(SportsNetwork. Lamont Brightful Jersey .com) - The Charlotte Hornets failed in an attempt to keep their winning streak intact, so theyll try to start a new one Saturday versus the Indiana Pacers at Time Warner Cable Arena. The Hornets were riding a five-game winning streak until they opened a four- game homestand with Wednesdays 98-93 loss to the San Antonio Spurs. Manu Ginobili led the visitors with 27 points off the bench and Kemba Walker countered with 28 for the Hornets. Walker, the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Jan. 5-11, has scored 28 points or more in six straight games, posting an average of 29.8 ppg in that time. Bismack Biyombo recorded 12 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to go with five blocks for Charlotte, which made only 38.4 percent of its shot and fell to 8-13 at home this season. Against a team like that, you cant have a stretch of five minutes with no defense, said Hornets coach Steve Clifford. Youre not going to win. Lance Stephenson returned from a 14-game absence with a pelvic injury and scored five points. On Saturday, hell face the team he played with the first four seasons of his career with before bolting this summer via free agency. The Hornets have held the last seven opponents under 100 points and will also host the Minnesota Timberwolves and Miami Heat on the homestand. Hornets guards Gerald Henderson (illness) and Gary Neal (hamstring) are questionable. The Pacers are slumping, losing three straight and all to teams with sub-.500 records. The last two came at home, but Indiana hits the road, starting Saturday. On Friday, the Pacers fell to the red-hot Detroit Pistons, 98-96. Andre Drummond turned defense into offense for the Pistons. He took a charge from Roy Hibbert with 23.9 seconds left and then tipped in the winning shot with 0.3 seconds remaining. It was definitely a difficult game. It was in our favor. We just have to learn to put games away, Indiana forward Solomon Hill said. Hibbert had 14 points, while David West and Damjan Rudez each scored 13 for the Pacers. Ian Mahinmi finished with 12, followed by 11 from Donald Sloan and 10 out of Hill. After their stop in Charlotte, the Pacers will also visit the Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks, Miami Heat and Orlando Magic on this sojourn through the southern part of America. The Pacers edged the Hornets, 88-86, on Nov. 19, as Hills putback as time expired sealed the win for Indiana. Al Jefferson posted 28 points in that one for Charlotte, which has lost 16 of the last 19 games in this series. Indiana and Charlotte will meet again Feb. 8 and April 3. Matthew Judon Jersey . Malone will become an unrestricted free-agent and as per the collective bargaining agreement, the Lightning will be responsible for two-thirds of the remainder of his contract over twice the length of the rest of the deal. Michael Jackson Jersey . A broadcast source said the deal is for five years. The agreement calls for a minimum of 17 regular-season games as well as the East and West Division finals being broadcast annually on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNEWS.Dordrecht, Netherlands (SportsNetwork.com) - A goal in each half from Georginio Wijnaldum helped PSV Eindhoven to a 3-1 win at last-place Dordrecht on Saturday, keeping PSV atop the Eredivisie table. The hosts jumped out to a surprising lead inside of six minutes through Mart Lieder, but Wijnaldum answered for PSV in the 21st when he got on the other end of a chipped ball from Jetro Willems to send a looping header into the net. PSV had a chance to take the lead in the 35th from the penalty spot, but Memphis Depay fired his effort off the crossbar to keep the two sides level. Dordrecht goalkeeper Filip Kuro made a fine double save on Luuk de Jong shortly before the break, but De Jong finally got the best of him on the ensuing corner kick to fire PSV in front at halftime, 2-1. Wijnaldum secured thee win after the break when he took advantage of a failed clearance to score his second goal of the game and put PSV ahead 3-1 in the 58th minute. Parker Ehinger Jersey. Dordrecht finished the match with 10 men thanks to a second yellow card for Ilias Haddad in the 67th, with PSV staying one point clear of second-place Ajax with the win. Ajax had little trouble in brushing aside Willem II on Saturday as the team scored four times in the opening half, including two goals from Arkadiusz Milik, en route to a 5-0 win that allows them to keep pace with PSV. Lex Immers scored twice as Feyenoord cruised to a 5-2 win at Excelsior, AZ Alkmaar used goals from Aron Johannsson and Dabney Souza to top Go Ahead Eagles, 2-0, and NAC escaped with a 1-0 win at Cambuur thanks to a first-half goal from Erik Falkenburg. ' ' '
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