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CHARLOTTE -- The Indiana Pacers will travel to Charlotte on Monday night for an Eastern Conference showdown with the Hornets. Its been a tale of two teams for the Pacers so far this season, as theyve won all three games at home and lost all three games on the road.Indiana is coming off its best effort of the season on Saturday night, defeating the Chicago Bulls 111-94 and dominating from the opening tip.This is the type of game we want to build on, Coach Nate McMillan said. We executed on both the offensive and defensive ends. Now lets see if we can take that execution on the road.Forward C.J. Miles echoed those comments, telling NBA.com: Its easy to play at home when everybody in the building is rooting for you. When you go on the road, its just your 15 guys. Weve got to make sure everybody gets after it.Both teams will see familiar faces on the opposite side of the court. Al Jefferson will be making his first appearance back in Charlotte after spending three seasons there. Hes off to a slow start with his new team, averaging just 4.7 points in the early going. Former Pacer Roy Hibbert is now with Charlotte, but is doubtful to play because of right knee soreness.In other injury notes, Charlottes Marvin Williams missed practice on Sunday with a viral infection and is listed as questionable for Mondays game.The Pacers (3-3) are hoping Saturdays game is the beginning of a nice stretch for point guard Jeff Teague. He scored 21 points to go along with six assists, and looked much more like the player that starred for the Atlanta Hawks the last few seasons compared to previous games.Thats the Jeff Teague we thought we were getting, McMillan said.When the Pacers have struggled this year, it has largely been on the defensive end, especially with guard penetration. Charlottes point guard Kemba Walker will bring a tough challenge for Indiana. Last season, Walker averaged 26.7 points per game against the Pacers, the most he averaged against any Eastern Conference team.Walker led the Hornets in scoring in four of their five games, guiding them to a 4-1 start. Its the first time Charlotte started the season 4-1 since the 2000-2001 season.Despite the good record, the Hornets have only one win against a team over .500, and theyve been getting off to slow starts in games.We dont want to continue to have bad starts because the results wont be like this all the time, Walker said. You dont want, at the end of the game, to talk about our start. It shouldnt be that way.Charlotte coach Steve Clifford has the Hornets playing tough defense this season. The Hornets are ranked third in the NBA in defensive efficiency, allowing 94.1 points per 100 possessions.The Hornets won all three match-ups with the Pacers last season. 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The 29-year-old Baines has established himself as one of the top attacking full backs in the country and was the subject of two bids from United during the last off-season. Everton manager Roberto Martinez says that keeping Baines at the club is a "massive boost and exciting for the future" because he brings "maturity and football knowledge in a very specialized position on the pitch" and an "infectious and positive influence to the rest of the squad.ZAGREB, Croatia -- Croatia needs one more point to win its second Davis Cup title after winning the doubles against Argentina in straight sets on Saturday.Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig defeated Juan Martin del Potro and Leonardo Mayer 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4), 6-3 for a 2-1 lead over Argentina in the final.Cilic can secure the decisive point for Croatia against del Potro in the first reverse singles on Sunday. If del Potro wins, Croatias Ivo Karlovic and Argentinas Federico Delbonis will decide the final.We will push to the end, Dodig, the hero of the doubles victory, said. Nothing will stop us now.Cilic said he expects a victory against del Potro in a matchup of former U.S. Open champions, although it wont be easy.Mentally, its easier for me because we have won today, Cilic said. Our matches were always tight and some small details could decide.Del Potro said he and Cilic are good friends on the tour, but tomorrow will be a different situation.He is playing really good this year. He will be playing at home and it will be difficult, del Potro said.Croatias only previous Davis Cup title was in 2005.Argentina is the only team in the Davis Cups 116-year historyy to have reached four previous finals and not won.ddddddddddddOn Saturday, the Croats dominated tiebreakers in the first two sets with Dodig making some spectacular shots and Cilic holding his serve at key points.The crucial break came in the sixth game of the third set on Mayers serve when the Argentine netted a seemingly routine forehand after making a string of mistakes in previous exchanges. The Croatian duo converted the second of three opportunities.The second set tiebreak was crucial, Cilic said.Cilic closed out the match with a big first serve that Mayer could only send long. The Croats threw their arms in the air and got big hugs from the bench.In the opening singles on Friday, Cilic defeated Delbonis, and del Potro beat Karlovic.Diego Maradona led thousands of visiting fans with chants and frantically waved a scarf with the Argentine flag from his executive booth at Arena Zagreb. He was wearing a black band on his arm to mourn the death of Cuban leader Fidel Castro.He was like my second father, Maradona said. ' ' '