INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Pacers used a familiar combination to take a 2-0 lead over Miami in their second-round playoff series – 3-point shooting and suffocating defense.

The Pacers hit seven 3-pointers and held the Heat to 40.5 percent shooting in a 91-80 win on Saturday night.

Reggie Miller led the way with 19 points, including three 3-pointers. His buzzer-beating 3 at the end of the first half got the Pacers rolling.

Indiana set an NBA record with its sixth straight playoff win by double digits. The previous record was five, held by the 1985 Los Angeles Lakers and 1947 Philadelphia Warriors.

T-wolves 94, Kings 89

MINNEAPOLIS – Sam Cassell Cassell scored eight points in the final three minutes, Kevin Garnett had 28 points and 11 rebounds and the Timberwolves closed the game with a 16-1 run to beat the Sacramento Kings 94-89.

The series is tied 1-1.

Game 3 is Monday at Sacramento’s raucous Arco Arena, where Minnesota was the only visitor this year to win twice. The Kings, though, have won eight of their last nine playoff games at home and are 138-26 there during the last four regular seasons.

Peja Stojakovic had 26 points and seven rebounds for Sacramento, which wasted a late 10-point lead. The Kings, who trailed the majority of the game, used a 16-2 spurt to go up 88-78 on Doug Christie’s layup with 4:11 left.

Cassell, who had been quiet most of the game after scoring 40 points in a Game 1 loss, was squarely behind the rally.

His jumper in the lane with 2:08 left pulled the Wolves to 88-87. Garnett, fouled by Brad Miller on a loose-ball scramble that knocked over referee Sean Corbin, made two free throws to go give Minnesota the lead with 1:45 remaining.

Christie, who had 15 points, missed a pair of foul shots on the other end, and Cassell knocked down a corner jumper with 24.6 seconds to go to make it 91-88.

Christie’s pressured 3-pointer, which would’ve tied the game, fell short from the corner with 10 seconds remaining.

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Miller came right back with a jumper and a 3-pointer and the Pacers finished Miami off with an 18-5 run in a six-minute span of the third and fourth quarters.

Anthony Johnson hit a jumper right after a 3 by Austin Croshere that gave Indiana a 77-57 lead with 9:35 to play.

Lamar Odom led Miami with 19 points and 12 rebounds before fouling out with 4:05 to play. Dwyane Wade added 19 points, five assists and six turnovers for Miami, which again struggled to get shots in the halfcourt against the Pacers’ defense.

Miami will have at least two reasons to be hopefully, heading back home. In two games against the much deeper Pacers, the Heat hold a commanding 91-77 rebounding edge and have kept Indiana All-Star Jermaine O’Neal in check.

O’Neal, who finished third in the MVP voting, had 17 points on 5-for-15 shooting and spent most of Game 2 in foul trouble. In Game 1, O’Neal scored 13 points on 5-of-17 shooting.

Ron Artest again picked up the slack with 20 points and five assists for the streaking Pacers, who have won 11 straight overall and 11 in a row over the Heat.

It wasn’t all good news for Indiana. Starting center Jeff Foster left the game in the third quarter with a bruised right hip. He appeared to injure his hip while going for a rebound on the offensive end in the first quarter.

Foster is one of the team’s best rebounders and led the Pacers with 10 boards in their Game 1 victory on Thursday night.

Notes: It’s been a whirlwind few days for Pacers coach Rick Carlisle, who missed Friday’s practice while his wife, Donna, gave birth to the couple’s first child. Abigail Claire was born at 8:30 a.m. “She’s got brains and looks so we lucked out there,” Carlisle said. “All that came from her side of the family.” … Odom, Heat coach Stan Van Gundy and Udonis Haslem all drew technical fouls. … Al Harrington and Carlisle got technicals for Indiana. … Harrington drew five offensive foul calls.

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