PHILADELPHIA - What Kemba Walker started, Al Jefferson made sure to finish.
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Darren McFadden Jersey .Walker scored a season-high 30 points, Jefferson
added 16 of his 20 in the second half, and the Charlotte Hornets snapped a
four-game losing streak with a 109-91 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday
night.I didnt start off well at all, Jefferson said. But Kemba led the way. I
figured I had to be the one to end it.Tony Wroten and Robert Covington scored 19
apiece for the Sixers, who dropped to 0-14 at home this season. Theyre closing
in on the NBA record for the most home losses to start a season, which is held
by the 1993-94 Dallas Mavericks at 19.Philadelphia point guard Michael
Carter-Williams had 14 points and 10 assists, but the Sixers committed 24
turnovers that led to 35 Charlotte pointsThey sniffed blood, 76ers coach Brett
Brown said. They knew they wanted to come in here and get a win.The Hornets
(7-19) had lost 14 of 16 coming into the game but dominated the rebuilding
Sixers (2-23).Despite playing without starting guard Lance Stephenson, who
missed his first game of the season because of a pelvic sprain, Charlotte jumped
on the Sixers early, closing the first quarter on an 11-2 run to open an
11-point lead.Charlotte extended its lead to 17 midway through the second
quarter before scoring the final nine points of the half to take a 66-46
advantage into the break.Walker made the final basket in both the first and
second quarter, and finished 13 for 23 from the field and 3 of 4 from 3-point
range. He added five assists and four rebounds.When hes going, he leads us and
we follow him, Jefferson said. Hes the leader of this team. Hes got a heart of a
giant.Walker acknowledged he tried to attack the Philadelphia defence and play
more aggressively — but not because Jefferson struggled in the first half or
Stephenson was out.Thats me, just being aggressive, Walker said. Thats what got
me this far. Thats my game — always being in attack mode.Paying more attention
to Walker after the break, the Sixers cut the Hornets lead to 13 midway through
the third quarter. But thats when Jefferson took over, scoring a few quick
inside buckets to stop Philadelphia from gaining any momentum.Jefferson finished
with 12 rebounds and Philadelphia-area native Gerald Henderson added 11 points
for the Hornets, who shot 43.9 per cent from the field and 41.7 per cent from
3-point range.Charlotte got 35 points from its bench, with Gary Neal leading the
way with 10 and Marvin Williams scoring nine, including back-to-back 3s in the
first quarter.Most teams are going to double me or send help, Jefferson said. My
teammates have to make them pay. Thats what we have to do.The win was a
much-needed one for the slumping Hornets, who have a quick turnaround as they
return home to face Utah on Saturday.We just needed to win, period, Walker said.
Im glad we came in here and executed. Hopefully we can carry this momentum into
the future.The Sixers wont get another chance to snap their home losing streak
until Jan. 5 when they welcome LeBron James and the Cavaliers. Before then, they
have a seven-game road swing while Disney on Ice moves into the Wells Fargo
Center.While theyre on the road, Brown knows the 76ers cant continue to fall way
behind from the opening tip the way they did against Charlotte.I thought the
start of the game influenced the rest of it, the Sixers coach said. They scored
freely. Some of it, we give them credit. Some of it is on us. Thats a physical
team — a mans team that played in the playoffs last year.___TIP-INSHornets: It
was Charlottes second road victory this season. The Hornets only other win away
from home came in Phoenix on Nov. 14. ... The Hornets shot 7 for 12 from 3-point
range in the first half — the same totals as Philadelphia. They also shot 50 per
cent from the field and 90 per cent from the free throw line before the
break.76ers: Four days after making his Sixers debut, Turkish forward Furkan
Aldemir was sidelined because of right foot plantar fasciitis. ... The Sixers
got 40 points from their bench and had 10 different players log at least 10
minutes.MID-GAME TRADEDuring the game, the Sixers announced that they acquired
Houstons 2015 second-round draft pick, Ronny Turiaf and the rights to Sergei
Lishouk in exchange for guard Alexey Shved.Shved, averaging 9.9 points this
season, was not in uniform or listed on the roster for Fridays game.Afterward,
Brown said losing someone that was part of the rotation without much notice
simply comes with the territory.Its a challenge, he said. But its all part of
the plan to navigate the future. Thats just the way it is.UP NEXTThe Hornets
host Utah on Saturday.The 76ers play at Orlando on Sunday.
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One boss Bernie Ecclestone says his series and NASCAR wont be competing for the
same motorsport fans in Texas when they hold races 190 miles apart in November.
Ecclestone dismissed on Wednesday any clash between the series, after the top
executive at Texas Motor Speedway called F1 "arrogant" for scheduling the United
States Grand Prix in Austin on the same weekend that his track hosts NASCAR in
Fort Worth. "I absolutely think its foolish," said Eddie Gossage, the track
president and general manager. "Its a shot fired by Formula One at NASCAR. I
cant say I was surprised because Bernie Ecclestone does a lot of foolish things.
The thing he unfortunately doesnt recognize is there is an 800-pound gorilla
when it comes to major American motorsports. The 800-pound gorilla is NASCAR."
Texas Motor Speedway will host NASCARs Texas 500 on Nov. 2, the same day F1 will
hold its only race in the U.S. this year. Fort Worth is about a 3-hour drive
from Austin. While Gossage thought a stronger stance by the management at
Circuit of the Americas would have prevented the scheduling issue, Ecclestone
believed it was a non-issue. "Ive also spoken to the people that run the race at
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crowd to Formula One, different people, different customers," Ecclestone said.
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in America -- we run a world championship." F1 requires considerable logistical
planning by the teams, he said. "Weve a small problem they (NASCAR) dont have --
we have six jumbo jets to move around all our equipment, and we have to find the
most sensible way to use them to do that," Ecclestone said. "We have to be
efficient and bear in mind we may also encounter problems at an airport. "There
are issues that can occur, but (Gossage) and other people do not realize these
things. The race prior to the one in the U.S. is in Russia, in Sochi. Weve never
been before, and we have to get out of there and into Austin. That is probably a
lot easier than trying to get into Brazil, and then we have to get out of there
(Sao Paulo) to go to Abu Dhabi." Gossage said F1 could have found another
weekend to race in the U.S. "Its just not smart," he said. "Theres 52 weeks in
the year. But that was the only weekend that Formula One could make it work in
Austin, Texas. Give me a break."
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