Nuggets drop Pacers, snap five-game losing skid

J.R. Smith appears to be asking his Twitter followers to help him decide which team to sign with when he returns home from China. The Knicks are one possibility.

Ty Lawson scored 27 points to lead the Denver Nuggets to a 113-109 win over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday night. The Nuggets snapped their five-game losing streak with the win. Danny Granger scored 26 points for the Pacers, who have lost four of five. Arron Afflalo had 23 points and five rebounds and Corey Brewer had 19 points and five rebounds in his first game back after missing...

Pacers Center Stock Watch: 2/5/2012 – 2/13/2012 - Pacers CenterStarters Roy Hibbert. The week started out good for Hibbert. A 17 points 10 rebounds game against Utah was the highlight of the week along with being named to the All-Star team, but then things went south for the 7 footer. A lackluster performance against Atlanta, followed by a 1-7 shooting night against Western...

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Lost in the Linsanity phenomenon over the past week was the fact that the Indiana Pacers, who previously prided themselves in not losing consecutive games all season, have now dropped three straight.After the lousy loss to the Hawks, the Pacers promptly lost their next couple of games, both close ones, against Memphis (98-92) and Denver (113-109), respectively.Remember when the Nuggets...

The Clippers are one of a handful of teams vying free agent guard J.R. Smith who will be eligible to return to the NBA on Wednesday after his Chinese team's season concludes, according to a source with knowledge of the team's thinking.

Missed free throws hurt Pacers in loss to Memphis - Pacers CenterThe Indiana Pacers headed into Memphis without having lost back-to-back games all season long. That changed as the Memphis Grizzlies knocked off the Pacers 98-92. It was a hard-fought game all night, but the Grizzlies pulled away late in the fourth quarter. David West put up an All-Star performance with 22 points and...

The Indiana Pacers haven't been looking so good after two painful losses in a row after getting beat by Atlanta and Memphis on the road. It was the Pacers' first time losing consecutive games all season.Heading back to Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indiana was looking for a bounce back win against the Denver Nuggets. It was a strong, close game up until the fourth quarter...

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Coming into their game at FedEx Forum Friday night, the Pacers had not yet lost two games in a row this season. That statistic came to an end in Memphis. The Grizzlies outlasted the Pacers, in a game with 18 lead changes and 17 ties, to an eventual 98-92 victory. Memphis had  five players score in double figures, led by Rudy Gay, who scored 21. David West had 22 points for the Pacers...

Hype doesn’t always translate to results.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Indiana Pacers forward Danny Granger went into Friday's game against the Memphis Grizzlies with a higher scoring average (18.3 ppg) than recently named Eastern Conference All-Stars Luol Deng (Chicago, 16.0) and Andre Iguodala (Philadelphia, 13.0) and only percentage points lower than Atlanta's Joe Johnson (18.6) and Boston's Paul Pierce (18.4).

There have been times these past few years when I wanted to give Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert a hug. It would have required a stepladder -- even if he was sitting down -- but after rough games, he was so moribund, so terribly down on himself, you felt like offering a warm embrace and saying, "Hey, big fella, it's gonna be OK.''