Pacers vs Clippers

That is once again the case for this game, as the team is expected to be fully-healthy aside from the possible absences of Reggie Jackson and Nicolas Batum.

Both players were hobbled in LA’s loss to Boston, and could get a day off in this afternoon affair in Indiana. Having been fully-healthy for just four games all season, the Clippers have been closer to full health over their last several games than they’ve been in a long time. The LA Clippers are taking on the Indiana Pacers this afternoon in their final game of 2022.

The Pacers close out 2022 at home against a former face of the franchise.

Still, this may be a different beast with both PG and Kawhi playing (disclaimer: assuming there are no late scratches). Maybe the Pacers should be glad PG and Kawhi are not on the injury list, along with the other top players. with PG and Kawhi sitting and Ivica Zubac went for 31 points and 29 rebounds as the Clips rolled to a 114-100 win. That seems to be the only problem the Pacers have, facing a depleted roster on the other side. LAC: Nicolas Batum - questionable (sprained left ankle), Reggie Jackson -questionable (sore left Achilles), Brandon Boston Jr. So for those hoping to literally ring in the new year with PG, he will likely be doing that on Pacific Time later this evening after the Clips’ team flight.

The Indiana Pacers narrowly defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 131-130 in front of their home fans on Saturday. Tyrese Haliburton and Myles Turner led the ...

Haliburton later discussed the topic of closing out games. “I was missing some shots early, I think it was just a lack of aggression,” Haliburton said. The Indiana Pacers narrowly defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 131-130 in front of their home fans on Saturday.

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INDIANAPOLIS -- In the first three quarters Saturday, Tyrese Haliburton scored exactly one bucket per quarter, which spoke highly of both the Clippers' ...

He really is grasping everything that there is to grasp about the opportunity that he has here and the responsibility that he has here. Between that game and Indiana's game at Boston, he met with teammates and particularly staff members -- not just Carlisle but others -- to diagnose the problems late in games and also make sure he had a better sense of what the team needed from him. When he had a matchup he liked, he waved teammates away so he had space to operate, but also so they'd be in position when he had to kick out. He scored just two points and missed two fourth-quarter 3-pointers in the Pacers' loss to the Knicks on Dec. After the Knicks game, a defeat he took personally, he knew the Pacers couldn't get better in late games unless he did. He scored 12 points in the fourth on Tuesday to help the Pacers put an impressive win over the Hawks on ice. 18 and he also scored just two points in the fourth quarter against the Cavaliers on Dec. 23, he hit a game-winning 3-pointer with 2.6 seconds to go to cap-off a 43-point explosion in a win over the Heat in Miami. With 57 seconds left he hit got an and-1 in the lane and converted it to put the Pacers up 126-125, then hit two more free throws with 29 seconds to go to put them up 128-125. He hit a 3-pointer to put the Pacers up 121-120 with 2:32 to go and a layup to tie it at 123 with 1:58 left. He needed every one of those as the Pacers outlasted a Clippers squad with championship intentions, 131-130, grabbing their third straight win and fifth victory in the last six games, all of them against teams currently in playoff position. And yet the Pacers scored more than 30 points in each of those quarters and had 93 headed into the fourth.

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Myles Turner scored 34 points, Tyrese Haliburton had 24 points and 10 assists, including 14 points in the final four minutes, and the Indiana Pacers held on for a 131-130 win over Paul George and the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday.

. After being outrebounded 62-39 in their 114-100 loss to the Clippers on Nov. The Pacers traded George to Oklahoma City in 2017 after he informed them that he planned to leave once he was eligible for free agency in 2018. Turner hit two free throws to restore a three-point advantage for the Pacers, who have won five of their last six. Turner's hook shot early in the third quarter sent the Pacers ahead by 14, the largest advantage by either side. ''There's a lot of trust in me in this organization,'' Haliburton said. Leonard missed a 3-pointer from the right wing that would have tied the game at 130.

Tyrese Haliburton scores 18 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter to help the Pacers rally to a victory over the Clippers on Saturday afternoon.

George did get a stop on a steal with 2:43 to play and the Clippers leading 120-118 but threw a cross-court pass out of bounds. His aggression against the Pacers was influenced as much by his feeling that the Clippers had been too passive for too long against the Celtics in his previous game as it was a response to the not-so-warm welcome. Batum’s absence Saturday — his first missed game this season, breaking his goal of playing all 82 — led Robert Covington to play in the first quarter for the first time since Dec. It was the second consecutive game Lue used lineups without a center for extended stretches during the second half. Then it was Leonard’s turn, scoring 17 of his 24 points in the third quarter, to go with three of his seven assists. “We just got to figure it out and continue to one, hold ourselves and everybody accountable, and put the effort in.”