconds late in the first quarter of a 103-90 victory over Portland on Wednesday night. https://www.cheapnikeairmax90china.us/ . They know how difficult it is to beat the San Antonio Spurs. George scored 28 points and Indiana defeated San Antonio 111-100 on Saturday night, snapping an 11-game skid against the Spurs.WASHINGTON - Justin Abdelkader and the Detroit Red Wings came out with a sense of urgency in the third period against the Washington Capitals.Abdelkader scored twice in the final 20 minutes to help the Red Wings rally for a 4-2 victory Wednesday night.Abdelkader broke a 2-2 tie when he took a drop pass from Pavel Datsyuk and beat Braden Holtby from the left circle at 10:34 for his fifth goal of the season. Detroit tied at 4:04 when Abdelkader scored off a Washington turnover he caused in the slot.I kind of jumped in and came in from up high there and got a good stick on the puck, Abdelkader said of the tying goal. The puck bounced loose there and I found a way to put it in the net.Datsyuk added a power-play goal in the final minute. Gustav Nyquist also scored — off an assist from Abdelkader — and Henrik Zetterberg had two assists. Jimmy Howard made 25 saves.We showed some good character there, falling behind in the second and coming out and playing extremely well in the third, Howard said.Troy Brouwer and Evgeny Kuznetsov scored for Washington, which has lost three of four.I thought we were good up until midway through the second period, maybe even to the end of the second period, but then we started taking a few chances, Brouwer said. Couple of needless turnovers.Alex Ovechkin failed to score a point for the fifth straight game, the longest drought of his career.Holtby stopped 18 shots and had an assist.Datsyuks goal ended a streak of 23 Detroit power plays without a goal.The top line of Abdelkader, Zetterberg and Nyqvist has accounted for 13 of the teams 22 goals this seasonThe Red Wings opened the scoring midway through the second period following a Washington turnover. Abdelkader got the loose pucck and fed Nyquist, who was alone in front of the net. Clearance Nike Air Max 90. Holtby made a pad save, but Nyquist banged in his own rebound for his fifth goal of the season.Their forwards backcheck hard. Theyre good at picking your pocket with a stick or picking off passes, Washingtons Matt Nikanen said about Detroits ability to generate turnovers.After the Capitals failed in their first three attempts against Detroits penalty killers, Holtby helped them break through.The Washington goalie sent a pass to Ward at the Red Wings blue line. Ward then fed a streaking Kuznetsov, who had gotten behind the defence and he beat Howard high to tie it.The Capitals took a 2-1 lead with 58 seconds left in the period when Brouwer one-timed John Carlsons pass home from the left circle.The Red Wings managed only three shots on goal in the first period.I dont think we were very good early, Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. They skated way better than us.A goal by Detroits Drew Miller was negated by penalty on Luke Glendening for goalie interference at 6:22. On the replay, it appeared Holtby tripped coming back from behind the net and wasnt touched by Glendening.Washingtons Jason Chimera went to the locker room with a broken nose after a hit by Brendan Smith early in the period. He later returned.NOTES: Ovechkin had gone without a point in four games four previous times. ... Prior to the national anthem, a photo of former Red Wings great Gordie Howe was shown on the scoreboard. Loud applause followed as the public address announcer conveyed the Capitals best wishes to Howe, who had a stroke Sunday. ... Capitals F Tom Wilson made his season debut after missing eight games while recovering from a broken left ankle. ' ' '