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Clips host Pacers at Staples Center

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12/05/2009 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Clippers will resume a six-game homestand Saturday, when they host the Indiana Pacers at Staples Center.

The Clippers have split the first two tests of the residency and is coming off Wednesday's 102-85 loss to the Houston Rockets, as Baron Davis finished with 20 points and Marcus Camby added 19 rebounds to go with nine points for the Clippers, who had won four of five games entering the night.

"I was disappointed in our mental toughness," Clippers head coach Mike Dunleavy said. "When the ball isn't going in for us, that's when we have to be more focused. They were tougher than we were. They scrapped better than we did."

Al Thornton had 19 points in the setback. The Clippers are 5-6 as the host this season and will also welcome the Magic, Spurs and Wizards to the City of Angels.

Indiana, meanwhile, hopes to salvage the finale of a four-game road trip. The Pacers fell to 0-3 on the swing Friday in Salt Lake City when Carlos Boozer scored a season-high 35 points and grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds, as the Utah Jazz built a big lead early and hung on for a 96-87 win over the Pacers.

Danny Granger led the Pacers with 26 points and also had eight rebounds, but Indiana fell to its fourth straight defeat overall. Troy Murphy added 16 points and 10 boards, and T.J. Ford had 13 points in defeat. Mike Dunleavy Jr., the son of the Clips' coach, donated 10 points in a losing cause.

"You're not going to win many games getting out to a start like that," Murphy said. "We really put ourselves behind the eight ball, and it was just too big a lead for us to come back."

The Pacers defeated the Clippers, 86-73, late last month at Conseco Fieldhouse and have won three of the last four meetings in the series. Indiana has won two straight and 11 of its last 15 games at the Clippers.

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Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).

As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).

Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.

A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.

Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.

"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.

De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.

The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.

The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.

De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.

Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.

But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.

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