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ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Hawks are trying to stay upbeat. Yet, they know the playoffs cant keep going like this. Beaten up and blown out in the first two games of their opening-round series against the Indiana Pacers, the Hawks were pondering lineup changes heading into Game 3 Saturday night. Coach Larry Drew said hes looking for improvement at both ends of the court, but its clear that hes mainly concerned about getting tougher defensively. The Pacers averaged 110 points in taking a 2-0 lead in Indianapolis. Their average margin of victory was a comfortable 16 points. "We may look to change the lineup a little bit," Drew said Friday. "Its about adjustments. Weve done some good things in the first couple of games, but there are some things we need to do better. Some changes may push us over the edge in that respect." The Pacers have a huge size advantage, and theyve taken full advantage of it so far. The Hawks had no answer for Paul George, who put up a triple-double (23 points, 11 rebounds, 12 assists) in the series opener, then added 27 points in Game 2. With Atlanta focused on trying to stop George, David West and big centre Roy Hibbert, guard George Hill has turned out to be another big weapon for the Pacers. Hes averaging 20 points in the series. "When they kick it out, hes knocking down shots," Hawks guard Jeff Teague said. "Hes killing us." Atlanta doesnt have a lot of options on the inside, especially after rugged centre Zaza Pachulia went down with an Achilles injury late in the regular season. Drews most likely option is to go with little-used 7-footer Johan Petro at centre, which would have the ripple effect of moving Al Horford to power forward and Josh Smith to small forward, allowing 3-point specialist Kyle Korver to come off the bench. But its not like Petro is suddenly going to become an All-Star-calibre player. Sure, hes got size, but theres a reason he played only 31 games during the season. "Certainly, minus Zaza, that kind of puts us behind the eight-ball," Drew said. "But I feel confident we can match up. We have ability to go big. We have ability to go small. The first couple of games, we played a lot of small. We tried to utilize our speed and our quickness. Now we may change a little bit. " Teague conceded that Pachulia would have been a valuable weapon against a team such as Pacers. "Zaza brings a physicality to the game," Teague said. "I dont think too many people in the locker room bring that. But we just have to take a piece of what he does on the floor and implement it in our game. Petro is going to come in and play big for us." Indiana certainly has no intention to change the way its playing. The Pacers manhandled Atlanta on their home court, and they hope to do the same in a building where they havent had much success in recent years. Indiana has lost its last 11 games at Philips Arena. "We havent won down there for a couple of years, so whats a better time to change it than playoff time?" Hibbert said. "We know we have to get at least a split down there. Our mindset is to get both." George promised a different Pacers team than the one thats struggled so much in Atlanta. They plan to stick with the bruising style thats worked so well in this series, most notably creating a huge disparity in free throws. Indiana is 51 of 63 at the foul line, while Atlanta is just 18 of 34. "Were real confident," George said. "Physicality is our brand of basketball and thats how we play. Well step up to the occasion." Hill and fellow guard Lance Stephenson sat out part of the practice Friday in Indianapolis before the Pacers flew to Atlanta. But they are merely nursing minor ailments, nothing that was expected to keep them out of Game 3, coach Frank Vogel said. 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