NAITAKAS ng Indiana Pacers ang 105-100 panalo kontra Los Angeles Clippers upang ilista ang best start ng franchise sa 16-1 win-loss slate kanina sa 2013-14 National Basketball Association, (NBA) regular season.
Umariba ng 27 puntos, anim na rebounds at limang assists si Paul George upang manatili ang Indiana sa tuktok ng Eastern Conference.
”We can become a lot better. We’re still nowhere close to where we want to be offensively, and that’s the next step for us,” saad ni George. ”The defense is clicking well, the transition defense is clicking well, and we’re playing like a team. This was a great win for us. We knew coming in that it was going to be a hard-fought game.”
Bumakas naman si David West ng 24 points at 12 boards habang si center Roy Hibbert ay may ambag na 19 pts. para itarak ang seven-game winning streak ng Pacers.
”We’re always up for a challenge, and we had a good one today,” wika ni Hibbert, ”The Clippers are going to be a contender for the Western Conference finals, so we just had to get in there and grind it out today and finish it off. But we have a lot more work to do. We don’t worry about swagger. We’re just five individuals out there on the court playing together.”
Nalasap ng Clippers ang pang-anim na kabiguan sa 18 laro kasama ang dalawang talo sa home court.
Si Jamal Crawford top scorer ng Clippers sa isinumiteng 20 markers, sinegundahan siya ni star point guard Chris Paul na may 17 pts. At 10 assists.
Samantala, dumaan sa butas ng karayom ang two-time defending champions Miami Heat bago pasuin ang Charlotte Bobcats.
May 2:39 minuto na lang sa final period ng kumana si Chris Bosh ng tatlong sunod na three-pointer para talunin ang Bobcats, 99-98.
Sa ibang kaganapan, pinaluhod ng Golden State Warriors ang Sacramento Kings, 115-113 habang pinayuko ng Denver Nuggets ang Toronto Raptors, 112-98.
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