PHOENIX - Gerald Green scored 23 points against his former team, leading six Phoenix players in double figures, and the Suns emphatically snapped Indianas
five-game winning streak with a 124-100 victory Wednesday night that matched the
Pacers most one-sided loss of the season.
Kenyan Drake Dolphins Jersey . Indiana, with the leagues best record (33-8) and the NBA leader in scoring defence and field
goal percentage defence, gave up the most points it has all season. Goran Dragic
scored 21, Markieff Morris 20, P.J. Tucker 13, Miles Plumlee 11 and Channing
Frye 10 for the Suns. Paul George scored 26, George Hill 16 and David West 13
for Indiana. Phoenix scored 62 points in each half, the most allowed by the
Pacers in any half this season. Phoenix led by 13 at the half, as many as 24 in
the third quarter and 26 in the fourth. Green and Plumlee came to the Suns along
with a first-round draft pick in a trade that sent Luis Scola to Indiana in the
off-season. Scola scored five on Wednesday night. The Suns shot 54 per cent,
including 11 of 16 from 3-point range. The Pacers committed 21 turnovers,
resulting in 27 Phoenix points. The Suns had 10 turnovers for 10 Indiana points.
The Suns led 62-49 at the break. The onslaught started when Phoenix opened the
second quarter with a 14-2 run that put the Suns ahead 44-31. Frye and Green
each sank a 3 in the surge. The Pacers, having trouble with some the Suns best
offensive pressure of the season, never got closer than nine the rest of the
half. Tuckers 3-pointer from the corner put Phoenix ahead 59-45, then Dragic
made one of two free throws and it was 60-45. George sank jumper, then with 9.8
seconds left, Dragic made an 18-footer and the Suns were up 62-47. Georges
step-back 21 footer at the buzzer cut it to 62-49. Green scored 18 in the first
half, George 14. The Suns turned it up a notch to start the second half, opening
with a 10-2 run to lead 72-51 on Tuckers basket. When Dragic sank a 3 moments
later, Phoenix led 79-55 with 7:12 left in the third quarter. The Suns led 96-79
entering the fourth. The Pacers scored the first four points of the final
quarter to make it 96-83 but Ish Smith scored on a drive, Morris sank
consecutive 3s and Phoenix led 105-83 in one of the most raucous environments at
US Airways Center this season. With 6:06 to go, Indiana coach Frank Vogel raised
the white flag, emptying his bench with his team trailing 109-83. NOTES: The
Pacers David West was out briefly in the first half with a bruised right wrist.
... The previous most points scored against Indiana in a half was 61 in the
second half at Portland on Dec. 2. ... The most points Indiana had previously
allowed was 118 by Oklahoma City on Dec. 8.
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Dexter McCluster Chargers Jersey . The pair ended pointless droughts when they each scored two goals in a 6-4 victory over
the Winnipeg Jets that halted a two-game losing skid for the Stars (15-11-5).A
late goal by Carlyle Mitchell wasnt enough for Vancouver Whitecaps FC to avoid
their second straight 2-1 loss to Seattle Sounders FC on Sunday morning at the
Kino Sports Complex. Down 2-0, the Trinidadian defender brought the Caps to
within one goal after heading in a Nicolas Mezquida corner in the 78th minute.
Vancouver nearly equalized moments later, when Uruguayan midfielder Sebastien
Fernandez released Darren Mattocks into the Sounders 18-yard-box, but the
Jamaicans left-footed effort trickled just wide of the post as Whitecaps FCs
comeback bid fell just short. "Winning and losing is a fine line," said head
coach Carl Robinson. "You saw today that it was pretty even game. They took
their two chances, we ended up scoring and missing a penalty and getting a
chance in the last minute and we lose the game. Its preseason … Im not really
focused on results at the moment. Im focused on fitness and also on
combinations." Unlike Vancouvers first two preseason matches in Casa Grande,
Sundays contest in Tucson was made up of three 30-minute periods rather than two
halves. The Caps went with an experienced squad again on Sunday, with players
like David Ousted, Jay DeMerit, and Nigel Reo-Coker making their second straight
starts. Right back Steven Beitashour also made his first start as a member of
Whitecaps FC and midfielder Russell Teibert made his first appearance of the
preseason. The 21-year-old Canadian, who played in a holding midfielder position
alongside Reo-Coker, was lively throughout the opening 45 minutes in defending
and attacking positions.
Kellen Clemens Chargers Jersey. After a fairly uneventful opening 20 minutes, in which Whitecaps FC looked comfortable
in possession, Seattle broke the deadlock in the 23rd minute on the strength of
a Kevin Parsemain volley from the top of the box. Teibert had Vancouvers best
chance to even the match in the 38th, as he took to the penalty spot after
Hurtado was hauled down, only to see his attempt sail over the goal. Despite the
miss, the Caps manager said he liked what he saw from the young Canadian. "I
thought he was great," said Robinson. "He wanted the ball all the time, he was
dropping deep to get on the ball, and he was spraying passes. I thought it was a
very positive performance from Russell." Andy Rose scored the eventual winner
for Sounders FC in the 50th minute. In the build-up, Sean Okoli headed a Chad
Barrett cross across goal to the near post, where Rose headed it in past a
sprawling Marco Carducci. The Caps will return to Casa Grande on Sunday, where
a number of Vancouvers trialists and recent draft picks will play a scrimmage
against Indy Eleven on Monday, before flying back to Vancouver on Wednesday.
Their next preseason match is set for Sunday, February 16 against the University
of Victoria Vikes at Centennial Stadium.
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