Oklahoma City had no trouble with the Lakers on Saturday afternoon, beating them by 40. Elsewhere, Dwight Howard had 22 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Rockets over the Clippers, the fifth consecutive home win for Houston.
The new-look Grizzlies are finding their groove
Justin Ford-USA TODAY SportsCuriously, the team facing them knows their plight too well. The Pacers were the Eastern conference doppelganger of the Grizzlies, a slow, big, defensively oriented squad that grinds out enough points to be relevant. In the offseason Indiana transitioned into a fast-paced small-ball squad and after some initial hiccups, they have found their stride. They are playing faster and relying more on the three-point shot but also have remained an elite defensive team.
Yet it was exactly their new style — the one the Grizzlies are trying to co-opt, unsuccessfully so far — that betrayed them. They couldn’t create turnovers so they couldn’t run. The Pacers took 28 shots from beyond the arc and only connected on five of them.
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