'Boom Baby!' still alive as Pacers win

INDIANAPOLIS -- Reggie Miller had no sympathy for the Boston Celtics. He didn't need any favorable treatment from the officials, either.\nMiller scored 33 points Thursday night, including 15 in the fourth quarter, and Indiana pulled away to a 99-76 victory and a 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven first-round playoff series. Game four will be in Indianapolis Saturday night and the series will return to Boston on Tuesday.\nBoston coach Doc Rivers said earlier this week that Miller may be getting "sympathy calls" from the officials as he makes his final NBA tour before retiring.\nThe 39-year-old Pacers star had his usual flops, trying to draw fouls as he went up for shots, but it wasn't his theatrics or the officials' kindly treatment that doomed the Celtics.\nMiller hit his first two shots, a big 3-pointer that put Indiana in control in the first quarter and another 3-pointer during a 17-3 run that broke the game open with less than six minutes to go.\nMiller's second 3-pointer and then a dunk by Stephen Jackson, playing on a painful knee from an injury in Monday night's victory at Boston, gave the Pacers an 83-62 lead. Later, Miller came back for another basket and hit a free throw after an irate Rivers was called for a technical foul.\nMiller also had seven rebounds and two assists and left the game with 2:28 to go amid the familiar chants of "Reg-gie, Reg-gie."\nJermaine O'Neal, playing with a sore right shoulder and taking a pounding inside almost the whole game, had 21 points, 11 rebounds and three blocked shots. Paul Pierce led Boston with 19 points, Gary Payton finished with 15, and Antoine Walker added 14.