No silly goose. Stern is still helping them. The Pacers and other teams that want to be like the 2011 Mavericks have to do something that is very hard. That is keep playing the game. When Stern loves a team, you cannot stand and around and cry like a pussy ie the Kings in the 2002 WCF. You have to keep playing and play to the best of your abilities. You cannot expect to get anything from the refs or Stern. If you simply play better and keep making your shots, you will beat Superfriends. That's how the Mavs did it. Go back and watch game 6 of the 2011 Finals and you will see how bad Stern tried to give that game to the Heat but the Mavs said no. Every time that the Heat started to make a run in the 4th quarter, the Mavs had an answer and did not let up.