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INDIANAPOLIS -- Paul George went into desperation mode to salvage the Pacers season. It was barely good enough. The 24-year-old All-Star scored 21 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter and inspired Indiana to fend off Miamis late challenges as the Pacers staved off playoff elimination with a 93-90 Game 5 victory on Wednesday night. "My message to the whole team was the light needs to be on green for all of us," coach Frank Vogel said. "You need to go, you need to attack, you need to be aggressive. Paul took it and ran with it and took it to a crazy level." The most crucial shooting performance of Georges career allowed the Pacers to climb within 3-2 in the Eastern Conference finals and postponed Miamis fourth straight coronation as conference champs. Game 6 is Friday in Miami. It took everything in Georges repertoire to get it done. He was 12 of 19 from the field in the second half, finished with six rebounds, six steals, five 3-pointers and only three turnovers in 45 minutes. But the Pacers also needed everything else to go right. Four-time MVP LeBron James was limited to 24 1/2 minutes because of major foul trouble. He finished with a career playoff-low seven points, two rebounds and four assists. The Heat committed 17 turnovers, compared to just 13 for the usually turnover-prone Pacers, and Indiana had a 45-38 rebounding edge, too. The biggest difference was George, whose 21 fourth-quarter points were the most scored against Miami in any playoff quarter. The previous record, 20, was set by Michael Jordan in May 1997. "I just felt it. I felt in rhythm. I had to be aggressive," George said. "I tried to come out and be aggressive to start this game off and I was getting looks. I got hot." George fell just short of his playoff career high, the 39 he had in Game 4 against Washington in the previous series, and was just four points short of Reggie Millers franchise record in an NBA playoff game. For Miami, it was a rare stumble in an elimination game in the Big Three era. Three other times, the Heat had lost Game 1 on the road and all three times they won the next four games to close out the series. The Heat were in position to do it again Wednesday even with James limitations. Chris Bosh scored 20 points, Dwyane Wade and Rashard Lewis each had 18, and the Heat made 15 of 31 3-pointers to stay within clinching distance. After holding the Pacers to 11 points in the second quarter, only 33 in the first half and surviving two long first-half stretches without James, the Heat couldnt hold off the Pacers when James went to the bench again with his fifth foul early in the third quarter. Yet, the Heat still had a chance to take the lead with 4.9 seconds left. But Boshs 3-pointer was off the mark and the Pacers grabbed the rebound. "We still had enough opportunities to come away with a win," coach Erik Spoelstra said. "We just couldnt get over the hump." Hard falls and tough plays were a theme all night for a Pacers team that had been roundly criticized for its lack of effort in Monday nights loss. Lance Stephenson took it a step farther. At one point, he attempted to listen in on one of Miamis huddle. At another, he blew in James ear. "Im just here to play basketball, man. All the extracurricular activities, I dont really get into," James said. "Im just trying to win. We need one more win to get to the finals. Thats my only concern. All the extra stuff, whatever Lance wants to do, I dont really care about that." It looked like the Heat might clinch their fourth straight conference title Wednesday, something last done by the Celtics from 1984-87, when the Pacers trailed 50-41 with 6:56 left in the third quarter. Then George took over. He started an 11-0 run with a layup and ended it with a steal that he turned into a dunk to give the Pacers a 52-50 lead. Miami quickly tied it on Udonis Haslems layup, but George answered with a 3-pointer that sent the Pacers on a 12-5 run to make it 64-57 after three. Indiana extended the lead to as much as 77-66 early in the fourth on another George dunk, but when James re-entered, things changed. The Heat scored nine straight to make it 77-75, tied it at 81 on James only 3 of the night with 3:51 to play and twice managed to get within one in the final 76 seconds. George then hit a 3 and West made 1 of 2 free throws in the closing seconds to seal it. Notes: James scored in single digits for the first time since finishing with eight against Dallas on June 7, 2011. Hes only scored in single digits 10 times in his career. ... Roy Hibbert, who had only five rebounds in Game 4, had five in the first seven minutes Wednesday and finished with 13. ... Miami shot 45.3 per cent from the field, the first time its been under 50 per cent in the series. ... 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Clarke MacArthur Senators Jersey . - Jeff Twohey has resigned as general manager of the Oshawa Generals.TAMPA, Fla. - Steven Stamkos cemented a miserable trip to Florida for the Toronto Maple Leafs.Stamkos scored his 20th goal to break a third-period tie, and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied from an early two-goal deficit to beat the Maple Leafs 3-2 on Monday night.A pretty solid game by us all around, Stamkos said. We dominated most of the play.Stamkos gave the Lightning a 3-2 lead with his knee-high deflection of Matt Carles shot with 8:55 to play. Tampa Bay also got goals from Ryan Callahan and Valtteri Filppula.Mike Santorelli and Joffrey Lupul scored for the Maple Leafs, who gave up four third-period goals in a 6-4 loss Sunday at Florida. James Reimer started on consecutive days with Jonathan Bernier sidelined by flu-like symptoms and made 38 saves.Granted tonight, its a back-to-back game, Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf said. Theyre sitting here waiting, and you could tell what team was fresher. But with saying that, thats part of playing in the National Hockey League. Youve got to be able to play back-to-backs.Toronto has lost five of six.Santorelli put the Maple Leafs up 1-0 at 4:28 of the first when he lifted a shot from below the right circle over Ben Bishop, who stopped 21 shots.Lupul made it 2-0 on Torontos second shot, which came from the low slot off a pass by Tyler Bozak 7:47 into the first.Thats not good, Bishop said. You just kind of tell yourself thats enough, no more. I thought the guys did a good job of responding as far as peppering their goalie and getting some chances.Callahan stoppedd a 13-game goal drought with a power-play goal he swatted into the net to cut Tampa Bays deficit to 2-1 at 6:37 of the second.ddddddddddddFilppula tied it 3:09 later.Tampa Bay outshot the Maple Leafs 32-14 through two periods.I thought the way the game went, it was like we got scatterbrained for a bit in the second period, Toronto coach Randy Carlyle said. Obviously, they had more shots than we did, and they controlled the puck more often. They were hungrier than we were, and they had better jump than we did, thats for sure.Reimer stopped all 15 shots he faced in the first, and made a nifty glove save on Jonathan Drouins shot from the left circle early in the second.My job is to stop them, whether theres 10 shots a night or 100 shots a night, Reimer said.The Maple Leafs managed only four first-period shots, all in the first 9:34.Lupul got Torontos fifth shot 9 minutes into the second, a period in which Jake Gardiner hit the crossbar twice in the first 10 minutes and Bishop made a pad save on James van Riemsdyks short-handed rebound backhander.It was nice to get rewarded, Stamkos said. We stuck with it and didnt panic.NOTES: Lupul has eight goals and 24 points in 20 games against the Lightning. ... Tampa Bay D Victor Hedman had two assists. ... Toronto RW Richard Panik sat out one day after getting hit in the head against Florida. ... Drouin played after sitting out one game due to flu-like symptoms. ... 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