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George hot as unbeaten Pacers overrun Grizzlies
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The Indiana Pacers remained the National Basketball Association’s only unbeaten team this season after Paul George scored 23 points and Lance Stephenson had the first triple-double of his career in a 95-79 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday.
Indiana became the NBA’s seventh team to open the season with eight wins and no losses since 2000 — two more wins than the club’s previous best start. And they followed a familiar script in the battle between last season’s conference runners-up by dominating the glass, dominating the second half and divvying up top honors.
Stephenson finished with 13 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high 12 assists. George Hill scored 13 points and Roy Hibbert added five more blocks to his NBA-leading total.
Spaniard Marc Gasol led the Grizzlies with 15 points and Zach Randolph added 12 for Memphis, which fell to 3-4 after being out-rebounded 45-32.
The Pacers kept Memphis to 27 percent shooting in the first quarter on the way to a 23-16 lead. The Grizzlies closed the second quarter with an 11-6 run to pull within 46-39 at half-time, but came no closer in the second half.
Indiana is the first NBA club to start the season with eight wins in a row since the Los Angeles Lakers and New Orleans Hornets did so in 2010.
Elsewhere, it was: Spurs 109, 76ers 85; Hawks 103, Bobcats 94; Celtics 120, Magic 105; Bulls 96, Cavaliers 81; Rockets 110, Raptors 104 (in second overtime); Nuggets 100, Jazz 81; Trail Blazers 109, Pistons 103; and Clippers 109, Timberwolves 107.
In Philadelphia, San Antonio rolled to an easy victory over the Philadelphia 76ers as Danny Green scored 18 points and Tony Parker had 14.
The defending Western Conference champions are off to a 7-1 start following consecutive wins in New York and Philadelphia.
Evan Turner scored 20 points and Spencer Hawes had 17 for the Sixers, who couldn’t give coach Brett Brown a better effort in his first game against his former team.
Atlanta’s Al Horford scored 24 points as the Hawks handed Charlotte Bobcats coach Steve Clifford a loss in his first game back since undergoing a heart procedure.
Clifford missed Charlotte’s game last Friday night against the Knicks after having two stents placed in his heart.
Jeff Teague had 14 points and 12 assists, while Cartier Martin chipped in with 16 points.
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