Pacers Overwhelm Clippers, NBA Roundup

By ESPN

Glenn Robinson III and Myles Turner provided the offense and the Indiana Pacers overwhelmed the Los Angeles Clippers with their defense.

Robinson and Turner each scored 17 points and the Pacers forced 20 turnovers in a 91-70 victory Sunday night over the Clippers, who have lost two in a row for the first time this season.

"We just tried to have active hands and be aggressive defensively," said Jeff Teague, who had 13 points and two steals. "That's a great team over there, great players that they have. We just did a good job of being active and causing a little havoc on defense."

The Pacers have forced at least 20 turnovers seven times this season and this time it came while the Clippers tried to bounce back from a 108-97 loss in Detroit on Friday.

Blake Griffin had 16 points and nine rebounds, and Chris Paul added 13 points. The Clippers shot just 31.4 percent from the field, were 4 of 24 from 3-point range, and couldn't get going offensively for the second straight game.

"It was all bad," Paul said. "We shot bad, we defended bad. We have to sweep it under the rug. We have to fix it and stop the bleeding at some point."

Al Jefferson and Rodney Stuckey created a spark off the bench for the Pacers. Jefferson finished with 16 points and eight rebounds, while Stuckey had 12 points to help Indiana win two straight for just the second time this season.

Indiana went on a 12-2 run at the start of the second half and took a 62-44 lead after Robinson's 3-pointer with 6:48 left in the third quarter.

Monta Ellis made a 3-pointer at the start of the fourth quarter and Jefferson scored to put the Pacers ahead 79-58 with 10:49 to play.

With All-Star forward Paul George on the bench nursing a sore left ankle for the second straight game, Indiana got off to a slow start, but settled in on defense and forced the Clippers to turn it over 11 times in the first quarter.

After scoring a career-high 20 points against Brooklyn on Friday while replacing George, Robinson scored six points in the first quarter and had 10 by halftime in his fourth start this season.

Sunday, November 27 Scoreboard

Cleveland 112, Philadelphia 108

Denver 120, Phoenix 114

Sacramento 122, Brooklyn 105

Milwaukee 104, Orlando 96

Indiana 91, Los Angeles Clippers 70

Dallas 91, New Orleans 81

Houston 130, Portland 114

Los Angeles Lakers 109, Atlanta 94

Monday, November 28 Schedule (All Times Central)

Sacramento at Washington, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at New York, 6:30 p.m.

Boston at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Utah at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.