The Indiana Pacers earned the No. Kemba Walker Jersey . 1 seed in the Eastern Conference and theyll begin their crusade for an NBA title Saturday night when they welcome the Atlanta Hawks to Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Catch the game on TSN2 starting at 7pm et/4pm pt. The Pacers held the No. 1 spot in the East for much of the regular season, but the end of the campaign didnt go as planned. Indiana went 10-13 to finish the season, but got the top seed when the Miami Heat rested some starters late in the campaign. "I was excited that we got it. It was something we set out for," head coach Frank Vogel said prior to their season-finale. "It gives us the best chances going into the playoffs." The Pacers lost in seven games to the Heat in last years Eastern Conference Finals. They finished second in the NBA in opponents scoring and first in opponents field-goal percentage. They also finished with the best home record at 35-6. But the Pacers will need to improve significantly if they are going to advance in the postseason. All-Stars Paul George and Roy Hibbert both regressed as did Lance Stephenson. But the team is built on defense and have had time to try and cure whats ailing them. "This is the best time of the year," said Stephenson. "Every game is on TV and every game is about business. Theres no joking around. Everybody is watching." The Hawks are in the playoffs for a seventh consecutive season and needed both late-season heroics and a collapse by the New York Knicks to punch a ticket. Under the guidance of first-year head coach Mike Budenholzer, the Hawks managed to tread water in an otherwise dreadful Eastern Conference and hope to move past the first round of the playoffs for the first time since 2010-11. The Hawks have been bounced in six games in each of the last two conference quarterfinals. They lost six in a row in late March and started to feel the heat. However, the Hawks won six of the next eight games to get back on track and a 98-85 win over the Heat on April 12 sealed the eighth spot. "Im happy for all the guys," Hawks guard Jeff Teague said. "We worked so hard all year. Injuries and everything that can happen to a team happened. We were able to still make it to the playoffs." The Hawks dealt with a major loss early on when All-Star center Al Horford went down with a right pectoral injury. But Teague and Paul Millsap picked up the slack and got Atlanta the eighth seed. Teague averaged 16.5 ppg and 6.7 apg and Vogel indicated that he was the key to stopping the Hawks. "The whole defensive game plan is keeping (Teague) out of the paint; its the toughest challenge were going to have," acknowledged Vogel. Indiana and Atlanta met in the 2012-13 playoffs and the Pacers disposed of the Hawks in six games. The Pacers and the Hawks will face each other in the postseason for a sixth time and the two sides split four regular-season meetings this season. The Hawks trounced the Pacers in Indiana on April 6, but Indiana is 10-5 in its last 15 as the host in this series. Atlanta has won 14 of its last 16 against the Pacers at Philips Arena. Robert Franks Jersey .com) - Cincinnati Reds pitcher Mat Latos had an arthroscopic procedure performed on his right elbow last week, the teams official site reported Wednesday. Bismack Biyombo Jersey . They find themselves trying to knock each other out in the Western Conference finals for the second straight year. 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The Rangers went 2 for 6 on the power play while the Colts scored once on five chances with the man advantage. --- OTTERS 7 STEELHEADS 1 ERIE, Pa. -- The Otters scored five times in the second period en route to crushing Mississauga for its fourth straight victory. Andre Burakovsky had two goals and two assists for Erie (23-4-1) while Connor McDavid scored once and set up three others. Dane Fox had a goal and two assists for the Otters and Hayden Hodgson, Adam Pelech and Michael Curtis added a goal apiece. Austin Gerhart scored the lone goal for the Steelheads (13-15-2), who are winless in four outings. Eries Oscar Dansk made 18 saves for the win as Mississaugas Spencer Martin gave up seven goals on 32 shots. --- FRONTENACS 6 BULLS 4 BELLEVILLE, Ont. -- Spencer Watson scored three times and set up one more as Kingston earned its third straight win by defeating the Bulls. Lucas Peressini gave the Frontenacs (14-9-3) an opportunity to win by stopping 46-of-50 shots while Ryan Kujawinski, Henri Ikonen and Sam Bennett added a goal each. Jake Worrad scored twice for Belleville (6-18-4) and Cameron Brace and Aaron Berisha had the others. Braydon Banitsiotis kicked out 31-of-36 shots for the Bulls. --- KNIGHTS 4 PETES 2 PETERBOROUGH, Ont. -- Josh Anderson had two goals and an assist and Bo Horvat set up three goals as London doubled up the Petes. Alex Basso had a goal and an assist for the Knights (19-6-2) while Santino Centorame scored once. Greg Betzhold and Nick Ritchie supplied the goals foor Peterborough (11-15-3). Walter Herrmann Jersey. Londons Anthony Stolarz made 28 saves for the win as Michael Giuovas stopped 32 shots for the Petes. --- SPITFIRES 6 STING 3 WINDSOR, Ont. -- Josh Ho-Sang and Ben Johnson each scored twice as the Spitfires doubled up Sarnia. Remy Giftopoulos and Ty Bilcke also scored for Windsor (16-10-0), which halted a three-game slide, and Alex Fotinos made 31 saves for the victory. Anthony DeAngelo, Vladislav Kodola and Nikolay Goldobin scored for the Sting (9-17-1). Sarnias Brodie Barrick stopped 36-of-41 shots in a losing cause. --- GREYHOUNDS 5 ICEDOGS 3 SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. -- Sergey Tolchinsky scored once and set up three more as the Greyhounds beat Niagara. Andrew Fritsch, Blake Speers and Jared McCann each had a goal and an assist for Sault Ste. Marie (19-5-3) and David Miller scored once. Vince Dunn, Eric Ming and Aleksandar Mikulovich supplied the offence for the IceDogs (7-18-4). Brandon Halverson made 25 saves for the Greyhounds. Niagaras Brent Moran stopped 34-of-39 shots in defeat. --- GENERALS 5 SPIRIT 2 SAGINAW, Mich. -- Hunter Smith scored twice and Ken Appleby stopped 38 shots as Oshawa handed the Spirit their first regulation-time loss in seven outings. Bradley Latour and Scott Laughton each had a goal and two assists for the Generals (21-6-1) and Michael DalColle had a goal and an assist. Saginaw (15-9-4) got goals from Terry Trafford and Kristoff Kontos. Jake Paterson gave up four goals on 10 shots for Saginaw in just 20 minutes of action. Nikita Serebryakov stopped all seven shots he faced in relief. --- ATTACK 3 WHALERS 2 (SO) OWEN SOUND, Ont. -- Thomas Schemitsch scored the shootout winner as the Attack slipped past Plymouth. Holden Cook and Danial Milne had a goal and an assist apiece for Owen Sound (13-10-1), who are 3-0-1 in their last four contests. Victor Crus Rydberg and Gianluca Curcuruto scored for the Whalers (11-16-2). Brandon Hope made 33 saves for the Attack while Alex Nedeljkovic turned away 46 shots in a losing cause. 23:24ET 30-11-13 ' ' '