Ten Before Tip: NBA playoff news from Saturday

2014/04/20 01:36:36 @NBA.com: News

? On paper, two-time All-Star Roy Hibbert vs. 31-year-old Macedonian rookie Pero Antic in tonight's Hawks-Pacers playoff opener should be a mismatch at center and it has been -- but not in the Pacers' favor. In the two games Antic played against Indiana, both Atlanta victories, he averaged 17 points and shot 72 percent while Hibbert produced two points and four rebounds on 1-for-13 shooting. Antic's ability to spread the floor with 3-point shooting has proved vexing for Hibbert, whose comfort zone does not extend more than a few feet from the basket at either end of the floor. Pacers coach Frank Vogel said Hibbert would be assigned to defend Antic but will need plenty of help from switches when Antic is on the perimeter.
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