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ractices before the Olympic tournam

  • August 13, 2018
    Brooklyn, NY (SportsNetwork. [b]Tracy Mcgrady Jersey[/b] .com) - Workers solved a hole in the Barclays Center roof on Tuesday, but the Brooklyn Nets never recovered from the one they dug themselves against the Miami Heat. Dwyane Wade scored 28 points, Luol Deng added 18 and the Heat held off a late Nets rally en route to a 95-91 victory. The game was delayed 31 minutes late in the first quarter due to a leakage in the arenas ceiling. The Heat were in the midst of a 10-0 run, and they never relinquished the lead the rest of the way. Brooklyn trailed by 10 with just over a minute to play, but two free throws from Mason Plumlee and 3-pointers from Joe Johnson and Bojan Bogdanovic cut the deficit to 93-91 with 35.1 seconds remaining. The Nets forced Wade into a contested 3-pointer that drew iron, and Deng gained position on the block for the rebound over Bogdanovic, who was whistled for a foul with 11.8 ticks left. Deng made both free throws and Miami successfully bounced back from Sundays 18-point home loss to Chicago. To me this is one of the most gratifying wins of the season. To be able to pull it out shows a lot character and toughness, Wade said. Plumlee had a team-high 21 points with nine rebounds in the loss, while Deron Williams finished with 15 points and 11 assists. Play was stopped with 1:47 remaining in the opening frame after water began dripping in front of the Nets bench. Towels and trash cans were used as temporary fixes. and both teams retreated to the locker room when there was no quick resolution. The arenas Twitter feed released the following explanation: Tonights delay was caused by a water leak due to the installation of our new green roof. Weve taken all necessary steps to rectify. The Heat were leading 24-21 at the time, and when played resumed, the lead grew to 28-21 following four Mario Chalmers free throws. Miami was ahead 55-45 at halftime, and it was still a 10-point game, 76-66, heading to the fourth. Williams scored on consecutive possessions to pull the Nets within 87-83 with 3:17 remaining but turned the ball over the next two times down the floor. Six straight Miami points stretched the margin back to double digits at 93-83. Game Notes The Heat were without star forward Chris Bosh (calf) for a second straight game ... Wade played through a stomach virus ... Miami opens a seven-game homestand Wednesday against the Jazz ... Johnson netted 16 points. [b]Jonas Valanciunas Jersey[/b] . Berdych and Stepanek played all five matches when the Czechs beat Spain 3-2 in the final last November in Prague to win the countrys first title as an independent nation. [b]DeMar DeRozan Jersey[/b] . -- Kansas City Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer will be out three to six weeks with a stress fracture of the third finger of his right hand.Mike Babcock was a man with a plan on Saturday. The Canadian mens Olympic hockey team head coach arranged to take in some mens curling with a bunch of players before shuffling off to the nearby Bolshoy Ice Dome to scout the Russia-United States mens hockey game. Sometime in the evening he planned to assemble goalkeepers Roberto Luongo and Carey Price to inform them who would start in Canadas game against Finland on Sunday. Babcock would not reveal at his noon-hour (local time) press briefing whether it would be Luongo, the incumbent, or Price, who has been more consistent this season and played better in the games leading to the Olympic break. But the Canadian coach did remark that he arrived in Sochi with a plan — and nothing transpired in the wins over Norway and Austria to alter his blueprint. "Ive had lots of time,” he said. “We as a management team, and a coaching staff, we watched the NHL all year and we picked the two goalies that we think have got an opportunity. We brought [Mike Smith] to be in the role [of third goalie] and now well just go from here and watch. “We did the same thing last time. We had a plan. We understand and I said this a number of times you get one change in this tournament and you can still win." Like in Vancouver four years ago. Babcock chose veteran Martin Brodeur to be No. 1, but after he faltered in Canadas third game of the tournament — a 5-3 loss against the United States — Roberto Luongo moved in to win four games in a row to help Canada strike gold. Luongo or Price isnt the only entry on Babcocks checklist. There has been some clamour to find captain Sidney Crosby some new linemates. Chris Kunitz, who plays on the left side with Crosby in Pittsburgh, hasnt exhibited much in his first tour-off-duty with the Canadian Olympic team. [b]Vince Carter Jersey[/b]. "The first line in the last two games has generated a ton of scoring chances, point-blankers, they havent gone in,” Babcock said. “Do we worry that much about that or do we just know good players score in the end? "Lots of times in the Stanley Cup playoffs your team goes a ways and your best players have no points in the first round. Someone else picks them up, but by the time its all over theyre leading the thing in scoring. Its not about that, its about finding a way to be the best team." Babcock gave his players Saturday off to recharge. The 25 of them already played a combined 1,392 NHL games this season before landing in Sochi. The coaching staff put them through three long practices before the Olympic tournament opener against Austria on Thursday, so they needed a break. “A big part of it was the NHL schedule,” Babcock said. “You can just imagine the amount of meetings with their own NHL teams to prepare for each and every game. I just know from our team it seems like we played every single game. It was exhausting. “Then you travel over here. Then you jam in all the information and then we practiced them hard. We practiced for 56 minutes the day before our first game. That would never happen in the NHL. “Everybody needs to breathe.” Another adjustment has been the late starting times for Canada – 9 p.m. Sochi time. “We tried to turn 9 oclock into 7 oclock over here,” Babcock said. “But its 2:30 in the morning and youre sitting around every night. I saw [Canadian defenceman] Duncan Keith this morning and Dunc said he had to race over to McDonalds to get an egg mcmuffin. So he had to get up early. 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