CHICAGO – Brandon Saad scored in the fifth round of the shootout after Jonathan Toews tied the game late in regulation, and the Chicago Blackhawks clinched the Central Division title with a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night….
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Saad scores in shootout after Toews ties it in regulation as Blackhawks beat Red Wings 3-2
CHICAGO – Brandon Saad scored in the fifth round of the shootout after Jonathan Toews tied the game late in regulation, and the Chicago Blackhawks clinched the Central Division title with a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night….
Notebook: Wizards 104, Pacers 85
THE FACTS: For the second straight night, the Indiana Pacers needed a victory to clinch the Central Division title. For the second straight game, the Pacers came up short, this time at the hands of John Wall and the Washington Wizards in his squad’s 104-85 win on Saturday night. …read more
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Notebook: Pacers 97, Bulls 92
THE FACTS: The Indiana Pacers didn’t win the Central Division, but took a giant step in that direction by surviving a 97-92 victory over the Chicago Bulls Sunday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The victory gave the Pacers (38-22) a four-game lead over Chicago (34-26) while also securing the season-series tiebreaker, so Indiana has a strangehold on what would be its first division title since 2003-04. The severely shorthanded Bulls put up a fight and had a chance to tie in the closing seconds, but a turnover with less than a second remaining snuffed their final flicker of hope. David West carried Indiana with 31 points, 10 in the fourth quarter. George Hill had 11 of his 21 in the final period, but went 1-for-4 on free throws in the final seconds to leave the door open. Marco Belinelli and Jimmy Butler scored 20 apiece to lead the Bulls, who lost for the eighth time in 13 games. …read more
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Notebook: Cavaliers 101, Bulls 98
THE FACTS: For the first time in 12 games and almost three years, the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated their Central Division rivals the Chicago Bulls 101-98 Tuesday at the United Center. Dion Waiters led the Cavaliers with 25 points, and Shaun Livingston scored 15 points in a starting role. Bulls forward Carlos Boozer had 27 points and Luol Deng had 26, while guard Kirk Hinrich came back after missing three games due to a sore elbow and had 11 points and 11 assists. …read more
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Notebook: Pacers 101, Bobcats 77
THE FACTS: He’d done just about everything else in this remarkable breakout season, so Paul George ticked another box on his list of things to do before the All-Star break. Indiana’s emerging young forward produced his first career triple-double with 23 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists to spark the Pacers to a 101-77 rout of the Charlotte Bobcats Wednesday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The Pacers (32-21) played without starting power forward David West (scratched left eye) but Tyler Hansbrough filled the void nicely with 19 points and 10 rebounds in his first start since the 2011 playoffs. Indiana snapped a two-game losing streak and heads into the break atop the Central Division and third in the Eastern Conference. Charlotte (12-40) was led by Byron Mullens‘ 19 points and Bismack Biyombo‘s 16 rebounds, but lost in Indiana for the ninth consecutive time. …read more
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Notebook: Pacers 111, Bulls 101
THE FACTS: Two of the league’s best defensive units staged an improbable shootout Monday, ultimately determined by the team that brought the most weapons. David West scored 29, George Hill 22 and Paul George 21 as Indiana built a 14-point lead in the fourth quarter, saw it shrink to four and then held on for a 111-101 victory over the Bulls before a sellout crowd of 18,165 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The Pacers (29-19) moved into a first-place tie with the Bulls (29-19) in the Central Division and took a 2-0 lead in the season series with two meetings remaining. Marco Belinelli played most of the game on a sprained ankle but led the Bulls with 24 points off the bench, while Nate Robinson scored 19 with nine assists and three steals. Indiana won its 14th consecutive home game. The franchise record is 25 set in the 1999-00 season.
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Derick Brassard scores as Columbus beats Predators 3-2 in shootout for rare win in Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Derick Brassard scored in the sixth round of a shootout, and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Nashville Predators 3-2 Saturday night for their fifth win to start a season and a very rare win over their Central Division foe.
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