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Indiana (8-17) has lost six straight away from home, putting it on the verge of its worst road skid since dropping nine straight from Dec. 1, 2010-Jan. 8, 2011. The Pacers are also 3-9 when leaving the comfort of the East. After their current six-game stretch against the West, 17 of the next 23 games will be played in-conference.

They may also soon get a boost from George Hill, who took part in a full-court scrimmage Tuesday after missing the entire season with a torn quadriceps. While the point guard has been ruled out against Los Angeles, he could be back before Christmas.

"Despite our record, you still have to tip your hat to these guys," Hill told the team's official website. "These guys have been battling their butts off. We've just played a grueling schedule so far."

The Clippers (17-7), meanwhile, have won five straight at home and got things rolling again with Monday's 113-91 home win over Detroit after dropping games in Washington and Milwaukee. Those losses were preceded by a nine-game winning streak.

"It's crazy. When you play so many games, you think the team doesn't play off confidence. But I think we just needed to see again what it was like to defend and see the ball go through the net at the other end -- and to win," Paul said. "I think our spacing was a little better than the last two games, but our defense was better also.

"Hopefully we can start another streak now."

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Neddy wrote:

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a part of the reason why the bench can't score is because it almost seems like Jamal never passes. he takes bad shots one after another and since some of them do go down, we accept the fact that he stops ball movements whenever he touches the ball just because he tends to make some impossible shots when he could have been making the most highest percentage shots by passing the ball to his open teammates.