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INDIANAPOLIS -- NBA Central Division rivals will square off Saturday night as the Chicago Bulls visit the Indiana Pacers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.The Pacers are 2/3 to start the season but have won both games theyve played at home.Indiana has struggled on the defensive end in the early going. Through five games, the Pacers have the second-to-worst defensive efficiency in the league.Weve yet to be a strong defensive team, Pacers guard Paul George said. We havent shown that dominance on that side of the ball. Im concerned by it. Weve got the guys to do it. We just havent done it.That defense will be put to the test on Saturday against the Bulls, who have averaged 109 points per game.Forward C.J. Miles echoed Paul George with his comments: I cant say were not playing hard, but were just not playing the way we should be playing as a group.Miles knows the combination of Wade and Rondo can provide a tough matchup for anybody. Theyre playing like Wade and Rondo. Theyre smart. Theyre veteran guys. They know how to play the game.The teams met last Saturday, with the Bulls defeating the Pacers 118-101 at the United Center. That matchup was the second night of a back-to-back for Indiana. This time around, it will be Chicago playing their second game in as many nights.Doug McDermott came off the bench to score 23 points in their first game against the Pacers. He returned to action against the Knicks on Friday after missing time with a concussion earlier this week.Michael Carter-Williams will still be out for the Bulls (left knee bone bruise), and Rodney Stuckey will be out for the Pacers (right hamstring strain.)The Bulls won their first three games of the season, but have dropped their last two. Like the Pacers, theyve faced some defensive struggles of their own lately, giving up 107 points to Boston and 117 points to the Knicks.After Fridays game, Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg was not pleased with the effort. We didnt get back on defense, Hoiberg said. 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Im excited for the future and ready to get back to work.Miller, the reigning Super Bowl MVP, tweeted a photo of himself in a Broncos jersey Friday with the caption FOR LIFE.The deal, which ended the sometimes testy negotiations of the past five months, got done when the Broncos significantly pumped up the guaranteed money from an offer that Miller and his representatives turned down in June.Miller gets a $23 million signing bonus and $42 million guaranteed at signing, $61 million guaranteed after the first year and $70 million guaranteed after the second year of the deal, the sources said. Those totals pushed Miller past the guaranteed money Fletcher Cox received in his contract with the Philadelphia Eagles in recent weeks. Cox got more than $36 million at signing, $55 million in the first nine months and $63 million guaranteed by the deals third year.Millers contract also pushed him into the neighborhood of quarterback contracts in terms of guaranteed money, putting him behind only Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck.Two weeks ago, Luck signed a $140 million deal that will pay him $87 million guaranteed.Vons earned this contract not only for what hes done in the past but for what we believe hell do in the future, said Elway, the Broncos executive vice president of football operations/general manager. This was a long process that ended the way we all wanted -- with Von being part of the Denver Broncos for many more years. Our team had a tremendous year last season, and the way Von performed the final few weeks was such a big part of our Super Bowl run. Going forward, we expect great things from Von, not only on the field, but with the responsibility he has as a leader on the team. Im proud of how weve handled this situation and give credit to everyone on our staff who helped get this done.Miller was designated the teams franchise player in February, which came with a one-year guaranteed tender of more than $14 million for the 2016 season. But the two sides tried, with some starts and stops, to negotiate a long-term deal after the scouting combine in February.The Broncos and Miller faced a Friday deadline for franchise players to sign long-term deals before the 2016 season. If Miller had not agreed to a contract, he would have had to decide whether to play under the rules and salary of the franchise-player tender or consider sitting out the 2016 season.In recent weeks, negotiations appeared to be stalling, as sources said Miller and his representatives had requested a trade if the Broncos didnt increase their offer. The Broncos had no intention of trading Miller, who is a cornerstone player in the teams defense.The Broncos and Millers agent, Joby Branion, haad largely agreed to the contracts six-year length and the total amount before the summer.dddddddddddd But the Broncos initially offered less guaranteed money overall and sought to largely spread those guarantees over the first three years of the deal.The Broncos offer in June included $39.8 million guaranteed in the first two years -- $38.5 million guaranteed money at signing with $1.3 million in workout bonuses. But with a finger pointed at the market, Miller and his representatives flagged Coxs six-year, $102.6 million deal with the Eagles.In that deal, Cox received $36.299 million in guaranteed money at signing and an additional $19.25 million in salary guarantees in March 2017, for $55.549 million in guarantees within nine months of signing.Olivier Vernons contract with the New York Giants, signed in March, also had an impact on the negotiations. Vernon signed a five-year, $85 million deal with $52.5 million guaranteed. Vernon received $40.5 million of that guaranteed money at signing and will receive another $12 million by the third day of the league year in 2018.Despite Millers saying he expected negotiations to be peaceful and that he trusted Elway things had gotten emotional in recent weeks.The team was frustrated with the inability to get a deal done before the end of the offseason program in mid-June -- Miller skipped all of the teams conditioning and on-field work -- while Miller told many close to him he was blindsided when some of the specifics of the contract were made public in June.Miller made the trip to the White House with his Super Bowl 50 teammates and attended the ring ceremony at which the players received their Super Bowl jewelry. But he made no secret of his anger, even cropping Elway out of a picture taken at the White House and posting it on social media.Miller later posted on social media there was no chance he would play the 2016 season under the franchise tag.It all created some unease around the Broncos about whether the team would increase the guaranteed money in the contract and move that money around so Miller would receive it sooner in the deal.Throughout the negotiations, Elway said Miller knows how the Broncos feel about him, he knows how I feel about him. Elway has called Miller a rare player that the team wanted to keep on the roster.I know this took a lot of hard work from John and Von to get this done, and were thrilled that Von is going to be a Bronco for a long time, Kubiak said. Ive known him since he was a kid in college. Most of all, Im proud of how far Vons come as both a person and a player. Its a great day for him and the organization. Were all excited to get back to work with Von as a leader of our team.Miller, the Broncos first-round pick in 2011, has 60 sacks in five seasons and played a key role on last seasons league-leading defense. He reached what Kubiak called a dominant level of play in a postseason run that included five sacks, two forced fumbles and an interception in the teams three postseason games.His sack and forced fumble on Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton in Super Bowl 50 created the Broncos first touchdown, as Denvers Malik Jackson recovered the fumble in the Panthers end zone.Millers ascension to Super Bowl MVP came after a troubled 2013 season during which he was suspended six games under the leagues substance abuse policy. Miller also tore his right ACL in the second-to-last regular-season game of 2013. ' ' '