Indiana Pacers point guard George Hill has pulled out of this week’s Team USA camp in Las Vegas due to a scheduling conflict. …read more
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Notebook: Pacers 107, Hawks 90
THE FACTS: When a guy goes 3-for-13 from the field and dominates a game, you know the outcome was about more than shot-making, and that clearly as the case in Indiana’s 107-90 Game 1 victory over Atlanta Sunday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Though the aforementioned Paul George had his first career playoff triple-double with 23 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds, he spearheaded a remarkably aggressive and energetic performance by the Pacers. Constantly on the attack, he tied a franchise playoff record with 17 free throws made. Indiana outscored the Hawks 30-7 from the line, outrebounded the Hawks 48-32 and had a 19-7 advantage in second-chance points. George Hill scored 18 and Roy Hibbert 16 for the Pacers. Jeff Teague led Atlanta with 21.
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Notebook: Pacers 99, Cavaliers 94
THE FACTS: Ordinarily, a home victory over Cleveland would not produce a championship-style celebration at center court, with players jumping on top of each other, hugging and high-fiving. But this was no ordinary victory. Trailing by 20 points with less than nine minutes remaining, George Hill and Paul George sparked a furious rally, combining for 20 points in a 31-6 closing run that lifted Indian to a stunning 99-94 victory over Cleveland Tuesday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The comeback started shortly after head coach Frank Vogel picked up two technical fouls and was ejected late in the third quarter, an incident that seemed to bring a much-needed spark to what had been a moribund Indiana performance. Trailing 88-68 with 9:04 remaining, Indiana held Cleveland to 2-for-15 shooting and forced seven turnovers the rest of the way. Hill finished with 27 for Indiana (49-29), while Kyrie Irving scored a game-high 29 for Cleveland (24-53). …read more
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Notebook: Lakers 99, Pacers 93
THE FACTS: Kobe Bryant started but couldn’t finish, but it mattered little to the Los Angeles Lakers. Despite a scoreless 12 minutes from Bryant, the Lakers rode a combined 35 points and 9-for-14 shooting from the 3-point line from reserves Steve Blake and Antawn Jamison, 20 points from Dwight Howard and 19 from Metta World Peace to a 99-93 victory over the Pacers Friday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Producing just their third road win against a team with a winning record, the Lakers (35-32) recorded their 15th win in 21 games. They also pushed one full game ahead of Utah in the race for the final playoff berth in the Western Conference. Indiana (40-25) was led by George Hill with 27 and Paul George with 20 but shot just 37.4 percent. …read more
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Notebook: Pacers 107, Timberwolves 91
THE FACTS: While the Indiana Pacers continue to wait on Danny Granger, they are welcoming the return of Roy Hibbert. The 7-foot-2 center continued his recent surge with a season-high 27 points on 10-for-15 shooting, adding 12 rebounds and four blocked shots as the Pacers rolled past a seriously short-handed Minnesota team 107-91 Wednesday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. It was the ninth consecutive game in double figures for Hibbert, a former All-Star who struggled mightily with his shot throughout the first half of the season. Paul George battled foul trouble but scored 17 for Indiana (40-24), while George Hill added 16 with six assists. Coming off his first career triple-double in a victory over San Antonio Tuesday night, Ricky Rubio fell four rebounds shy of another, finishing with 21 points, 10 assists and six boards to lead Minnesota (22-40), which dropped its sixth in a row on the road. …read more
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Notebook: Celtics 83, Pacers 81
THE FACTS: Left for dead two months ago, the Boston Celtics have come fully to life. Jeff Green‘s lay-in on a high-low feed from Kevin Garnett with five-tenths of a second remaining completed an 11-0 run in the final 4:15 that rallied the Celtics to an 83-81 victory over the stunned Indiana Pacers Wednesday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Indiana led 81-72 with 4:36 remaining but shot 0-for-7 with four turnovers the rest of the way. Garnett scored 18 to lead the Celtics (33-27), who won their fourth in a row and improved to 13-4 since Rajon Rondo was lost for the season with a knee injury. Paul Pierce and Avery Bradley had 13 apiece. Paul George scored 16 and George Hill had14 to lead Indiana (38-23), which shot 4-for-20 in the fourth quarter. …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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Stephen Curry Makes George Hill Fall Down With Crossover During Warriors-Pacers Game (VIDEO)
By The Huffington Post News Editors
By Chris Yuscavage, Complex Sports
Hey, George Hill, we’ve got just one word for you: RICE.
That stands for Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation.
Notebook: Pacers 108, Warriors 97
THE FACTS: That Indiana won its fifth consecutive game, all by double figures, was almost lost in the aftermath of a fourth-quarter shoving match that spilled into the front row of spectators at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, resulting in six technical fouls, the ejection of Pacers center Roy Hibbert and possible suspensions coming from the league. With David West scoring 28, George Hill 23 and Paul George 21, the Pacers weathered a 38-point storm from Stephen Curry and wore down the visiting Golden State Warriors 108-97 Tuesday. Indiana led 95-85 with 6:10 remaining when Hibbert responded to a hard push from Lee with a two-handed shove, sparking a scrum that started under the basket and migrated to the edge of the court before officials and cooler heads prevailed. In addition to Hibbert’s ejection, Lee, West, Curry and Klay Thompson picked up technical fouls. There appeared to be no punches thrown but several players, including Curry, were knocked to the floor. West scored six in a row as the Pacers pushed the lead to 104-87 to put the game away. …read more
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Notebook: Pacers 114, Pistons 82
THE FACTS: One of the best defensive teams in the NBA suddenly has unlocked an explosive offense, and the result has been devastating. Indiana shot a season-high 56.2 percent from the field and rolled to its second consecutive demolition job, 114-82, over the visiting Detroit Pistons Friday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. After building a 39-point lead in smacking the Knicks 125-91 on Wednesday, the Pacers (34-21) pushed their margin to 43 points in the fourth quarter before settling for their second consecutive victory by more than 30 points. Six Indiana players scored in double figures, led by David West with 18, George Hill with 15 and rookie Orlando Johnson with a season-high 14. Detroit, which lost its 10th straight trip to Indianapolis, a streak that dates back to 2008, was led by Will Bynum’s 17 points off the bench. …read more
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Notebook: Nets 89, Pacers 84 OT
THE FACTS: The Brooklyn Nets beat the Indiana Pacers 89-84 in overtime on Monday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Indiana led 76-72 with 1:38 left, but missed its final four shots of regulation as the Nets rallied to force overtime thanks to Joe Johnson‘s tough driving floater with 13 seconds remaining. New Jersey (30-22) then dominated the extra session to win going away. It was the Nets’ ninth consecutive overtime win, and fourth this season. Brook Lopez was dominant for the Nets, who played without injured point guard Deron Williams, racking up 25 points and eight rebounds. Johnson scored 17 while Reggie Evans yanked 22 rebounds. George Hill led Indiana (31-21) with 22 points. …read more
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Notebook: Pacers 88, 76ers 69
THE FACTS: Roy Hibbert scored 18 points and swept 14 rebounds, leading four Indiana Pacers in double figures en route to an impressive 88-69 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers Wednesday night at the Wells Fargo Center. Paul George, David West and George Hill scored 15 points each for the Pacers, who improved to 31-19 and won on three consecutive nights. Because of a rescheduled game, the Pacers had to play Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. They responded with victories over the Bulls, Hawks and Sixers. Overall, the Pacers have now won five straight games. …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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Notebook: Pacers 96, Bobcats 88
THE FACTS: In the absence of one of the game’s hottest young players, the Pacers turned to their reliable veteran. With Paul George sidelined by the fly, David West produced the first triple-double of his career with 14 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists as Indiana fought off a determined effort by Charlotte, 96-88, Saturday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. It was the 10th consecutive home win for the Pacers (23-14), matching their longest such streak since the 2002-03 season. George Hill scored 19 and former Bobcat D.J. Augustin matched his season-high with 18 for Indiana, which also got 17 from Lance Stephenson. Ben Gordon scored 21 off the bench to lead Charlotte (9-27), which lost for the 22nd time in 24 games, while Kemba Walker scored 16.
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