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ATLANTA -- The Indiana Pacers have changed who they are, going to a different style in hopes of surviving the opening round of the playoffs. No matter what, they can always count on David West. With the top-seeded Pacers poised for an early summer, West fearlessly led a 16-4 run to end the game, extending the season with a 95-88 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday night. "Hes our rock," Indiana coach Frank Vogel said. "Theres no other way to put it." Trailing 3-2 after losing at home for the second time in the best-of-seven series, Indiana was in big trouble when the Hawks pushed out to an 84-79 lead with just over 3 minutes remaining, cheered on by a raucous crowd that barely sat down in the second half. But, for the fourth time in this back-and-forth affair, the road team won. West seemed to make every big play down the stretch, scoring four straight points and forcing a huge turnover to begin the turnaround. He hit two more baskets in the final minute to wrap things up, finishing with 24 points. Game 7 is Saturday in Indianapolis. "When a team is making runs like that, an eight seed trying to knock off a one seed in their building and the place is erupting on every play, we have a guy with the composure to settle everyone down," Vogel said. Paul George also scored 24 points for the Pacers, making four straight free throws to help fend off a team that was trying to become only the sixth No. 8 seed to win a playoff series. The Pacers went with a smaller-than-usual lineup much of the game, hoping to match up better with Atlanta spreading the court and shooting a bunch of 3-pointers. Roy Hibbert remained the starting centre, but played only about 12 minutes for the second game in a row. Ian Mahinmi played nearly twice as long, giving Indiana more mobility in the lane, while C.J. Watson and Chris Copeland also got extensive minutes. It worked. Atlanta bogged down offensively and made only 9-of-35 from beyond the arc. "We tried some different lineups," West said. "Coach rolled the dice." West came up big all over the court, also leading the Pacers with 11 rebounds and six assists, not to mention a couple of steals. "I told the guys, If worse comes to worse, weve got to play park basketball," he said. Atlanta, playing perhaps its biggest home playoff game since the 1980s, looked as if it was on the verge of a huge celebration when the defence sagged and Jeff Teague knocked down a jumper with 3:16 to go. But, led by West, the Pacers showed some of the resolve theyve lacked in a late-season swoon. After swishing a pair of free throws, he hustled back to swat the ball away from Atlantas Pero Antic. Making sure Indiana took advantage of the turnover, West calmly made a jumper from the top of the key. Paul Millsap missed at the other end, and George Hill burst into the lane to drop one in. Just like that, the Pacers were back up 85-84 with 1:58 remaining. Antic tied it for the final time, 85-all, on a free throw with 1:24 remaining. But that was it for the Hawks. West hit another jumper to put the Pacers ahead for good. Then, coming off a timeout, Lou Williams drove under the basket and tried to throw an outlet pass to Teague; instead, the ball went right to George. He was immediately fouled, made both free throws, and Teague missed again for the Hawks after a brilliant night to seal it for the Pacers. Teague scored 29 points, nearly pulling out a victory on a night when Atlanta shot just under 36 per cent. "Nobodys going to lay down and just allow their season to be over with," Williams said. "Especially with the type of basketball team that they are. I think they just did a great job of just fighting at that three-minute mark and made the plays that we didnt." The bruising series nearly turned ugly near the end of the first half. Scott doled out an elbow to Hill, and the Pacers guard responded with a shove. The refs jumped in quickly and no punches were thrown. After initially calling a foul on Hill, the officials got together and changed it to Scott. The crowd booed lustily, but it appeared to be the correct call. Replays appeared to show a couple of Indiana players stepping beyond the bench area, but they didnt get involved and Vogel said he didnt expect any discipline from the league for Game 7. Notes: Millsap and Williams were the only other Atlanta players in double figures, both with 16 points. ... Lance Stephenson scored 21 points for the Pacers. ... Millsap had 18 rebounds. Discount New Orleans Saint Jerseys . Instead, Nonis and Kessel were sorting through the fallout of a wild melee with the Buffalo Sabres, one that saw Kessel suspended for the duration of the pre-season. 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Dominik Kahun had both goals for Germany (0-2), who lost its opening match to Canada 7-2 on Thursday.SALT LAKE CITY - About 7,200 miles ago, the Los Angeles Clippers were stumbling and bumbling.After going 6-1 on an extended road trip, the Clippers have found their groove.We made it a business trip, Chris Paul said. We got out of our own way. We played a little bit more free and really moved the ball. Most of all, our defence was pretty good.Blake Griffin scored 28 points and Paul added 17 points and 10 assists to beat the Utah Jazz 112-96 on Saturday night and post their fourth straight win.Jamal Crawford scored 22 points and DeAndre Jordan grabbed 12 rebounds as the Clippers (11-5) finished the trip with an exclamation point.We executed our game plans on this trip, with the exception of Memphis (a 107-91 loss on Nov. 23). We got to our places on the floor. We made teams do what we wanted them to do, Griffin said.Gordon Hayward scored 30 points and Derrick Favours had 19 for the Jazz (5-12), who have lost a season-high five games in a row.I think the Clippers make everybody look a step slow right now. They put you in a lot of positions where a mistake costs you a basket or a layup, Utah coach Quin Snyder said.J.J. Redick had 13 points as the Clippers marked 12 consecutive victories over the Jazz with 56 per cent shooting.The Clippers now boast an NBA-best 5-0 record in the second half of back-to-back games.We got tired, but we just push through, Paul said.The Jazz closed within 98-86 in the fourth quarter on a couple hustle plays by Trevor Booker, including an emphatic follow dunk. But the Clippers countered with 3-pointers by Redick and Crawford — both on assists from Griffin.Especially late in games, thats what Im looking for. Thats what J.J. and Jamal do - they knock shots down. So that was huge, Griffin said.Griffins unselfishness didnt go unnoticed.What makes Blake so dangerous is his ability to pass the ball. When they started making that run, they tried to trap me and I just got it to Blake and its like hes a point guard, making the right passes, Paul said.Griffin scored 13 points in the first quarter as the Clippers tried to get this one over quickly andd get some rest on their road trip finale.ddddddddddddIt was really important to jump on them because we know the Jazz arent going to quit at home, Griffin said.But the Jazz rallied behind Haywards 20 second-quarter points, the most in a quarter for a Jazz player this season.Haywards running hook trimmed the lead to 51-45, but the Clippers soon extended the advantage to 62-50 at halftime thanks to Crawfords last-second jumper and free throw.___TIP-INSClippers: Blake Griffin is third in the NBA with 29 points per game in the second half of back-to-backs. . Griffin got a technical for arguing an out-of-bounds call in the second quarter. ... The Clippers never trailed.Jazz: Alec Burks hurt his shoulder in first quarter while contesting a fast-break drive by Matt Barnes, and immediately went to the training room but returned and scored 12 points. ... Rodney Hood played for first time after missing 10 games with foot inflammation and scored two points but missed all six of his field goal attempts. . Booker had 15 points and a season-high nine rebounds.QUICK STARTBefore we even had the jump ball, we talked about it and said, Make sure we set the tone and make sure we set the pace, because this is a team that can play really well here at home, Paul said of the Clippers jumping out to a 35-15 lead.ROAD WARRIORSThe seven-game trip is the second-longest of the season for any team in terms of distance. It shows a lot of character because its hard to win on the road, it really is. People outside our locker room were panicking a little bit about us before we left. It shows our growth, for sure, Crawford said. Were carving out our identity.HAYWARD WITHOUT HELPHayward had never scored 20 points in a quarter before. His previous best was when he scored Utahs final 17 points in the fourth quarter of a win over Oklahoma City on Jan. 7, 2014. Problem was it came after the Jazz were so far down. We got ourselves in a hole and we had to fight back. Good thing happen when you play hard, Hayward said.UP NEXTClippers: Host Minnesota on Monday.Jazz: Host Denver on Monday. 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