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The poor shooting continued for the Kings in the third period
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NEW YORK -- Paul Pierce will be out two to four weeks with a broken bone in his right hand, the biggest loss yet for the injury-plagued Brooklyn Nets. Pierce has been diagnosed with a non-displaced fracture of the third metacarpal of his right, shooting hand, the team said Monday. He was hurt Friday in the first half of a loss at Houston. Pierce has struggled badly in his first season in Brooklyn, but the disappointing Nets can hardly afford another injury. They just got back All-Star centre Brook Lopez but have still been playing without starting point guard Deron Williams and key reserves Andrei Kirilenko and Jason Terry. Pierce is on pace for the worst season of his 16-year career. His average of 12.4 points and .368 shooting percentage would easily be the lowest ever for the No. 2 career scorer in Boston Celtics history. The Celtics dealt Pierce and Kevin Garnett to the Nets in a summer blockbuster that hasnt worked out nearly the way the Nets hoped. They are 5-12, barely ahead of the New York Knicks for last place in the Atlantic Division. Joe Johnson is the only starter on a roster worth more than $180 million in salaries and luxury taxes who has appeared in every game. Pierce will miss the first matchup against the Knicks on Thursday. Next week, he was scheduled to face the Celtics for the first time Tuesday and former coach Doc Rivers, now with the Clippers, two nights later. The 36-year-old Pierce has made just 27 per cent of his 3-point attempts, including a potential tying miss in the closing seconds of a loss to the Lakers last Wednesday. cheap nfl jerseys . -- Alex Rodriguez singled and played six innings in the field Tuesday night, as the Yankees third baseman continues his minor-league rehabilitation following right knee surgery in July. cheap jerseys . Then Hudson got in a groove, and got plenty of help from his offence. 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The pinch-hitting Sanchez lined a one-out single over the crowded infield with the bases loaded in the 11th inning, lifting the San Francisco Giants to a 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday to take the three-game series. jerseys nfl cheap . -- Robert Griffin III felt good enough to attend something called a Rookie Success Program meeting Monday morning and seemed, by all accounts, to be doing just fine on the day after suffering his first NFL concussion.MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- After a trio of blowout losses, the Memphis Grizzlies got back in rhythm for their own double-digit victory. Mike Conley scored 19 points, Marc Gasol added 18 points and 10 rebounds as the Grizzlies snapped a three-game losing streak Friday night with an 85-69 victory over the Sacramento Kings. The Grizzlies lost 103-82 San Antonio, 99-73 against the Los Angeles Clippers and 104-83 to Dallas in their last three games. "It was a must-win game," said forward Marreese Speights, who had 10 points and nine rebounds filling in for the injured Zach Randolph. "We knew that before the game. We knew that (Thursday) when we had a team meeting. We knew we couldnt lose at home and get blown out like we did the last three games." All five Memphis starters were in double figures as Tony Allen had 14 points and nine rebounds, plus six assists. Allen also had three blocks, while Rudy Gay scored 15 points. The tailspin, amid trade talks involving Gay and other distractions, such as Gasol and Conley being the only players invited to a dinner with new owner Robert Pera, led to worries from fans and the team meeting Speights mentioned. The session and Thursdays practice helped changed the mindset, several players acknowledged. "I think we played with a sense of urgency early," Conley said. "You could see guys when bad plays were made, we were still running back on defence. If we turned it over, wed run back on defence and not worry about it, and go on to the next play. Instead of holding our heads and feeling down about every situation we were in, we just kept playing through it." The Kings seemed to do little to resist the Grizzlies change in attitude. Sacramento shot poorly through most of the game, finishing the night at a season-worst 34 per cent and hitting only two of 10 shots from beyond the arc. That translated into a season-low in points for the Kings. DeMarcus Cousins was the only Sacramento player in double figures with 22 points, plus 12 rebounds as the Kings saw their two-game winning streak end. Isaiah Thomas had nine points and five assists as the Kings recorded a season-low nine assists in the game. "We couldnt find the right energy or rhythm we needed," Kings coach Keith Smart said, later adding that his team "had a lot of missed shots, easy paint shots. "We just couldnt finish plays. We had layup opportunities, close paint shots. We just could never get ourselves into anything that was going to be easy for us to break any runs." Memphis played the game without Randolph, who sat out with a back strain suffered in the Grizzlies last game at San Antonio. Smart had thought that could benefit his team by concentrating on Gay, who he believed would try to pick up the offensive loss.dddddddddddd And Cousins did play well against Speights. There was just no other help from the Kings. "Theres no difference," Cousins said of Randolph not playing. "They are still a good team, and they showed it." Both teams started slow, but Memphis was able to build the advantage to double digits with a 10-0 burst to open the second quarter. During the span, the Kings missed their first 10 shots in the frame. That propelled Memphis to a 42-30 lead behind nine points from Allen and eight from Gasol, who shot only 2 of 7 from the field. He was 4 of 7 in the second half. No Kings players were in double figures in the first half, either, with Cousins leading the way with seven points. But Cousins was 3 of 9 from the field, part of the Kings shooting 29 per cent from the field, including 6 of 25 in the second quarter. "We werent making shots in the game, and it kind of lingered throughout," said forward John Salmons, who had six points and four rebounds. "We just could never get in sync offensively." The poor shooting continued for the Kings in the third period. Sacramento had only four field goals near the midway point of the quarter, all from Cousins. Eventually, in the late stages of the third, the Kings would get over the 30 per cent shooting mark for the game. Meanwhile, Memphis maintained its double-digit lead, once reaching 18 points in the third. That helped Memphis carry a 60-47 lead into the fourth quarter. When Travis Outlaw connected on a 3-pointer with 8:40 left, Sacramento had gotten the Grizzlies advantage under double digits at 64-56. The Kings never could cut into Memphis lead anymore, and Memphis was able to snap its losing skid. "When you score only 85 points, you need to hold the other team down," Memphis coach Lionel Hollins said. "I thought we were fairly consistent throughout the whole game." NOTES: The Grizzlies had not lost four straight since last January. ... Cousins entered the game averaging 19.4 points and 11 rebounds in the last five games. ... Speights started his second game of the season. He scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in his only previous start. ... The Kings have lost six straight in Memphis. ... In the fourth quarter, Memphis G Tony Allen committed a foul, but Gay stepped to the sideline to inbound the ball. Official Ken Mauer handed Gay the ball before realizing the ruse with an assist from Smart, who was hollering that it was Sacramentos ball. ... Kings G Tyreke Evans, who was 14 of 21 in his last two games, was 3 of 10 from the field, scoring eight points. . The Kings dropped their 10th game in 11 road contests against Western Conference opponents. . The Kings 30 points in the first half was a season-low for a Grizzlies opponent in any half. ' ' '
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