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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Al Jefferson had a pretty good inkling it was Charlottes night when he banked in a 31-footer from well beyond the top of the key to beat the shot clock midway through the fourth quarter. "I didnt call the bank, but I trusted my right hand," Jefferson said with a laugh. Jefferson scored 34 points and the Bobcats stunned NBA-leading Indiana 109-87 Wednesday night, handing the Pacers just their second two-game skid of the season. Jefferson was 16 of 25 from the field and had eight rebounds for the Bobcats (28-33), who won their fifth straight at home to equal their combined win total from the previous two seasons. "Im not accepting that were a team that guys look at on the schedule anymore and say, OK, we have the Bobcats (so) we can take the night off." Jefferson said. Jefferson, whose 38-point, 19-rebound effort Monday night was overshadowed by LeBron James career-high 61-point outing, has scored at least 20 points in 21 of his last 24 games. "I think everybody needs to question the Eastern Conference voting on why Al Jefferson wasnt on the All-Star team because clearly he is one of the best in the game," Pacers coach Frank Vogel said. "He showed it tonight. Give him credit." Charlotte was finishing a brutal four-game stretch, becoming the first team since the 2009-10 Knicks to play the NBAs top four teams in consecutive games. They previously lost to San Antonio, Oklahoma City and Miami on the road, but left no doubt about this this one. Charlotte jumped out to a 28-8 lead after the first quarter and never trailed. Kemba Walker added 19 points and nine assists for the Bobcats, who have the seventh-best record in the Eastern Conference. Bobcats coach Steve Clifford said he thought his team played well in the road losses to the Spurs, Thunder and Heat and that it carried over some confidence to Wednesday night. "We played a lot of good basketball and you get nothing for it," Clifford said. "To be honest, we took a day off (on Tuesday) and you could tell from our shootaround, not that we were going to win, but that we were going to play well." Evan Turner had 22 points for the Pacers (46-15), who lost back-to-back games for only the second time this season. Charlottes Michael Kidd-Gilchrist said he was "extra fired up" to defend All-Star Paul George, two nights after James destroyed the Bobcats by knocking down 8 of 10 3-pointers. Kidd-Gilchrist did his job, holding George without a field goal. George was 0 for 9 and finished with just two points. Jefferson defended Kidd-Gilchrists effort against Miami, saying he did the job asked of him against James. "Against LeBron, the game plan was we didnt want him to get to the basket," Jefferson said. "We want LeBron to shoot jumpers. If he hits 8 of 10 3-pointers, we can live with that." George said he wasnt at the top of his game against Charlotte. "I was sore," George said. "I tried to play through it thinking it would loosen up. It was a tight night for me." The Pacers had won 14 of their last 15 against the Bobcats coming in, including five straight by an average of nearly 18 points. But Indiana was sluggish from the start, shooting 4 of 20 from the field in the opening quarter and turning the ball over six times, leading to 12 Charlotte points and a 20-point deficit. The Pacers, shooting at the home end of the floor where some of the lights were out, were held to eight points -- the fewest allowed in a quarter this season by the Bobcats. While the Pacers were struggling on offence, Jefferson was at it again on the offensive end. He hit his first six shots and had 20 points at the break. The Pacers would battle back to cut the lead to four in the second quarter, but the Bobcats never surrendered the lead and stretched the lead back to 18 again by the end of the third quarter. The Bobcats shot 51 per cent from the field against the NBAs top defensive team. The 22-point loss was the third-largest of the season for the Pacers. "Charlottes a good basketball team," Vogel said. "Theyre rested. We are coming in here in this situation in their house. We beat them pretty handily the first couple of times. So, we knew they were going to come out and we were going to have to play great and we didnt play great." NOTES: Chris Douglas-Roberts got the start in place of Gerald Henderson, who missed his second straight game with a strained calf. ... The only other time the Pacers lost back-to-back games this season came Dec. 16 and 18 against Detroit and Miami. ... The Bobcats are 14-3 at home when scoring at least 91 points. Wholesale Air Max 90 Australia . After not scoring 40 points in the opening quarter in the last five seasons, the Rockets have done it five times this season and twice in the last three games. Cheap Air Max 90 Wholesale . 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On Sunday the football Gods delivered once again, only this time it was time for good old USA to experience as much heartache as joy.Vancouver’s getting production from the supporting cast, a Flyer is challenging for the scoring lead, Tuesday was a rough night for injuries and more in Scott Cullen’s Statistically Speaking. HEROES Nick Bonino – The Vancouver centre scored a pair of goals in a 5-2 win at Colorado, giving him six goals and 11 points in 13 games this season. The best part about Bonino’s production with the Canucks is that all 11 points have come at even strength. Last season, in Anaheim, 20 of his 49 points came on the power play. Hes also working with positive possession (52.4% Corsi) on the Canucks second line. Jakub Voracek – The Flyers right winger scored a pair of goals in a 4-1 win against Edmonton, giving him 11 points in a six-game point streak. He now ranks second in the league, with 18 points, one behind Sidney Crosby. Goalies – Blues G Jake Allen stopped all 26 New Jersey shots he faced in a 1-0 Blues win at New Jersey . Senators G Craig Anderson stopped 31 of 32 Red Wings shots in a 3-1 win. Penguins G Tomas Greiss turned aside 33 of 34 shots in a 4-1 win at Minnesota. Kings G Jonathan Quick stopped 33 of 34, including all 17 he faced in the third period, in a 3-1 win at Dallas. Flyers G Steve Mason stopped 35 of 36 shots in a 4-1 win against Edmonton. Jets G Ondrej Pavelec stopped 23 of 24 shots in a 3-1 win over Nashville. ZEROES Jeff Skinner – Demoted to the fourth line, playing a season-low 11:12, and had Carolina’s worst possession stats (2 shot attempts for, eight against, 20.0%) at Columbus. His 5:57 even-strength ice time was the lowest among Carolina skaters by a wide margin. Jiri Tlusty, at 9:41, was second lowest among Hurricanes forwards and he left with an injury after a hit from Columbus D Jack Johnson. Braden Holtby – The Capitals goaltender allowed four goals on 23 shots against Calgary, dropping his save percentage to .891 in nine games this season. Max Talbot – Avalanche forward was buried in his own end against Vancouver, on the ice for one shot attempt for and 13 against (7.1%). As a team, the Avalanche rank 29th in Team Corsi (41.6%) this season. SHORT SHIFTS Bruins LW Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist in a 2-1 win over Florida, giving him six points in the past three games…Bruins C Carl Soderberg, RW Loui Eriksson and LW Matt Fraser had better than 81% of even-strength shot attempts against Florida…Flames D Mark Giordano had a goal and an assist in a 4-3 overtime win at Washington. Giordano is tied with defence partner T.J. Brodie and San Jose’s Brent Burns for the scoring lead among defencemen. All three have 13 points…Blue Jackets LW Nick Foligno scored a pair of goals in a 4-2 loss to Carolina, giving him 13 points in 11 games…Kings D Drew Doughty played 31:46 in a 3-1 win at Dallas, his highest ice time in a regular-season game since January 24, 2013. Doughty is averaging a career-high 27:00 per game this season…Blues RW Ryan Reaves drew another blank against New Jersey (0 shot attempts for, 6 against), putting him at zero shots for and 18 against over the past two games…Capitals C Michael Latta had strong possession (15 shot attempts for, 4 against, 79.0%) and faceoff (68.6%) numbers in the loss to Calgary…The Arizona line of LW Tobias Rieder, C Antoine Vermette and RW Shane Doan controlled better than 70% of the possession against Toronto. LINEUP NEED TO KNOW Blackhawks LW Patrick Sharp suffered a knee injury that will apparently keep him out for weeks. Wild LW Zach Parise played just 12:50 before leaving with an upper-body injury. After the injury, Thomas Vaneek moved up to take Parise’s spot alongside Mikael Granlund and Jason Pominville.dddddddddddd Panthers enforcer Shawn Thornton played a career-high 16:03 in his return to Boston. Oilers G Viktor Fasth returned from injury, allowing four goals in 25 shots at Philadelphia in his first game in three weeks. Blue Jackets C Boone Jenner played his first game of the year, getting 17:52 of ice time against Carolina. Hurricanes RW Alexander Semin returned to the lineup, after a couple of games as a healthy scratch, and had an uneventful 12:28 at Columbus, with no points and one blocked shot attempt. Stars RW Valeri Nichushkin played his first game in more than three weeks, and he struggled with 36% possession and on the ice for all three of the Kings’ goals. Blue Jackets D Ryan Murray suffered a setback in his recovery from knee surgery so, while Murray sat out, Frederic St. Denis played in his first NHL game since April, 2012, when he was with Montreal. Flyers LW Michael Raffl is set to miss the next six weeks with a lower-body injury. Matt Read did get some time Tuesday with Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek on the Flyers top line. While Predators D Anton Volchenkov is suspended, Victor Bartley got into the lineup at Winnipeg, playing 11:36. Senators RW Alex Chiasson missed Tuesday’s game with a lower-body injury, so Erik Condra joined Mika Zibanejad and Milan Michalek on Ottawa’s second line. Devils D Eric Gelinas returned to the New Jersey lineup, and delivered strong possession stats (15 shot attempts for, 6 against, 71.4%) as Jon Merrill was out due to injury. Penguins D Olli Maatta had surgery to remove a tumor from his thyroid and is expected to miss the next four weeks. Robert Bortuzzo was inserted into the lineup for Maatta. Avalanche D Brad Stuart left Tuesday’s loss to Vancouver with a leg injury. If he’s going to miss time, Zach Redmond is next up on the Colorado depth chart. Senators D Chris Phillips left Tuesday’s game with a lower-body injury. Blackhawks winger Ben Smith was moved up to the top line with Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane. Smith didn’t have any points, but recorded the best possession stats (13 for, 5 against, 72.2%) for the Blackhawks. FIRSTS Canucks C Bo Horvat played his first NHL game in Colorado, with respectable possession (8 for, 5 against, 61.5%) in 8:52 of ice time. Stars D Sergei Gonchar played his first game of the year, with a modest 12:36 of ice time in Dallas’ 3-1 loss to Los Angeles. D Carlo Colaiacovo played in his first game for Philadelphia, playing 16:50 against Edmonton. Coyotes D Brandon Gormley played his first game of the season for Phoenix, getting 9:43 of ice time in a 3-2 win over Toronto. FANTASY FOCUS A player to keep an eye on from each game tonight: Tyler Ennis – It may be a fool’s errand to recommend Buffalo Sabres, but with the Canadiens starting backup G Dustin Tokarski, might as well give a look to the only Sabres player with more than two goals. Kevin Hayes – The rookie is coming off a strong game against St. Louis, when he registered six shots on goal and a strong all-around performance with linemates Chris Kreider and Lee Stempniak. Ryan Strome – The Islanders are reeling, with three straight losses, but they are getting a shot in Anaheim with the Ducks forced to go with third-string goaltender Jason LaBarbera. 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