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INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Pacers will host the Charlotte Hornets in an Eastern Conference showdown on Monday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse and the Hornets hope to have their top player. Dzanan Musa Jersey .Guard Kemba Walker suffered a left knee contusion Saturday night against Cleveland, but said he expects to play Monday night.Its not bad at all, Walker said. At the moment it looked pretty bad, but Im good.Walker has scored 20 or more points in six of the past nine games.The Pacers (12-12) are coming off a big comeback win over Portland on Saturday night. They gave up 71 points at halftime and trailed by 20 at one point, but still managed to come back and win the game.Paul George outscored the Blazers by himself in the fourth quarter, putting 15 points on the board in those final 12 minutes. He had 37 points for the game.Im supposed to be trusted in those situations, George said. Thats the guy I want to be for this team.Indiana coach Nate McMillan is hoping his team will find some consistency.When you play the game the right way, you get rewarded for that, McMillan said. Turnovers and one-on-one ball wont get it done. Weve got to bring consistency to both ends of the floor every night.Indiana may be without starting guard Monta Ellis. He left the Portland game with a sore groin and is listed as questionable.The Pacers have been around the .500 mark all season, but have been a lot better team at home (9-4) compared to the road (3-8).The Charlotte Hornets (14-10) have actually been a little better on the road (6-4) than at home (8-6) this season and theyve been a tough matchup for the Pacers in recent years.They already defeated the Pacers earlier this season, 122-100 in Charlotte. The Hornets also swept the three-game season series against Indiana last season.In their first matchup of this season, Charlotte got to the line 32 times, while the Pacers took just 15 attempts.The Hornets just had their three-game winning streak snapped on Saturday, losing to the Cleveland Cavaliers 116-105. They were unable to contain LeBron James, who scored 44 points.Im just disappointed in the way we started, Hornets coach Steve Clifford said. You cant let those guys get easy ones early. Thats when you have problems.Roy Hibbert will be playing his first game in Indiana against his former team. When he played with the Lakers last season, he was injured and didnt play the game at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Hibbert spent his first seven seasons with the Pacers.On the other side, Al Jefferson will be playing against his former team as well. He spent the last three seasons as a member of the Charlotte Hornets.Both teams are in the top half of the league in points per game, assists, and pace of play. The Hornets have shown better defense for the season, but that will be put to the test against the red-hot George.These teams wont meet again until they play twice in the month of March. Cheap Nike Nets Jerseys . Pierce was ejected in the third quarter of Indianas 103-86 win Monday. George Hill stole a bad pass and was going in for a layup, and Pierce hustled back and appeared to be trying to wrap him up. Wholesale Youth Nets Jerseys . Dusautoir, the former World Player of the Year, sustained a torn bicep playing for Toulouse in the Heineken Cup on Saturday. The flanker, who has played 65 times for France, is expected to be out for up to four months. www.cheapnetsjerseys.us/ .B. - Sebastien Auger made 44 saves as the Saint John Sea Dogs edged the visiting Acadie-Bathurst Titan 2-1 on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. ASHBURN, Va. -- Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Norman and tight end Jordan Reed were cleared to fly with the team to London for its game against the Cincinnati Bengals after dealing with concussions.Redskins coach Jay Gruden said Thursday it still had not been determined whether either Norman or Reed -- two of Washingtons most vital players -- would be able to play on Sunday.The team was to make the trip later Thursday and practice in London for the first time on Friday.Norman was hurt when he hit his helmet on the turf during Washingtons 20-17 loss at Detroit on Sunday. He said he thinks he briefly lost consciousness.But after feeling well on Monday and Tuesday, Norman said, on Wednesday he had a little setback, but thats normal, they say. On Thursday, he said, he felt absolutely great.The Redskins are hoping he can play so he can cover Bengals star wideout A.J. Green, a player Norman called a phenomenal receiver, best of the best.Reed has missed the past two games after getting a concussion against Baltimore on Oct. 9.Gruden said the Redskins (4-3) would need to monitor those two players after arriving in Britain to maake sure they are OK to play against the Bengals (3-4). Discount Nets Jerseys. At night, well see how they do in meetings. Well see how they do in practice tomorrow, Gruden said. Were just increasing their activity and see how they take it.Both Norman and Reed practiced Thursday.Im not going to guess on those two guys and their availability on Sunday, Gruden said. I try to say it a lot, but there is no way of knowing. Tomorrow could be totally different. They could feel totally different than they do today. We just dont know, but signs are looking better.Also practicing Thursday was left tackle Trent Williams, who hurt his left knee against Detroit but said he would be ready to go Sunday.Running back Matt Jones, though, missed a second consecutive day of practice because of what Gruden said was an injured knee. Gruden has said rookie Robert Kelley would start if Jones -- who fumbled into the end zone against Detroit -- does not.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Cheap NFL Hoodies Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping Jerseys NFL China Wholesale NFL Autographed Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping ' ' '