Indianapolis ? Guarantees were in vogue Sunday at the Eastern Conference finals.

Rasheed Wallace again promised that the Detroit Pistons would defeat the Indiana Pacers in Game 2.

“That’s all I’m saying, people. We will win Game 2,” Wallace announced, repeating the second sentence several times as he was set upon by a media mob upon his entrance to practice.

Wallace issued that same guarantee Saturday night after the Pistons dropped Game 1 of the best-of-seven series, which resumes tonight.

Indiana coach Rick Carlisle and his players acknowledged taking note of the boast, but gave no indication they took great offense. It remains to be seen whether they’re seething privately.

Wallace is the latest in a long line of athletes — beginning with Joe Namath at the 1969 Super Bowl — to utter the dreaded “g-word.”

Just a few days ago, Dwyane Wade, Rafer Alston and Malik Allen of the Miami Heat failed to deliver on their guarantee of forcing a Game 7 against Indiana in the second round.

“I guarantee that there’s going to be a Game 2, and that someone’s going to win it. And I guarantee that Rasheed will probably be in the game, and I won’t,” Pacers forward Scot Pollard quipped.

“I guarantee we’ll be wearing white jerseys and they’ll wear their road jerseys. If nobody wins, the fans will get their money back — that’s a guarantee.”

Wallace, historically uncooperative with reporters, had little else to say other than repeating the statement: “We will win Game 2.”

A question about his ailing left foot was met with silence, and a query about his opinion of Jermaine O’Neal elicited only a cursory reply.