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MIAMI -- Winning consecutive games at home for the first time all season isnt exactly something to celebrate, particularly when the season is nearly two months old.For the Miami Heat, its a start.Hassan Whiteside had 26 points and 22 rebounds, and the Heat clamped down defensively to beat the Indiana Pacers 95-89 on Wednesday night. Miami held the Pacers to 37 percent shooting and outrebounded them 58-38.Guess thats what you can expect with a Heat-Pacers game, regardless of who the faces are, Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said. It was good for us to grind out another one.No, this wasnt one of those playoff battles with the Pacers that featured LeBron James and Dwyane Wade almost always finding a way for the Heat in recent years. This time, it was the likes of Tyler Johnson and James Johnson coming up big, combining for 29 points off the bench -- and Whiteside simply controlling the paint during his 34 minutes.I try to lead by example, Whiteside said.Paul George scored 22 for the Pacers, who were hoping for a season-best third straight win and instead managed just 10 points in the fourth quarter. CJ Miles added 15 for Indiana.This is a game that we should have won, George said. Its frustrating. ... We played OK. We just didnt finish well.Neither team led by more than seven, and the Heat got to that margin after James Johnson found Goran Dragic for a layup and a 92-85 lead with 3:35 left.They needed to hang on desperately from there.Miami didnt score again until there were 12.9 seconds left, when Josh Richardson sealed the win with a dunk that put the Heat up five after Indiana didnt foul. The Pacers missed three 3-point tries that would have tied the game in the final 2 minutes, one by George and the last two by Myles Turner.The Pacers shot 5 for 18 in the fourth. They went scoreless over a 7-minute stretch in the second half, and Miami took the lead for good during that drought.They basically muscled us and broke our offensive execution, Pacers coach Nate McMillan said.TIP-INSPacers: Monta Ellis (right groin strain) was sidelined again, and Rodney Stuckey played through a bruised left knee. ... This was the start of Indianas sixth of 17 back-to-backs this season. ... George has played 19 games at Miami, including playoffs. Indianas record in those games is 2-17.Heat: It was the fourth time Whiteside reached 20 points and 20 rebounds in the same game, the second this season. ... Justise Winslow returned from a 16-game absence due to a sore left wrist and scored two points in 21 minutes. ... Dragic missed his first seven shots before connecting on a pull-up for his first basket early in the third quarter. He shot 4 for 15. ... Dion Waiters (groin) missed his 10th consecutive game.`CANES VISITMiamis womens basketball team -- No. 13 in this weeks AP Top 25 -- was at the game, along with coach Katie Meier. For some, it was their first time at a Heat game. They were so excited, said Meier, whose team next plays Friday at Florida International.FREE THROWSIndiana came into the night as the leagues fourth-best team at the foul line, Miami as the very worst. The Pacers went 14 for 17, the Heat 14 for 25.UP NEXTPacers: Visit New Orleans on Thursday, the second game in a three-game, four-day trip.Heat: Host the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday, the third game on this six-game homestand. Adidas Superstar Scontate . Note: The Calgary Flames announced Tuesday that Sean Monahan would not be made available to Canadas World Junior team. Scarpe Adidas Superstar Scontate . Calgary scored on the first shift, and Michael Cammalleri scored twice as the Flames cruised to a 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals on Saturday. http://www.adidassuperstarscontate.it/ . If ever they start actually putting pictures beside words in the dictionary, the Blue Jays left-handers mug will appear beside “Consistency. Adidas Superstar Italia . In the lead up - which seemed to begin the moment Mike Geiger blew the whistle in Houston last Thursday night - the Impact rumour mill went into overdrive. The speculation went into meltdown mode, of the golden nugget variety. Adidas Superstar Outlet Italia . Oaklands loss to Seattle clinched the ALs best record for the Red Sox with one day to spare in the regular season. "I think everybody was kind of watching," catcher David Ross said. "Demp (Ryan Dempster) came out before he went to the bullpen and was just yelling that they lost. DANA POINT, Calif. -- Lisa Stevens, the head of small business at Wells Fargo & Co., says its been a difficult 35 days. Last month, the San Francisco-based bank paid $185 million to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?to settle claims that it opened unauthorized customer accounts. Former chairman and CEO John Stumpf attended two Congressional hearings -- one by the Senate and one by the House Financial Services Committee -- to address the allegations. And Wednesday, he resigned.For me theres been a huge lesson in the last 35 days, one that I think playss to all of us, whether its personal or professional in terms of when were going through difficult times, Stevens said Thursday at the espnW Women + Sports Summit.dddddddddddd. Its the muscle of gratitude.?And it is a muscle. Gratitude is something that you have to practice.?She said that its during these difficult times that she and her staff can prove who we are and focus on how can we make a difference every day in what we do. 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