Clippers throttle Pacers, close in on elusive .500 mark again

INGLEWOOD — It was a homecoming for some, a home debut for another and a house party for Clippers guard Bennedict Mathurin on Wednesday night against the Indiana Pacers. Former Clippers Ivica Zubac and Kobe Brown were back at the Intuit Dome after being traded a month ago, receiving a warm welcome from Clippers fans, while those same fans got their first look at new point guard Darius Garland. And Garland, who came to the Clippers from the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for James Harden, didn’t disappoint the home crowd. But it was Mathurin who was most excited to see his former teammates, many of whom he played with in his three-plus seasons with the Pacers. The No. 6 pick in the 2022 NBA...