LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Defence, and DeAndre Jordans unyielding effort on the glass at both ends of the court, ultimately was the deciding factor for the Los Angeles Clippers in a grueling victory over the struggling Indiana Pacers.Blake Griffin had 31 points and 16 rebounds, Jordan added 23 rebounds and 15 points, and the two-time defending Pacific Division champions beat the Pacers 102-100 on Wednesday night.It was a big game by D.J. He was there all night for us on the defensive end, Chris Paul said. They did a good job of making us play at their pace, and we never got a chance to get a lot of consecutive stops. Luckily we got some down the stretch. The really good teams rely on defence to win games.Jordan had 19 rebounds against the Pacers in a 103-96 win at Indiana on Dec. 10.Thats what it came down to — getting stops and executing, said Jordan, who was one rebound short of his career high. My job for our team is to be a defender, rebounder, shot blocker, and to just be the back line for us. That means controlling the paint, grabbing all the loose balls and limiting teams to one shot.Paul had 20 points and nine assists, helping the Clippers win for the 11th time in 13 games.The Pacers, who snapped an eight-game losing streak with their 110-91 rout of the Lakers on Monday night at Indiana, dropped their seventh straight road game. David West and reserve C.J. Miles each had 17 points.Jordan is one of the best (offensive rebounders) in the league, Pacers coach Frank Vogel said. Youve got their 3-point game to worry about, you have Griffin to worry about, and you have Chris Paul on the lob to worry about. So even if you get a stop, Jordan is under the basket knocking people around. Thats why they are a great team.The Pacers led 85-81 with 8:50 to play, but they made only three field goals in the final 5:38 and Miles missed a potential game-winning 3-pointer at the final horn.Miles dunk gave Indiana a six-point advantage before the Clippers went on a 14-4 spurt that put them ahead 97-93 with 2:35 left.They made some tough plays down the stretch, and we werent able to make enough of them, West said.Griffin paced the Clippers to a 52-51 halftime lead with 15 points. They led by as many as nine after an alley-oop dunk by Jordan off of Griffins lob pass with 5 1/2 minutes left in the first quarter.Indiana pulled ahead 37-36 on Miles dunk with 7:47 left in the half, but missed four shots on one possession during the final 19 seconds — a sequence that began with Jordans block of Roy Hibberts short jumper. Hibbert picked up his fourth foul with 10:08 left in the third quarter and finished with seven points in 16 minutes.The broken right leg that Paul George sustained on Aug. 1 during a scrimmage with the U.S. national team at Las Vegas, has taken quite a toll on the two-time defending Central Division champion Pacers (8-18). Last season they won 21 of their first 26 and finished 56-26, with George averaging 21.7 points.___TIP-INS:Pacers: The Pacers are one of four teams that havent had anyone foul out of a game this season, along with the Spurs, Nets and Hornets. Damjan Rudez picked up three fouls in his 56 seconds on the court and didnt play in the second half. ... The Pacers have yet to shoot 50 per cent or better in a game. Last season they did it 16 times and were 15-1, the only loss coming at Phoenix. ... The Pacers entered Wednesday with seven players averaging double digits in points, but no one averaging more than 13.2.Clippers: Griffin had fewer than 20 points in each of his previous five games against Indiana. He set career highs with 47 points and 19 field goals against the Pacers on Jan. 17, 2011. ... Matt Barnes grabbed a career-best 16 rebounds against the Pacers on Jan. 20, 2010, while playing for the Orlando Magic.HURTING HAWESBackup centre Spencer Hawes, who had a career-high seven blocked shots against the Pacers on March 16, 2013, while playing for Philadelphia, missed his third straight game because of a bruised left knee.UP NEXT:Pacers: At Denver on Saturday.Clippers: At Denver on Friday. Wholesale Kevin Durant Shoes . -- The Vancouver Whitecaps remained unbeaten with a scoreless draw at the New England Revolution on Saturday. Kevin Durant Shoes For Sale . 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DENVER -- A different team and a new season has made all the difference for Jordan Lyles. Lyles pitched effectively into the ninth inning, Troy Tulowitzki homered twice, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Texas Rangers 8-2 on Monday night. Nolan Arenado also homered to extend his hitting streak to 25 games. It is the longest in the majors this season. Lyles (4-0) stole the spotlight from his teammates with another outstanding performance. He came to the Rockies from Houston in the off-season, where he had a career ERA of 5.35 in 72 games and 65 starts. After Mondays gem hes carrying a 2.62 ERA in seven starts, three of which have come at hitter-friendly Coors Field. "The biggest thing is making better pitches when guys are in scoring position. I dont know the numbers but I can figure I wasnt too good in the past," he said. "Thats the biggest key." He also got plenty of offensive support. Tulowitzki, who was named the NL Player of the Month for April before the game, had his first multi-homer game of the season and the ninth of his career. He hit a two-run shot off Texas starter Martin Perez in the fifth and hit another two-run homer off reliever Shawn Tolleson to give Colorado a 7-1 lead in the seventh. Both homers came after Drew Stubbs had doubled. Tulowitzki had a chance for a third home run when he came to bat in the eighth but he walked. "If there was a good pitch to hit I was definitely going to offer," Tulowitzki said. "You do think about three home runs but its not like I was trying to go deep, I was trying to put together a good at-bat." It was more than enough for Lyles (4-0), who came within three outs of the second complete game of his career. He had struggled in six previous starts against Texas but held the Rangers in check a night after they had 14 hits and nine walks in a 14-3 win over the Angels. He worked out of trouble in the third and the Rangers first run came on a ground out to shortstop in the sixth. Texas had runners on first and second in the eighth but Lyles got Josh Wilson to ground into the third double play of the night to end the inningg.dddddddddddd "He was not the same guy we faced last year," Texas catcher Robinson Chirinos said. "Today he was keeping the ball down and getting ground balls." Manager Walt Weiss sent him out for the start of the ninth but Lyles left to a standing ovation after giving up a leadoff single to Adrian Beltre. He allowed two runs on seven hits and struck out five in his longest outing since throwing a complete game against Milwaukee on Sept. 30, 2012. "He threw a heck of a game and it was a way to try to reward him for what hes done and show confidence in him for what hes done," Weiss said. "I told him it was going to be a short leash sending him out there." Perez (4-2) struggled for the second consecutive start after hurling 26 straight scoreless innings. He allowed five runs on seven hits over five innings. In his past two games he has been touched for 13 runs in 9 2-3 innings. "When he made a mistake out over the plate, they made him pay for it," Texas manager Ron Washington said. "Hes only human. Hes going to have some starts that dont go in his favour." Perez had not surrendered a home run for 46 innings dating back to last season when Arenado went deep on him in the second. After Carlos Gonzalez led off the second with a double to left, Arenado drilled a 93-mph fastball into the tunnel in left field to make it 2-0. It was Arenados sixth of the season and fourth during his streak. The hitting streak is the second-longest in Rockies history. Gonzalez made it 3-0 in the third when his ground out to first scored Brandon Barnes. Notes: Rockies manager Walt Weiss appealed an out call at first base in the second inning and the call was reversed upon review. ... Tulowitzki hit .364 with seven home runs and 22 RBIs in April. The only other time Tulowitzki won the NL Player of the Month award was September 2010. ... The Rockies selected the contract of RHP Nick Masset from Triple A and optioned INF Ryan Wheeler to Colorado Springs. ... Texas will send Robbie Ross Jr. (1-2, 3.86) against Colorados Juan Nicasio (3-1, 4.19) on Tuesday. ' ' '