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NEWARK, N. Matt Birk Jersey .J. -- Although the Houston Rockets had six players score in double figures, it was a basket tipped in by an opposing player that helped them snap a five-game losing streak. Luis Scolas shot was inadvertently tipped by the Nets Gerald Green with 63 seconds to play, and the Rockets held New Jersey scoreless over the final minute in 112-106 victory Saturday night. "It was kind of like a good old-fashioned shootout," Rockets coach Kevin McHale said. "Everyone was making shots. We had a bad taste in our mouth coming into this game and we found a way to win." Both teams were without their starting point guard, as the Nets Deron Williams missed his second game of the season while nursing a strain of his right calf and the Rockets Kyle Lowry was recovering from a high fever. Williams was listed as day-to-day, while Lowrys status was unclear as he was monitored at a New York hospital. With Goran Dragic making just his third start of the season in place of Lowry, the Rockets didnt miss a beat. The third-year pro from Slovenia had 23 points and eight assists, Courtney Lee scored 17 points and Chandler Parsons had 16 points and six assists to help Houston beat New Jersey for the 11th straight time since the 2005-06 season. "It was a tough game for us," Dragic said. "We knew we had lost five games in a row, so this game was especially important for us. We made a run with 10 points beginning in the (second) half, but they came back really strong." Chase Budinger and Samuel Dalembert added 15 points apiece, and Scola scored 12 as the Rockets shot 56 per cent from the field. Green had a career-high 26 points, including a spectacular windmill dunk off an ally-oop pass, in just his seventh game for the Nets since being signed from the NBA D-League, and MarShon Brooks added 23 points. "I caught it and I was thinking that I was high enough to windmill it," said Green, who after winning the 2007 NBA Slam Dunk Contest has bounced around the league with four teams before re-discovering his game in the D-League this winter. "I usually do that pre-warmup or practice. Teammates tell me, Next time you dunk, try to do something nasty. Im just glad it went in." Trailing by 13 points 4 minutes into the third quarter, the Nets used a 23-11 run to get back into it heading into the fourth. New Jersey led 106-105 following Shelden Williams layup with 2:07 remaining, but Scola was credited with what proved to be the decisive basket a minute later. "We actually tipped the ball in, which was a tough break for us," Nets coach Avery Johnson said. "Our guys really played hard. To get six guys in double figures and shoot 53 per cent from the field, thats good. Its just that our defence wasnt very good." Down 108-106, the Nets had three chances to tie or take the lead but Green missed an off-balance jumper, Kris Humpries missed a putback and Morrow missed a wide-open 3-pointer with 30 seconds to play. "On the last couple of possessions we didnt execute well," Brooks said. "Obviously we didnt get the shots well. We just didnt execute." Dragic sealed the victory with two free throws with 17.6 seconds remaining as Houston closed on a 7-0 run to remain in eighth place in the Western Conference. "We fought until the end, our defence was solid and our offence was much better," Dragic said. "So, in the end, we won the game." Lardarius Webb Jersey . - After a late start to the year, Jim Furyk might be getting up to speed. Jameel McClain Jersey . Nathan Riva looks like the latest casualty at running back. The 22-year-old native of LaSalle, Ont. http://www.shopthebaltimoreravensjerseys.com/ray-rice-jerseys . The Englishman who won perhaps the zaniest of the 32 races held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve since 1978 for McLaren Mercedes in the pouring rain last year is hoping to repeat that feat and get back into the Formula One drivers championship race at the same time. Arthur Jones Jersey . Brad Davis also scored for Houston (11-6-8), which moved into a tie with Chicago for third place in the Eastern Conference. The Dynamo also extended their home unbeaten streak to 20 games, dating back to a 2-0 loss against Columbus on June 18, 2011. Justin Tucker Jersey . Atletico dominated fellow Spanish rival Valencia at Vicente Calderon Stadium in one of the 2010 champions finest performances under coach Diego Simeone that featured Radamel Falcao netting his 31st and 32nd goals of the season. "Of course I am happy for the goals, but the important thing is that we won in such a commanding fashion," Falcao said. CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Bronson Arroyo hasnt seen many good second halves in his seven seasons with the Cincinnati Reds, so the veteran right-hander is trying to enjoy this one as much as he can. Arroyo shook off a shaky start, Todd Frazier hit a two-run home run and Ryan Ludwick and Jay Bruce added solo shots as the Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 7-3 in the opener of a four-game weekend series on Friday night. Cincinnati, coming off a loss to the New York Mets on Thursday that snapped a five-game winning streak, began the day leading the NL Central by six games and improved to a major league-best 25-9 since the All-Star break. "Usually, weve had big slides in the second half, and thats taken the wind out of our sails," Arroyo said. "This year, we feel like the balls always rolling in your direction." Manager Dusty Baker liked knowing the Reds would at least pick up ground on one of their two closest pursuers with second-place Pittsburgh playing at third-place St. Louis. "Any time you win, its good, but with the Pirates playing the Cardinals, you know youre going to pick up ground on somebody," he said. Arroyo (9-7) has been a big part of the surge, improving to 5-1 in his last six starts. He gave up nine hits and three runs with three walks, three strikeouts and a wild pitch in 6 1-3 innings. Jose Arredondo, Jonathan Broxton and Aroldis Chapman combined to pitch scoreless relief the rest of the way. The Reds had six extra-base hits in five innings against streaky former teammate Travis Wood (4-9), who has lost his last six decisions after winning four straight starts. Luis Valbuena led off the second with his fourth homer of the season and first since June 29 against Houston. His 418-foot fly into the right-centre field seats gave Chicago a 1-0 lead. The Reds tied it in the bottom of the inning when Frazier scored from second on Woods error as he tried to handle first baseman Anthony Rizzos throw on Ryan Hanigans grounder. Chicago capitalized on another Reds fielding misplay to take a 3-1 lead in the fourth. After Castro led off with a single and Valbuena flied out, Brett Jackson hit a line drive to second baseman Brandon Phillips that got away from him after he appeared to be distracted by the passing Castro. Castro went to third on what was ruled a single and scored on a wild pitch to Steve Clevenger, who then walked. Wood drove Jackson in fromm second with a single to centre for the pitchers first RBI of the season. Jacoby Jones Womens Jersey. The Reds then got five runs and six hits in the bottom half of the inning, starting with Ludwicks 23rd homer of the season, a 425-foot drive into the left field seats on Woods first pitch of the inning. Wood hit Bruce with a pitch, and Frazier gave the Reds a 4-3 lead by hitting a 2-2 pitch 419 feet into the left field seats for his 16th homer of the season. "I couldnt really tell you what was going on," Frazier said. "He throws that cutter a lot. I was sitting on it. That was a big five-run inning for us." Cincinnati added two runs with two outs on doubles by Arroyo and Zack Cozart and a triple by Drew Stubbs. "It didnt look good for a while, but we answered back when they scored," Baker said. "We were on (Wood) pretty good in that inning." Wood allowed more runs and hits in that inning than the five hits and one run he allowed in seven innings against Cincinnati last Sunday in Chicago. "The doors fell off," he said. "We took a game plan out there, and I didnt make adjustments soon enough." Fridays Wood obviously wasnt the same as last Sundays, Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. "He probably spent everything he had in that last outing," Sveum said. "He velocity was down, and his pitches were flat. He went into a gunfight with a knife." Bruce hit Woods 0-1 pitch 411 feet into the right-field seats with one out in the fifth for his 25th homer of the season. The streaky Wood, traded with two other players by Cincinnati to Chicago for pitcher Sean Marshall during the off-season, lasted five innings, getting roughed up for nine hits and seven runs -- six earned -- with three strikeouts. NOTES: RHP Todd Redmond is expected to be recalled from Triple-A Louisville on Saturday to start the second game for the Reds in their split doubleheader against the Cubs. Redmond, acquired from Atlanta for INF Paul Janish on July 14, has been recalled three times by two teams this season, but hes still waiting to make his major league debut. ... The Cubs are expected to recall LHP Brooks Raley from Triple-A Iowa to face Redmond. ... Hall of Fame second baseman Joe Morgan flipped the coin to determine who would serve first for Fridays Western & Southern Open tennis quarterfinal match between Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber in suburban Cincinnati. ' ' '
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