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Pacers maul Bucks to remain unbeaten
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Roy Hibbert scored 24 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and blocked eight shots on Friday to power the unbeaten Indiana Pacers over the Milwaukee Bucks 104-77.
The Pacers improved to a National Basketball Association-best 9-0, the last team remaining in the league without a loss. Indiana is the first club to win its first nine games of a season since the Dallas Mavericks won their first 14 games in the 2002-2003 campaign.
Hibbert shot 8-of-10 and was 8-for-8 from the free throw line, while Paul George added 22 points for the Pacers, whose largest lead was the final score.
Indiana hit 50.6 percent from the field while the Bucks, depleted by injuries, connected on only 34.1 percent of their shots.
OJ Mayo scored 20 points to lead Milwaukee, which has lost four in a row and five of six.
The Bucks, who fell to 2-6, were without starting point guard Brandon Knight, starting power forward Ersan Ilyasova and reserve Caron Butler.
Zaza Pachulia and Gary Neal both returned from injuries for the Bucks, but Pachulia netted only four points on 2-of-14 shooting while Neal scored 11 points.
The Pacers led 31-21 after the first quarter, built a 52-37 half-time edge and after the Bucks scored the first nine points of the third quarter, Indiana answered with a 10-2 spurt for a 71-55 edge and cruised home.
Elsewhere, it was: Bulls 96, Raptors 80; Trail Blazers 109, Celtics 96; Bobcats 86, Cavaliers 80; Heat 110, Mavericks 104; Hawks 113, 76ers 103; Nuggets 117, Timberwolves 113; Nets 100, Suns 98 (in overtime); Spurs 91, Jazz 82; Grizzlies 89, Lakers 86; and Pistons 97, Kings 90.
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