INDIANAPOLIS (AP) LeBron James scored 40 points, superstar sidekick Dwyane Wade added 30 - 22 in the second half - and Miami's dynamic duo took over after halftime to get the Heat even in the series with a 101-93 win over the Indiana Pacers in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Sunday.

With Chris Bosh injured and back in Florida, the James-Wade tandem saved the Heat, who will host Game 5 on Tuesday night at AmericanAirlines Arena.

James was at his MVP best, adding 18 rebounds and nine assists and refusing to let Miami's season slip away. Wade rebounded from the worst playoff game of his career, shaking off a 1 of 8 shooting start and adding nine rebounds and six assists.

Danny Granger scored 20 to lead the Pacers.

Down by 10 points in the third quarter, the Heat were in danger of having their championship dreams obliterated by an Indiana team outworking them at both ends and backed by a towel-waving fans.

James would have none of it.

And this time, Wade joined him.

Wade, who scored five points in Game 3 and yelled at coach Erik Spoelstra on the sideline during a third-quarter timeout in Miami's 19-point loss, came alive in the third when he made all six shots and scored 14 points. James added 14 as well in the period as the pair landed a 1-2 punch on the Pacers' chin.

Granger's 3-pointer had given Indiana a 61-51 and the Pacers, outhustling the Heat to loose balls, appeared poised to take a commanding lead in the series.

But that's when James and Wade put on a jaw-dropping spectacle, combining for all but two points in a 25-5 run that put Miami up 76-66.

During one sequence, Wade lost his balance and fell and was lucky to push the ball toward James near the top of the key. As Wade scrambled to his feet, James alertly passed him the ball and he calmly knocked down a 3-pointer to give the Heat a 64-63 lead. The pair made easy shots, tough ones and did everything in their power to steer Miami away from a 3-1 hole.

Only eight teams in league history have overcome a 3-1 deficit to win a best-of-seven series. That's what the Heat were staring at with a loss in Game 4.

The Heat took a 76-70 lead into the fourth, and every time Indiana got close, either Wade or James responded.

Miami also got a huge lift down the stretch from Udonis Haslem, who hasn't been a factor in the series but made four big jumpers in the final six minutes despite playing with a large bandage over his right eye after being elbowed by Indiana's Tyler Hansbrough.

Granger's 3-pointer got the Pacers within 96-91 with 1:33 left, but Haslem hit another short shot and James closed the Pacers out with three free throws in the last 16 seconds.

Leandro Barbosa dropped a layup just before the horn to give the Pacers a 54-46 lead at halftime, closing a second quarter that included another altercation involving Granger.

Wade was fouled hard on a drive with 12.6 seconds left by Hibbert. After the whistle, Miami's frustrated star slapped off the Indiana center's arm after the two got tangled. Granger didn't like that and he confronted Wade nose-to-nose in the foul lane.

Wade turned to one official and pleaded to ''get him out of my face.''

Granger was slapped with a technical foul for the second straight game, and as Wade lined up to shoot his free throw, Indiana's forward kept jawing at him.

''I'm right here,'' Granger said, standing near mid-court.

Wade got the message, and he and James returned one of their own in the third.

His team's dynamic disrupted without Bosh, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra changed his starting lineup for the fourth time in four games, putting Ronny Turiaf at center and starting Shane Battier up front with James for the second straight game. The switch did nothing to stop the Pacers from getting off to another strong start.

Indiana was up 9-0 in a blink and led 19-11 after Granger dropped a 3-pointer.

James, though, got things going for the Heat and had them within 25-18 after one, a deficit that could have been much worse if not for the Pacers missing several wide-open 3-pointers.

NOTES: The national anthem was performed on harmonica by 85-year-old Carl Erskin, who pitched for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1948-59. Erskin is an Indiana native. ... James passed time before the game reading ''Hunger Games'' in the Heat's locker room. ... Heat owner Micky Arison was asked for his autograph by several fans sitting near the Miami bench. ''You must be desperate,'' he cracked.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Bob Boozer, a member of the dominating 1960 Olympic basketball team who went on to star in the NBA, has died of a brain aneurysm. He was 75.

Ella Boozer said Sunday that her husband died Saturday afternoon an Omaha hospital. He had become ill Friday night while having dinner with friends, she said.

Boozer was a two-time All-American at Kansas State in 1958-59 and played 11 years in the NBA after the Cincinnati Royals drafted him No. 1 overall. The 6-foot-8 forward retired after winning the 1971 NBA championship with the Milwaukee Bucks.

He played with Jerry West, Oscar Robertson and Jerry Lucas on the gold medal winning 1960 Olympic team and went on to average 14.8 points and 8.1 rebounds for six professional teams.

''Bob always said that he got everything you could have ever gotten from playing basketball,'' said Ella Boozer, his wife of 46 years.

Boozer and his teammates on the 1960 Olympic team were inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010. The star-studded squad won eight games by an average of 42.4 points, and 10 of them played in the NBA.

Born and raised in Omaha, Boozer blossomed into a three-time all-conference pick and a two-time All-American at Kansas State. He averaged 21.9 points for his career, and his 25.2 points a game as a senior is second in school history to Michael Beasley's 26.2 points in 2007-08. Boozer led the Wildcats to the NCAA Final Four as a junior, and as a senior he helped K-State to a No. 1 ranking in the final regular-season poll.

Boozer delayed entering the NBA for a year so he could retain his amateur status for the Olympics. He averaged 6.8 points for the American team that beat Brazil 90-63 for the gold medal in Rome.

Ella Boozer said her husband took delight in good-natured arguments about whether the 1960 Olympic team was better than the 1992 ''Dream Team,'' which included Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Charles Barkley. She said Bird joked with Boozer about how the '60 Olympians had to swim across the Atlantic Ocean to get to Rome and had to live on a dollar day.

The Chicago Bulls selected Boozer in the 1966 expansion draft, and he averaged 20.4 points and 8.7 rebounds in three seasons with the team. He made his only All-Star appearance in 1968 while with the Bulls. He played with Robertson and Lew Alcindor while winning the '71 title with the Bucks.

He returned to Omaha after his playing days and worked as an executive for the telephone company. He was appointed to the Nebraska Parole Board in the 1990s and volunteered at Boys Town, the home for troubled youth.

Ella Boozer said her husband had been in good health before he fell ill while having dinner with friends on Friday evening. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where the aneurysm was discovered. Ella Boozer said she and her son decided to take him off life support Saturday afternoon.

Funeral arrangements were pending.

LOS ANGELES (AP) Nothing was going to rattle the calm, cool and collected Spurs. Not even a 24-point deficit.

Tim Duncan scored 19 points, helping engineer a defining 24-0 run in the third quarter, and San Antonio defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 96-86 on Saturday to take a commanding 3-0 lead in their second-round playoff series.

''We didn't plan on being down that much,'' said Duncan, who at 36 is hungry to win the team's fifth NBA championship and first since 2006-07. ''We stuck with it.''

Led by Tony Parker's 23 points and his defense on an ailing Chris Paul, the Spurs kept running their plays even as Blake Griffin's early offensive assault buried them in a huge hole. Griffin missed three shots in the first half, when he scored 20 points and carried his team to a 24-point lead despite a left hip injury and a sprained right knee.

''They came out like we expected, very strong. Blake was making crazy shots,'' Parker said. ''We just took our time. It's a long game, a very long game. At halftime, we were very calm.''

Griffin had 28 points and 16 rebounds, and reserve Mo Williams added 19 points for the Clippers, who face some daunting NBA history heading into Game 4 on Sunday at Staples Center. No team has rallied from a 3-0 deficit to win a series.

''If we don't play with that sense of urgency, it's not going to be pretty,'' Griffin said.

The Clippers played a must-win Game 7 in the opening round on the road at Memphis and succeeded.

''We have to keep fighting,'' Paul said.

Rookie Kawhi Leonard added 14 points and Manu Ginobili 13 to help the top-seeded Spurs win their 17th in a row and improve to 7-0 in the playoffs.

''We all struggled in the first quarter. We didn't feel right out there,'' said Duncan, who like his teammates, looked to Parker to pick the team up.

''We follow his lead. He stuck with it, made some big shots down the stretch and continued to attack,'' Duncan said. ''He was playing defense really hard and got up into Chris.''

Besides Parker, the Spurs threw two other defenders at Paul. He finished with 12 points and 11 assists after two previous sub-par efforts in the series.

''Tony really ran the show well,'' Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. ''I'd say, 'Let's do this' and he said, 'No, let's do this,' and we'd do it.''

After a quiet first half in which he scored eight points, Duncan helped the Spurs control the third quarter when they outscored Los Angeles 26-8.

The Spurs took their first lead during the 24-0 run on a fadeaway jumper by Duncan, who scored nine points in the outburst that put them ahead for good. Danny Green added seven and Leonard five.

''We kept telling Kawhi and Danny to stay calm,'' Parker said.

The Clippers' defense completely faltered and they piled up miss after miss on the offensive end.

''When they spread the floor and Tim Duncan runs a high pick-and-roll, it's trouble for a lot of teams,'' Griffin said. ''That's basically what killed us in the third. This is what they do best.''

The Clippers scored the final four points of the third, which ended with a turnover by Williams, to trail 69-61 heading into the fourth.

''You knew they were going to make a run. It was just a matter of trying to withstand it,'' Griffin said. ''In the second half, especially the third quarter, we did a poor job of responding.

''I missed some shots I hit in the first half, easy shots.''

San Antonio led by 11 points early in the fourth before the Clippers got within seven on consecutive baskets by Williams. Gary Neal hit a 3-pointer to launch a 13-9 spurt, capped by Parker's 3-pointer, that extended the Spurs' lead to 89-78. Paul, so dominant in the final period during the regular season, was limited to four points.

''I felt like we were playing good, but if you know anything about the Spurs, you know they are not going to let up,'' Paul said. ''Everybody knows how explosive the Spurs are, but we just could not get a stop.''

Reggie Evans, a defensive spark for the Clippers off the bench, missed 6 of 8 free throws in the final 3:42.

''They play the same whether they're up 20 or down 20,'' Griffin said of the veteran Spurs. ''Their communication and rotations are so good. Offensively, they know exactly what they're going to do in every situation.''

The Spurs were 9 of 22 from 3-point range, with Leonard hitting three.

Los Angeles came in 2-1 at home in the playoffs and 24-9 during the regular season. With their red-clad sellout crowd on its feet, the Clippers were still shooting 63 percent midway through the second quarter, when Griffin's one-handed dunk kept them ahead by 20 points.

The Spurs closed the half on a 15-5 spurt, with Parker and Ginobili scoring five each, to trail 53-43 at the break. Griffin missed just three of his 13 shots in the first half, when the Clippers controlled the boards and the paint.

The Clippers opened the game with a rush, outscoring the Spurs 33-11 while shooting 64 percent. Los Angeles ended the first quarter on a 20-2 run, including 14 in a row. Griffin scored 12 points in the spurt, hitting eight straight while the Spurs committed six turnovers and made just five of 20 field goals.

Notes: The Clippers have lost 29 of 33 games against the Spurs dating to Dec. 1, 2003. ... The Clippers have dropped all three games in the series by double digits. ... The Clippers have lost all six of their playoff series in franchise history after losing Game 1. ... The teams were even in the paint with 44 points each after the Spurs had dominated there in Game 2. ... The Clippers controlled the boards, 44-41, after being outrebounded in seven of their previous nine playoff games.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Pacers reserve guard Lance Stephenson apologized for making a choking gesture toward LeBron James.

The NBA's MVP wasn't so forgiving.

In fact, he didn't even know he had been mocked.

James said Saturday that he was unaware that Stephenson had been caught by cameras in front of Indiana's bench wrapping his hands around his throat after the Miami star after a missed technical foul during Game 3 on Thursday night.

So when James was asked for his reaction, he dismissed Stephenson.

''Lance Stephenson? You want a quote about Lance Stephenson?'' James said after practice. ''I'm not even going to give him the time. Knock it off.''

James' slam aside, Stephenson was contrite in offering an apology.

''I was wrong and disrespectful to my teammates, the Miami Heat and their organization,'' he told NBA.com. ''I'm sorry that I did that. It was very disrespectful. I'll never do it again.''

Indiana coach Frank Vogel said he didn't have to seek out Stephenson for an explanation of his actions because the second-year guard approached him first.

''He came to me before I could even get to him and apologized to me for being a distraction,'' Vogel said. ''He knows it was wrong, and I agree with him 100 percent it was wrong. It's not something we condone. He's a really good kid, he has come a long way with his maturity in his two years. I fully support who he is as a guy and a player and him being one of our guys.''

Vogel wants his players on the bench to be engaged and supportive, not rude.

''I want that kind of enthusiasm on the bench. I just don't want it to go over the top,'' he said. ''We're the new Pacers and everything we do is done with class and dignity and respect and showing respect to our opponent. He was over the line and he knows he made a mistake and we move on.''

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) After chasing championships for so many years with the Los Angeles Lakers, Derek Fisher now finds himself standing squarely in their way.

Fisher joined up with the Oklahoma City Thunder after getting traded away by the Lakers during the season, choosing to buy out of his own contract with the Houston Rockets and sign with a team he thought had a chance of winning the NBA title.

Fisher has already won five championship rings with the Lakers, but now his new team is a victory away from knocking Los Angeles out of the playoffs. The Thunder get their first chance in Game 5 Monday night in Oklahoma City.

Fisher has had to put his personal friendship with Kobe Bryant on hold during the series. The two greeted each other the first time Fisher came off the bench and checked in during Game 1 but otherwise are adversaries as long as the Western Conference semifinals go on.

''As much history as we have, there's no holding back in terms of trying to advance to win the championship,'' Fisher said. ''Personal friends or brothers or however close you are to somebody, it's about winning. He knows that better than anybody.

''I learned that and accomplished that right alongside with him, and so we feel the same way.''

Fisher played with Los Angeles for 12 1/2 of his 16 NBA seasons, and the only other time he made the playoffs with another team was in 2007 with Utah. But the Jazz didn't face the Lakers.

Los Angeles sent Fisher away at the trade deadline in March, when they added a first-round draft pick, point guard Ramon Sessions and backup forward Jordan Hill to try and improve for the stretch run. The 37-year-old Fisher chose his age as his jersey number with the Thunder, trying to make a statement that he could still play.

Statistically, Fisher has struggled in the series. He has averaged just over four points and one assist per game and his playing time has been cut back. Fisher's plus-minus is the worst of any Oklahoma City player, with the Lakers outscoring the Thunder by 12 points while he's on the court.

Yet coach Scott Brooks believes there's another way to measure the impact of Fisher, who has never put up big numbers - averaging 8.6 points and 3.1 assists - over his career.

''He loves the game, he has passion for the game and he's a winner,'' Brooks said Sunday after Oklahoma City flew back home, landing after 5 a.m. because of thunderstorms. ''I can never emphasize that enough: He's a winner, and you can never have enough of those on your team. He has won before. He has won at a high level and many championships.''

Before the series started, Fisher informed Oklahoma City of the Lakers' tendencies. During games, he has regularly pulled aside teammates for a few words of guidance. One of L.A.'s locker room leaders is now working for the enemy.

''Leadership, you can't put a win total on it but you know the effect that it's having on our guys,'' Brooks said. ''He talks, he communicates, he's a great leader. He's going to be a great leader in whatever profession he chooses after basketball.''

Perhaps his biggest contribution yet that has counted in the box score was a 3-pointer that sparked the Thunder's comeback from a 13-point, fourth-quarter deficit in Game 4. Oklahoma City was down 91-78 with 8 minutes left before Fisher hit only his second basket of the game.

''It was huge. It cut it to 10. That's just kind of like that magical number. It always seems to be in reach if you can get it to 10 or under,'' Brooks said. ''That shot was big.''

Lakers coach Mike Brown said he thought at the time of the trade that his team might miss Fisher's leadership, experience, toughness and intelligence. But he never envisioned Sessions, who is 11 years younger, simply replacing Fisher.

''The roles are different,'' Brown said. ''Derek Fisher was our starter. Derek Fisher for these guys is a backup. I don't think you compare the two situations because we were relying on him for a completely different role than what Oklahoma City is relying on him for.

''I don't know if anybody would disagree the combination of starting (All-Star Russell) Westbrook and Derek Fisher as a backup is a pretty good combination because you're young plus you're experienced.''

Bryant poked fun at Fisher, calling him a ''midget'' after he was able to hit shots over him when they ended up matched up against each other briefly in the fourth quarter. Bryant says Fisher never beat him at one-on-one in nearly 13 years together with the Lakers.

But team against team, Fisher may finally get some bragging rights on Bryant for they get back to being friends.

''At some point, we'll reconnect and be what we always will be,'' Fisher said, ''and that's brothers.''