
The coveted league championship, the one LeBron James needs to validate everything, seemingly was vanishing. With 18,000 towel-waving fans roaring like the engines at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Indiana Pacers had knocked the Miami Heat to the floor and to the edge of elimination from the playoffs. James didn't panic. He simply picked up teammates and carried them to a victory. James scored 40 points, with 18 rebounds and nine assists, and Wade added 30 points — 22 in the second half — as Miami rallied to even its Eastern Conference semifinal series against Indiana with a 101-93 decision Sunday over the Pacers.







