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IT may end up being the most controversial game of the Eastern Conference Final but with Roy Hibbert bringing a double-double, Indiana took Game 4 at home 99-92 to level the series with Miami at 2-2.

The gold-clad crowd spent the night chanting: "Beat the Flop-pers!'' - and several other less catchy phrases - and was in a frenzy when LeBron James fouled out in the last minute on a dicey call.

Hibbert had 23 points and 12 rebounds, and James still led the Heat with 24 points before the call which sent him to the bench with 56 seconds left.

The Heat host Game 5 on Friday while Western Conference champion San Antonio continues to sit back, watch, enjoy, recover and prepare.

"We're not going anywhere. We're going back down to Miami to go out there and fight again,'' Hibbert said.

Pacers guard Lance Stephenson had 20 points as Indiana started fast, then fought rear-guard actions against Miami's fightbacks. 

Trailing 72-81 early in the fourth, the Heat uncorked a 14-2 run to lead 86-83 but a Paul George three-point play erased the deficit and was the catalyst in the closing 16-6 spurt.

Bodies hit the floor all night, George uncharacteristically smacked the court after a foul in the third quarter ... even Pacers coach Frank Vogel copped a tech.

But his team's defence did much better on James, keeping him at 8-of-18 shooting with less backing down of George in the low blocks.

As they had in the opening two games at South Beach, Indiana answered every Miami challenge, matching a 9-0 Heat run in the third with a 10-0 response.

Stephenson stroked a 3-point buzzer-beater for a 77-70 lead going into the fourth to keep the Heat playing catch-up.

This was not the Miami team which dominated Indiana in Game 3 but then the Pacers defence showed far greater resolve than two nights ago and it was back to owning the boards, winning the rebounding 49-30.

Expect Miami to respond in kind in Game 5 in what has become a compelling series.