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At stake tonight: possible home-court advantage in the upcoming NBA Playoffs. Who wants it? Who knows?

About tonight’s match-up against the Heat, via @trehagen, “Friday’s shaping up to be a doozy—I mean, if you think the No. 1 seed means anything.”

“There are a lot of historic things that have happened in Indianapolis,” says Wilbon, “whether we’re talking about Negro League baseball or Crispus Attucks High School.”

Via @chrisspangle: “It’s so nice to have a Bob Knight scandal again. It really takes me back to my childhood.”

“It will be a great experience for all of us to join together in community for a goal—equality and acceptance,” says Fever player Layshia Clarendon.

Don’t feel bad for him, as—like any good, swift safety—he deftly turned and signed with the 49ers for $23 million. It was as if he sang “Don’t cry for me, Indianapolis” about the matter on Twitter.

“Soccer, whether it’s an inferiority complex or whatever, has never had the traditional media platforms,” says team president Peter Wilt. “To finally have one like that in Indiana is unique.”

It’s a hilariously GIF-able moment in his “New Kid” episode from the NBA’s Dream Big campaign—even if Hibbert himself got schooled by Charlotte’s Al Jefferson last night.

Paul George is a soft-spoken homebody who’s pictured more often with a fishing pole in his hand than a martini glass. The good news: George says he likes the newfound attention. “Now it’s just [about] getting out of my comfort zone and being part of big events,” he says.

As the 30-year-old Pacers star, Granger, heads east to Philly, the Hoosier-bred Goepper, just 19 years young, is clearly ready to stake out his space in this state’s sports lore.

Virtually no city official wants to lose a pro franchise on his or her watch—especially with a bid to host another Super Bowl in 2018 still in play.

Kimmel’s comment on PG’s bold outfit: “Where do you even get something like that, Marshalls, T.J. Maxx?” We’ve got the word on just who suits him.

Some observers are already saying this will go down as one of the NBA’s all-time top dunks.

Plus, a photo of Colts-themed mustache growth that might make the neckbeard adorned Andrew Luck take to Tebowing.

Says Bird about his return to the NBA team based in Indianapolis: “I don’t know if I’d be doing this if it was anywhere but here.”