Roy Hibbert scored 24 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and blocked eight shots on Friday to power the NBA’s unbeaten Indiana Pacers over the Milwaukee Bucks 104-77.
The Pacers improved to an NBA best 9-0, the last team remaining in the league without a loss. Indiana is the first club to win its first nine games of a season since the Dallas Mavericks won their first 14 games in the 2002-2003 campaign.
Hibbert shot 8-of-10 from the field and 8-for-8 from the free throw line, while Paul George contributed 22 points for the Pacers, whose largest lead was the final score.
Indiana hit 50.6 per cent from the field while the Bucks, depleted by injuries, connected on only 34.1 per cent of their shots.
O.J. Mayo scored 20 points to lead Milwaukee, which has lost four games in a row and five of six.
The Bucks, who fell to 2-6, were without starting point guard Brandon Knight, starting power forward Ersan Ilyasova and reserve Caron Butler.