CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Roy Hibbert won a basketball game Tuesday night but lost $500.

In the waning minutes of a blowout victory, Hibbert told the final five Indiana Pacers left on the floor he’d pay them $100 each if they kept the Charlotte Bobcats from scoring 80 points.

Pay up, Roy.

“Yeah, I’m a man of my word,” Hibbert said. “A Hibbert always pays his debts. ... I guess I have to go find an ATM.”

He’ll gladly do so.

Hibbert had 18 points and seven rebounds, and the Pacers handed the struggling Bobcats their 13th consecutive defeat at home, 103-76. With team owner Michael Jordan looking on from the bench, the Bobcats lost their fifth in a row and have dropped 24 of 26 since Thanksgiving.

The Pacers bounced back from Sunday’s 11-point defeat in Brooklyn and won for the fifth time in six games.

Indiana won this one going away behind some dominant inside play. The Pacers outrebounded the Bobcats 60-31 and outscored them 52-22 in the lane, once again exposing Charlotte’s problems down low. The 29-point rebound differential was the largest in Bobcats history.

All five Pacers starters had at least seven rebounds.

Paul George had 16 points and 10 rebounds, while David West added 15 points and eight rebounds for the Pacers. George Hill chipped in with 16 points and seven rebounds.

“Even the guards get in there and mix it up for us,” Hibbert said. “They do a good job of getting in there and hitting the boards. More possessions for ourselves is good.”

It was the eighth time the Pacers have held an opponent to fewer than 80 points.

“Our defense is a beast,” Coach Frank Vogel said. “We’re leading in a number of different defensive categories. We have great length and these guys are committed to trying to be the best defense in the NBA.”

Vogel called the offense a work in progress.

“It can get clicking and we can get really hot at times and when it does, like tonight, look at what happened,” he said. “We are trying to commit to the running game more. We got 19 fast-break points in the first half.”

In other games, Jamal Crawford scored a season-high 30 points, including 12 consecutive to start the fourth quarter, and the visiting Los Angeles Clippers looked just fine without Chris Paul in a 117-109 victory over the struggling Houston Rockets. The Clippers won their second game in a row despite missing their star point guard, who is day to day with a bruised right kneecap. James Harden had 23 points for the Rockets, whose four-game losing streak is a season worst. ... Brook Lopez had 22 points and nine rebounds, Joe Johnson (Little Rock Central, Arkansas Razorbacks) and Deron Williams each scored 21 points, and the host Brooklyn Nets extended their season-high winning streak to seven games with a 113-106 victory over the Toronto Raptors. Kyle Lowry scored 21 points for the Raptors, who have dropped two in a row. ... Greivis Vasquez scored 23 points, Eric Gordon added 19 and the New Orleans Hornets beat the host Philadelphia 76ers 111-99. Jrue Holiday led the Sixers with 29 points and 11 assists.

Sports, Pages 21 on 01/16/2013