PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The scripts for Indiana's two playoff victories over Philadelphia have been nearly identical. It goes like this: The 76ers' fall behind by early double figures, then rally late before succumbing to the Pacers' playoff experience. Allen Iverson thinks it's time for a rewrite. His new storyline -- previewed Thursday -- is for the 76ers to play with abandon as soon as the clock starts ticking and race past the slower Pacers all the way to victory. ``It's important for us to play like we're down in the beginning of the game,'' Iverson said Thursday after the team concluded practice for Game 3 of its Eastern Conference semifinal series. ``We're waiting till we get 13, 14, 15 points down, and then we start playing.'' Consider the Pacers warned. They know they could be headed east with the series tied at 1-1 after missing six free throws in the final 67 seconds and running into trouble against the Sixers' full-court press late in their 85-82 victory in Game 2. ``They haven't given up, if anything they probably feel good about what they've done, and they should,'' said forward Chris Mullin, 2-of-9 from the field for eight points Wednesday night. ``We don't feel like we've played great. We feel we've played well enough to win. ``They put themselves in a position where they could have stolen two games.'' Despite the two-game deficit, the young Sixers seemed loose and restless during a 45-minute practice session Thursday. Matt Geiger ribbed a teammate over 3-point attempts that banged off the rim while Rick Mahorn gave bear hugs to Iverson as the franchise guard cried out in mock pain. And as reporters and photographers jockeyed for position to offer questions at ``The Answer,'' Iverson cooly sank down in a chair and nibbled on white grapes. Pressure, Iverson said, is not a word in his vocabulary. ``I don't feel like there's pressure in basketball. Why not be loose? They still have to win two games,'' said Iverson, the NBA's regular-season scoring champion who has averaged 28.5 points in the playoffs. But to avoid another early letdown, the Sixers will need a better shooting performance from their flashy guard. After scoring 35 in Game 1, Iverson was held to 7-of-28 for 23 points by an Indian team that played him more physically. ``You don't stop him with one guy,'' said Pacers guard Mark Jackson. ``He's a great, great basketball player. ``When he's shooting good, you don't give the defense credit. No one guy is going to stop him, you just try to contain him and make him work for everything. Fortunately, he missed some shots last night.'' That's something Sixers coach Larry Brown hopes will happen Friday for the Pacers' Rik Smits, whose used his outside shooting to score 25 points in Game 2, after totaling 34 in Indiana's four previous playoff games. ``He is a tremendous long-range shooter,'' Brown said. ``t we didn't trap very well, and that enabled Mark to find Rik. And when we did trap, it was late, so we have to adjust to that a little bit. If you give them enough open looks, he can hurt you.'' Pacers guard Reggie Miller is sure his playoff-savvy team will adjust to whatever the Sixers -- and their success-starved fans -- throw at them. ``I think we did what we had to do by holding serve here at home, now we get to go on the road with an 'us-against-the-world attitude,''' Miller said. '' We had only one playoff game in Milwaukee, and we were fortunate to clinch there. ``But, this is different circumstances against a very different, and talented young team. ``There ain't no way we're going to sweep Philadelphia, they're too good.'' -=-=- 