The smoke has settled, critics have been temporarily silenced and the world has digested the historic resurgence and all around brilliant performances from LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. The pressure and suspense continues to mount, transcending into a best of 3 series with the Indiana Pacers that Lebron so eloquently stated will be "A dog fight".

The Heat's superstars addressed the physicality and recent up close altercations with Pacers forward Danny Granger before game 5.

"Whatever he's trying to do it's not working. He said he's not scared of Lebron and wants to let James know, well then I guess he's doing it for his own psyche. It's stupid" - James said

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The Miami Heat returned home Sunday after a victorious Game 4 against the Indiana Pacers and then proceeded to get right back to work on Monday in preparation for the all-important Game 5 that will be the pivotal point of the series.

Below are the unedited audio clips of Heat coach Erik Spoelstra and Heat players LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem breaking down the Game 4 victory and how they're preparing for Game 5...

Erik Spoelstra Heat practice 5/21/12

LeBron James Heat practice 5/21/12

Dwyane Wade Heat practice 5/21/12

Udonis Haslem Heat practice 5/21/12

After yesterday's historic performance by LeBron James and a huge comeback game from Dwyane Wade to lead the way for the Miami Heat victory in Game 4 over the Indiana Pacers, the crew here at PiM/HHH got together to collect our thoughts on the game and to look ahead in this series.

Topics discussed include: the triumphant return of the Wade of "old", will any of the supporting players give actual "support" to the Big 2 for the crucial Game 5 back in Miami, and what it will take to close out the series against the pesky Pacers.

Listen in as Diego Quezada, Mnelik Kilenm and myself discuss all things Heat in the latest edition of our podcast.

Enjoy!

Hot Hot Hoops Podcast: Heat vs Pacers mid-series report

The Miami Heat regained control of their Eastern Conference Semi-Final series on Sunday with their 101-93 win over the Indiana Pacers. The game began just as scary for Heat fans as the last two had gone, with Miami falling behind the Pacers 9-0. The Heat didn't score their first points of the game until the 7:41 mark of the 1^st quarter when LeBron James said ‘enough of this' and scored on an emphatic dunk off a nice feed from Mario Chalmers.

That was just the beginning of an amazing game for LeBron, who finished with 40 points, 18 rebounds and 9 assists to go with 2 blocks and 2 steals. To put that in perspective, in the last twenty years nobody has had even a 30-point, 18 rebound, 9 assist game in the playoffs. James carried the Heat for most of the first half, until Dwyane Wade finally began to look like the D-Wade we all know and love.

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