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Looking forward, look for teams to evaluate players very publicly every time a suspension is on the table for the opposition, as it is in the case of Pittman. As for the hit itself, it's certainly possible he suffered injuries after Pittman's forearm shiver landed in the neck/jaw area and followed through into the collarbone.

Nobody was overly worried, but it's nice to see the all-clear come early on after Tuesday's loss. West will need to play much better than he did on Tuesday, after hitting just 5-of-13 shots for 10 points with four boards and not much else against Shane Battier and Co.

The Heat took control of the game about halfway through and were aided by Danny Granger's ankle injury, but the Pacers came out sloppy and Miami made things elementary by taking advantage of mistakes. Dwyane Wade scored 28 points on 10-of-17 shooting but still struggled from the foul line hitting 7-of-13 freebies, Mario Chalmers scored eight points and had a career-high 11 rebounds, Shane Battier was a spark early with 13 points and four treys, and Udonis Haslem gave 10 points and six boards along with a nasty foul on Psycho T. The Heat take a 3-2 lead into Thursday's Game 6.

Haslem was retaliating after Hansbrough committed a hard foul on Dwyane Wade, which included what may have been an intentional raking of Wade's eyes, too. Regardless, Haslem's foul didn't pretend to have any basketball purpose other than to inflict pain, and he's looking at a 50-50 chance (at best) of playing on Thursday.

Danny Granger's (day-to-day) ankle injury will be the hot topic for the Pacers heading into Game 6, and David West's sore knee, though less serious, will be lumped into that. This leaves Hibbert and his decided advantage underneath as a massive key to Indy's success, whether the rest of the frontcourt plays at 100 percent or not, and the perimeter guys will need to step up, too. George Hill (3-of-9 FGs, six points, one assist), Paul George (3-of-9 FGs, 11 points), Darren Collison (2-of-6 FGs, eight points), Dahntay Jones (1-of-8 FGs, five points), and Leandro Barbosa (3-of-10 FGs, six points) just aren't cutting it.

West was said to have an ankle injury by TNT, but all other reports have indicated it was his left knee that was the issue tonight. We'll let you know as soon as the issue is clarified, and one way or another he was cleared to return and would have if not for the blowout. Tyler Hansbrough and Lou Amundson are next up if West has trouble, and both are solid candidates to retaliate after a night of intentional hard fouls by the Heat.

Granger is being called "day-to-day," and that indicates he has a chance of playing in Thursday's Game 6. Dahntay Jones will pick up a lot of the slack if Granger cannot go, but it will take a total team effort to pick up his production on both sides of the floor.