SAN ANTONIO - Jeff Teague scored 21 points and the Atlanta Hawks closed their preseason schedule with a resounding 117-107 victory over the defending champion San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night.
Reggie White Jersey .Mike Scott added 19 points while Kyle Korver had 18 for Atlanta (4-3), which shot 52 per cent from the field.Tony Parker had 17 points and seven assists, Cory Joseph added 14 points and Boris Diaw had 12 points for San Antonio (2-4). Tim Duncan played just 13 minutes and the Spurs were missing Kawhi Leonard (eye infection) and Tiago Splitter (calf).There were a combined 50 fouls and 33 turnovers in a sloppy game.The Hawks scored 42 points in the third, the most the Spurs have allowed in a quarter during the preseason.Atlanta took a 64-54 lead on Teagues jumper with 8:43 left in the third quarter. After the Spurs pulled within 69-64 on a three-point play by Parker, the Hawks went on a 21-6 run to take control.Diaws insertion into the starting lineup had helped ignite an offence that has struggled early in the first two home games of the preseason.The Spurs opened the game shooting 3 for 4, including a 20-foot jumper and 3-pointer from Diaw off feeds from Marco Belinelli.Atlanta missed its first five shots, but rallied to shoot 40 for 77.Teague had 11 points in the second quarter, including an 11-foot floating jumper to tie the game at 46 with 1:26 left in the first half.TIP-INSHawks: Atlanta has lost 16 straight regular season games in San Antonio, with its previous victory a 109-89 decision on Feb. 15, 1997. The Hawks play the Spurs Nov. 5 in San Antonio. ... The Hawks averaged 111.3 points in their final three preseason games. ... Atlanta had four players average double figures in the preseason, with Millsap averaging a team-high 13 points six games.Spurs: Duncan is the only player to post at least 10 rebounds in a preseason game, posting that against Alba Berlin on Oct. 8. ... Rookie Kyle Anderson did not play in the first half, but finished with 10 points in 18 minutes. Anderson came in averaging 28.6 minutes per game, trailing only Parker, Duncan and Leonard on the team. ... San Antonio has allowed 100-plus points in four of its last five preseason games, with Sacramento scoring 99 in a seven-point loss Monday.UP NEXTAtlanta visits Toronto on Friday to open its regular season.San Antonio visits Houston on Friday to close its preseason.
Rashan Gary Womens Jersey . The 24-year-old Raley was 0-2 with a 9.00 ERA for Chicago in his first two career starts after being called up from Iowa on Aug. 7. He was optioned to Iowa on Monday after losing 3-0 to Cincinnati in Chicago on Sunday.
Darnell Savage Jr. Packers Jersey . Thats 14 consecutive losses to the two-time defending champs, and most of them were over before they even began. Result notwithstanding, Sundays game had a very different feel to it.INDIANAPOLIS - Indianapolis made a tactical choice to imitate Baltimore on Sunday.Andrew Luck played keep away. The Colts running backs overpowered defenders. And when defensive stops were needed, Indy came up with the biggest plays of all.Luck threw one touchdown pass, ran for another Sunday and masterfully milked the clock late before Indys suddenly stout defence snuffed out the Ravens final chance with a daring deflection to preserve a 20-13 victory.Im pretty sure he (Chuck Pagano) is trying to instil the same traits in us with being a physical team, cornerback Vontae Davis said of Indys coach, who spent four seasons on the Ravens staff. It was a physical game.No, it wasnt pretty.Luck threw two interceptions, had one touchdown called back because of a rare penalty on Reggie Wayne and couldnt convert on fourth-and-1 on the Colts opening possession. He still finished 32 of 49 with 312 yards and the TD, and his nimble 13-yard TD run early in the fourth quarter wound up providing the decisive points.Indy also lost two fumbles and two of those four turnovers a€” Lucks third-quarter interception at the Baltimore 18 and Ahmad Bradshaws fumble at the Ravens 10 with 1:49 left a€” made the finish infinitely more difficult. It wasnt over until cornerback Greg Tolers diving deflection prevented Torrey Smith, who had gotten behind him on fourth-and-3 with 32 seconds left.Indianapolis (3-2) has won three straight and now owns a share of the AFC South lead thanks to Houstons overtime loss to Dallas.They (Baltimore) do such a great job of standing strong in the red zone and not giving up touchdowns, Luck said. We knew that coming in. We talked about if we werent getting (scores) early, stick with it. Dont get frustrated.The Colts patience paid off with Lucks 6-yard TD pass to Dwayne Allen with 10:33 left in the third quarter, and then with Lucks TD run with 8:56 left in the game that made it 20-6.But it was a strange game.Both teams missed scoring chances in the first half when they couldnt convert on fourth down. Both coaches, Pagano and John Harbaugh, lost first-half challenges as they attempted to get spots overturned. The teams combined for seven turnovers, and Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco was sacked a season-high four times a€” one more than his combined total in the first four weeks this season.Even Lucas Oil Staadiums retractable roof was closed at halftime because of the threat of rain, the first time thats happened during a regular-season game since the stadium opened in 2008.
Mike Daniels Packers Jersey. The biggest surprise might have been Indys surging defence, which allowed a season-low 13 points, limited Baltimore (3-2) to just 1 of 11 third-down conversions and helped produce a 17 1/2-minute disparity in time of possession.Flacco finished 22 of 38 for 235 yards and no touchdowns, and his top two receivers a€” Steve Smith and Torrey Smith a€” combined to make eight catches for 72 yards. Baltimores only touchdown came on Justin Forsetts 11-yard TD run with 7:16 to go.The predictable result: Baltimores three-game winning streak ended as it dropped to 0-5 all-time in Indianapolis.They came after us a pretty good amount. When they do that, when they come after us, its tough to throw the ball, and we werent quite able to make those plays, Flacco said. We needed to hurt them a little bit more. We needed to take advantage of that.In the first half, it was all defence a€” and all field goals.Steve Smiths fumble on the Ravens first offensive play led to Adam Vinatieris 38-yard field goal.Vinatieri made it 6-0 late in the second quarter after one defensive penalty gave the Colts a second chance to score a touchdown, and an offensive penalty later wiped out a touchdown pass.Baltimore finally got on the scoreboard with Justin Tuckers 52-yard field goal as time expired in the first half, cutting the deficit to 6-3.But in the second half, the Colts applied even more pressure with Luck and the ground game taking charge on offence and the defence holding fast, a strategy Baltimore prefers.(Against Baltimore) you expect things not to go as expected. What you do expect is a tough, gritty, down-to-the-wire (game), Luck said. We survived our mistakes, in a sense. We made our plays enough to get a win.NOTES: Recently reinstated Colts linebacker Robert Mathis watched the game from the sideline. ... Reggie Wayne caught seven passes for 77 yards and passed Cris Carter for No. 8 on the NFLs career list in yards receiving. Wayne now has 13,950 yards. ... Ravens left guard Kelechi Osemele left briefly in the third quarter with a sprained right knee, but did return.___Online: AP NFL website:
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