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Millsap rallies Jazz past Rockets in OT (AP)
The Utah Jazz understand how to finish games. It’s the starts that need some work. Paul Millsap scored 12 of his 27 points in overtime and the Jazz rallied from another double-digit deficit in a 103-99 win over the slumping Houston Rockets on Saturday night. Al Jefferson had 24 points and 13 rebounds and C.J.
Durant scores 40, Thunder beat Grizzlies (AP)
Kevin Durant’s big second half featured just the kind of performance the Oklahoma City Thunder needed in the closer’s role. Durant scored 28 of his 40 points after halftime, Russell Westbrook added 22 points and 11 assists, and the Thunder avenged a loss at Memphis earlier this week by beating the Grizzlies 109-100 on Saturday night.
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LA Kings roll home with impressive playoff lead (Yahoo! Sports)
LA Kings roll home with impressive playoff lead (Yahoo! Sports)
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) Jeff Carter realizes how smooth the Los Angeles Kings’ 6-1 run through the postseason must look from the outside. The power forward knows most people don’t realize how the Western Conference’s eighth seeds had to grind, scratch and scrape just to get a chance to look so good. ”The last month of the regular season, we were playing playoff hockey,” Carter said Tuesday after the Kings returned from consecutive victories in St. Louis to open their second-round series. ”We had to fight just to get in, and once you get in, anything can happen with how close the teams are,” he added. ”An eight seed doesn’t really mean anything once you’re in. Anything can happen. That month before the playoffs started has helped us. We just kept rolling the way we’ve been playing. It’s good.” And it keeps getting better heading into Game 3 on Thursday night. The West’s lowest seeds are in a commanding position after winning twice in St. Louis with gritty road efforts that left the hard-nosed Blues criticizing their own work ethic and defense. For a franchise with no Stanley Cup championships and just one playoff series victory in the previous 18 years, the Kings are adapting splendidly to the high stakes and physical style of the NHL postseason. After blowing out top-seeded Vancouver in the opening round, they’ve largely dominated the West’s top two teams. Yet the Kings know it’s not nearly as simple as it looked in Vancouver and St. Louis. Anze Kopitar believes there’s no chance of overconfidence against the powerful Blues when they return to Staples Center, where Los Angeles has lost six of its last seven postseason games. ”We’re definitely feeling good right now,” said Kopitar, whose deflating short-handed goal in Game 2 was set up by captain Dustin Brown’s hustle. ”Getting into that building (where) they’ve had so much success and winning both games puts us in a great spot, but it’s not over yet. They have a great team. They can turn it around pretty quick.” After replacing coach Terry Murray with Darryl Sutter at midseason, Los Angeles finished the regular season with a 9-2-3 push, earning a playoff spot right before its 81st game. Sutter might be the overseer of this playoff run, but the crusty veteran coach insists he’s ”just along for the ride” in this postseason surge, claiming the Kings figured it out for themselves from midseason onward. ”It made us a stronger team,” Kopitar said of Murray’s departure and their season-long offensive struggles. ”Mental toughness is a big part of 82 games plus the postseason. We’ve gone through a lot of stuff this season, and at the end of the day, it matters what the guys in the locker room think.” The Kings took control of Game 2 with an utterly dominant first period, starting with Mike Richards’ alert rebound goal just 31 seconds in. Kopitar then scored Los Angeles’ fourth short-handed goal of the playoffs, and the Kings added two late goals to take a four-goal lead that flat-lined the playoff emotion in St. Louis’ long-suffering crowd. ”It was embarrassing, the work ethic we had as a team, I think,” Blues forward T.J. Oshie said. ”For our team defense to be that poor, it’s embarrassing. … There were a lot of guys running around. Everyone’s working hard, but they’re not working hard and using their head at the same time. We’ve got to work hard but work smart.” The Blues didn’t practice Tuesday, taking a day for physical healing and mental resets before boarding a flight to the West Coast. While Los Angeles started the season terribly and finally got itself together, St. Louis was remarkably consistent after coach Ken Hitchcock replaced Davis Payne 13 games in, unexpectedly rising atop the conference standings for a long stretch. But the downside of that success could be a lack of late-season urgency. St. Louis was the first team to clinch a playoff spot and the first to clinch its division, although it didn’t hurt the Blues in their first-round elimination of dangerous San Jose. The Blues don’t blame their weak efforts against Los Angeles on the regular season, but they also realize they can learn a few things from the Kings’ desperate approach to the first two games. ”They don’t stop coming,” Blues captain David Backes said. ”They earned their two wins, and it’s kind of disappointing that we didn’t have more digging in and solidarity as a group to push them back and see what they are made of. We’ve got other levels we can get to, to hopefully make them earn it more.”
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Travis Zajac’s goal in overtime forces Game 7 (Yahoo! Sports)
Travis Zajac’s goal in overtime forces Game 7 (Yahoo! Sports)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) A one-game showdown to win their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series. Neither New Jersey coach Peter DeBoer nor Florida coach Kevin Dineen is complaining about the prospect. The series between the sixth-seeded Devils and third-seeded Panthers has been close, so it’s appropriate it comes down to 60 minutes, or more. The Devils staved off elimination and forced the deciding contest when Travis Zajac scored at 5:39 of overtime in a 3-2 win over the Panthers on Tuesday night. Game 7 will be played in Sunrise, Fla. on Thursday night. ”They are fun to be part of,” said Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur, who has played in two Game 7s to decide Stanley Cup titles, not just series. ”When you’re a kid you always go out and say ‘this is Game 7 for all the marbles.’ It brings back good memories because of that. You don’t need to be nervous. You need to embrace the situation and make the best out of it.” Dineen smiled when asked about playing in a Game 7 that would give the Panthers their first series win since 1996. ”We’re fine,” he said. ”We’re going back home. This is where we are. It comes down to one game. Obviously you go to overtime and you’d like to put things to bed, but that’s the nature of it. It will make for a very exciting game on Thursday.” DeBoer hesitated for a split second when asked if he would have settled for one game to decide everything before the series began. ”At the start of the season?” he said, drawing some laughs. DeBoer then got serious. ”All you have to do is look around the league to appreciate how tough playoffs are,” the first-year Devils coach said. ”Look at the quality of some of the teams that are sitting on the sidelines right now. Absolutely, we’ll take one game. We’ve had one of the best road records in the league and guys are comfortable to play a good one.” Two other series in the conference are also headed to Game 7s. Washington will be at second-seeded Boston on Wednesday and Ottawa will be at the top-seeded Rangers on Thursday. The Devils had the better of the play in Game 6 at the Prudential Center, outshooting Florida 42-16. Steve Bernier and Ilya Kovalchuk staked the Devils to a 2-0 lead early in the second period but the Panthers rallied to tie the game on goals by Kris Versteeg and Sean Bergenheim. Zajac, who played in only 15 games this season because of an Achilles’ tendon injury that required surgery in August, ended the contest, scoring on a counterattack after the Panthers threatened the 39-year-old Brodeur in a scramble around his crease. Zajac cleared the puck from in front of the net and started a rush up the ice. Zach Parise took his cross-ice pass and gave the puck to Kovalchuk, who found Zajac skating down the left wing for a shot along the ice that beat former teammate Scott Clemmensen. ”It’s fun to be back competing and playing at this time of year,” said Zajac, who made his season debut in December before having to shut it down again until late March. ”When you have a setback, you never know what’s going to happen,” said Zajac, who also set up Kovalchuk’s goal. ”As I went through the process again, I felt better and better. It was just about being patient. I knew I would be back at some time in the new year. I was able to get a few games in and prepare for the playoffs.” Zajac’s third goal of the series sparked a wild celebration in the corner and sent both teams packing for a trip to Florida. ”It’s been a frustrating year for him,” Parise said of Zajac, who had played in 401 straight games before his injury. ”It’s got to be rewarding and satisfying for him to get that one. He’s played really well for us in the series. He’s a good guy to play with. He makes my job easier. He makes Kovy’s job easier.” Clemmensen was outstanding, making 39 saves in an emergency start for the injured Jose Theodore. ”I think he missed it, the shot,” Clemmensen said of Zajac’s last shot. ”My D also may have gotten a stick on it. I don’t think he was shooting where he wanted to, but went under the pad. I thought he was trying to shoot it high.” Despite being outshot 29-10 in the opening 40 minutes, the Panthers rallied from a 2-0 deficit and entered the third period tied at 2-all. The remarkable aspect was that the Panthers took only four shots in the second period and tallied on the two of the first three. Versteeg cut the deficit to 2-1 at 7:05 of the period. Stephen Weiss centered the puck from along the left sideboards and Versteeg’s shot hit off the skate of Devils forward Alexei Ponikarovsky and into the open side of the net. Brodeur never had a chance. The tying goal came at 12:49 after the referees ignored a slash by Bergenheim that knocked Kovalchuk to the ice. It led to a 4-on-2 rush. Brodeur made the initial stop on a shot from the between the circles by Tyson Strachan, but Bergenheim came late and tucked the rebound into an open net with teammate Marcel Goc hanging on the crossbar. ”This series has been going back and forth,” Bergenheim said. ”I have no doubts we will have the energy for Game 7.” Kovalchuk gave the Devils a 2-0 lead earlier in the period, slam-dunking a pass from Zajac into the net with 4 seconds left on a power play.. The Devils had a big territorial advantage in the final 10 minutes of the first period and it finally paid off when Bernier beat Clemmensen with a bad-angle shot at 16:37 of the period. NOTES: The NBA’s Nets played their final home game in New Jersey on Monday night and all the team banners and retired jersey numbers that hung from the rafters of the Prudential Center were gone on Tuesday. … Panthers D Jason Garrison, their leading goal scorer on the back line, missed his third straight game with a lower-body injury. …The Panthers did not discuss the nature of Theodore’s injury.
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Lynx draft Notre Dame’s Devereaux Peters (The Associated Press)
Lynx draft Notre Dame’s Devereaux Peters (The Associated Press)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The defending champion Minnesota Lynx didn’t have much room on their roster for rookies, so this year’s WNBA draft served a future purpose. Looking ahead for a potential replacement for 41-year-old center Taj McWilliams-Franklin, the Lynx picked Notre Dame’s Devereaux Peters with the third overall selection on Monday. They took five other players, but only two of them will even be at training camp. For the first time in their 14 seasons, the Lynx didn’t need the draft. They’ve already got a title contender assembled, and they’re hoping Peters can be a valuable piece. The 6-foot-2, two-time Big East Defensive Player of the Year, who helped the Fighting Irish reach the last two NCAA championship games, finished her college career as only the second player in program history with at least 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 150 blocks and 150 steals. The Lynx acquired the selection before last season in a trade with the Washington Mystics for center Nicky Anosike. ”Although I believe Taj might play until she’s 50, there’s probably a more than likelihood that in a couple years, if not a year from now, we might have to replace her,” head coach Cheryl Reeve said. Peters, on a conference call with reporters, said her selection was ”just pure shock” because of how loaded the Lynx are. With McWilliams-Franklin, Rebekkah Brunson, Maya Moore, Seimone Augustus and Lindsay Whalen in the lineup, moving from biggest to smallest, the starting five is set. Candice Wiggins leads the list of reserves, with recent acquisition Erin Thorn and Monica Wright in the backcourt and Amber Harris and Jessica Adair in the post. After two ACL injuries earlier in her career, Peters played the last two seasons without any problems. She’s a strong rebounder and defender who’s used to playing a supporting role on a star-studded Notre Dame team. She’ll need to improve her jump shooting and cut down on her foul-prone play in the WNBA. ”I think I’ve made a big improvement,” Peters said. Reeve joked that Peters was as happy as any player to join the league this year, because ”she gets six fouls.” The Lynx also drafted Damiris Dantas of Brazil with the final choice of the first round, 12th overall. They then picked mid-major stars Julie Wojta of Wisconsin-Green Bay and Kayla Standish of Gonzaga before grabbing guard Nika Baric of Slovenia in the second round, with the 18th, 19th and 20th selections. In the third round, No. 31 overall, they took oft-injured USC point guard Jacki Gemelos. Wojta and Standish will be long shots to make the team, but the two forwards could challenge Wright or Harris for time. WNBA rosters are limited to 11 players. ”We’ve seen it before that you think you’re set, but you come in find out that someone is better and they’ll have that opportunity to prove that they can beat somebody out on our roster,” Lynx executive vice president Roger Griffith said. ”If that happens, we’ll all be stronger for it.” Said Reeve: ”I certainly won’t be drawing a depth chart for them. I think that’s rather disappointing. I won’t go that route. I want them to come in and be confident and be competitive.” Gemelos has torn the ACL in both of her knees twice each, most recently in December, so she won’t play this season. But the Lynx will hold her rights as long as she’s still recovering. The same goes for Dantas and Baric, who are both 19. They’re playing internationally – Baric is a teammate of Augustus in a Russian league – and won’t start their WNBA careers for some time. Dantus might not turn pro until after the Summer Olympics – in 2016. ”That’s not a timeline that scares us either,” Griffith said. — Follow Dave Campbell on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/DaveCampbellAP
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Stamkos scores 2, including OT winner for TB (Yahoo! Sports)
Stamkos scores 2, including OT winner for TB (Yahoo! Sports)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)—Steven Stamkos has been the Tampa Bay Lightning’s go-to guy all season long. When a goal was needed in overtime for the second straight night, the NHL leader put one in. Stamkos scored two goals—giving him an NHL-best 47—including the winner 2:41 into overtime as the Lightning beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Saturday night. Teddy Purcell extended his career-best point streak to nine games with a power-play goal in the third, and added an assist on Stamkos’ game-winner. Tim Wallace netted the first goal of his career, and Mathieu Garon had 25 saves in the win. “That was a big character win for our team,” Stamkos said. “We got some breaks with a 5-on-3 when we were able to tie it, and in overtime. Finally, we were able to take advantage of some power plays. We may have not played our best game, but we found a way to win, and that’s what matters.” Tampa Bay won in overtime for the second straight night after beating the New York Rangers at home on Friday. “These guys are doing the impossible, so no matter how we do it doesn’t make a difference,” Lightning coach Guy Boucher said. “We find ways, and we’ll take it.” Anthony Stewart had two goals in his first multipoint game for Carolina, and Jussi Jokinen also scored for the Hurricanes. Carolina captain Eric Staal, who had two assists, extended his NHL-best point streak to 11 games and his assist streak to 10. Staal matched the marks he and Cory Stillman share for the club’s longest scoring streaks since the team relocated from Hartford in 1997. Cam Ward, playing in his 400th NHL game, stopped 19 shots in the loss. The winning goal was scored while Brandon Sutter was in the penalty box following a roughing call at 1:05. Sutter and Stamkos got tangled up on a rush before Sutter collided with Garon. “We played start to finish a playoff-style game,” Hurricanes coach Kirk Muller said. “Our guys are competing and playing at a high level. I’m really happy with the performance. Stamkos has got the ability to score, and I thought we limited him really well here. He’s a world-class player and he can capitalize on it.” Wallace gave Tampa Bay the lead at 5:58 with his first goal in 58 games. Wallace was in his third game with Tampa Bay after being claimed off waivers from the New York Islanders. Stewart scored the tying goal from Staal at 5:23 of the second, and goals from Jokinen and Stewart made it 3-1 before Stamkos scored on a rush at 18:00. Purcell connected to tie it during a 5-on-3 power play at 7:24 of the third. NOTES: It was the 100th game between the teams. … The Hurricanes went 2-1-3 on their six-game homestand. . RW Chad LaRose played in his first game for Carolina after missing seven because of an undisclosed upper body injury. . D Mike Commodore, playing his second game for the Lightning, was a member of Carolina’s 2006 Stanley Cup championship team. … Jokinen played with the Lightning from 2007-09. … Carolina RW Tuomo Ruutu (eighth game, upper body) and RW Patrick Dwyer (third game, lower body) sat out. … Tampa Bay D Victor Hedman (upper body) missed his fourth game.
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Cardstacker Builds Houses of Parliament out of Cards – Record Attempt
Cardstacker Builds Houses of Parliament out of Cards – Record Attempt
You are here: Betting Guide » Gaming » Cardstacker Builds Houses of Parliament out of Cards – Record Attempt As reconstruction sites litter the streets of London, there’s a much more glamorous alternative happening near the Olympic site in Stratford. Unbeknown to Boris Johnson, the reconstruction of a UK landmark is about to take place as Sky Poker, the UK’s leading online poker firm celebrate their highly-anticipated ‘Play the Nation’ promotion in the only way the poker pros know how: teaming up with Guinness World Record Holder, Bryan ‘The Cardstacker’ Berg for his first-ever appearance in London, and challenging him to recreate one of Britain’s famous landmarks solely out of freestanding cards. But which landmark should The Cardstacker rebuild? Sky Poker friends, fans and online poker players get to decide! Sky Poker’s Play the Nation pits poker players from around the UK in a nationwide competition to find out who the regional kings and queens of the cash games are. With different parts of the UK pitched against each other, may the best region win! Richard Milner, Head of Sky Poker, said; “Play The Nation is a great celebration of UK poker, giving people a unique opportunity to compete for their region and challenge others. People have really warmed to this already, the buzz and banter on the Sky Poker community and on social media is great.” Richard added, “We’re really excited about working with ‘Cardstacker’ on his first project in the UK. He is a genuine phenomenon so we can’t wait to see the build and of course knock it down in spectacular fashion afterwards!” The extraordinary event will take place in Aspers Casino from February 15-22, 2012, a stone’s throw from the grand Olympic site in London’s trendy Stratford, where the rebuilding process will be carefully monitored. (Heavy breathing and door slamming are strictly prohibited.) The Cardstacker Challenge compromises of two stages: Live Construction, Open to the Public – 15-22 February 2-10pm dailyThe Knockdown! Live streaming on Facebook – 27 February The big part of any true freestanding card build is the knockdown! It will be taken down with a twist and streamed live on Facebook. Visit the Sky Poker Facebook Page to watch the build live from 2pm – 10pm each day and also watch the knockdown on February 27th.-end- About SkyPoker.comSky Poker is the British Sky Broadcasting’s online poker division, which allows users to play poker online on their website, and screens selected hands from various tournaments and cash games on Sky Poker TV, allowing players on the site to become the stars of the TV channel. Sky Poker focuses on UK poker players, with all play at the tables in pounds rather than dollars, as well as its own Sky Poker Tour around the country.Sky Poker is licensed and regulated by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC). About ‘Play The Nation’Sky Poker is celebrating UK poker with ‘Play the Nation’. The promotion is free to enter and runs throughout February. ‘Play The Nation’ pits poker players from around the UK in a nationwide competition to find out which region has the best poker players. Represent your region against the rest of the UK and double your bonuses if your area is victorious! Enter the promotion at www.skypoker.com/playthenation About Cardstacker Bryan BergGuinness World Record Holder for the Tallest House of Freestanding Playing Cards since 1992, cardstacker Bryan Berg also created the original Guinness World Record for the Largest House of Freestanding Playing Cards in 2004. Since age 17, Berg has been commissioned to break his own records more than a dozen times. His most recent tallest tower stood 26 feet, and his most recent largest contained 219,000 cards and required 44 days to construct. He continues to hold both records. Berg uses no tape, no glue, no folding, and no other tricks in his structures—just freestanding playing cards. Using a grid technique informed by patterns found in nature, his cardstacking has been tested in an engineering lab to support more than 660 pounds per square foot. Berg is trained as an architect, and earned a Master in Design Studies from Harvard. Cardstacking is Berg’s full-time job. He has travelled throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa building projects for science and art museums, television, and special events. About Aspers CasinoAspers is a high quality and upscale British casino operator. A joint venture between the Aspinall family and Crown Limited, one of the world’s leading gaming companies, Aspers Westfield Stratford City is the first of its kind to open in the UK. Open 24 hours per day, 364 days of the year, all guests over 18 are welcome. Aspers is a socially responsible game operator. Related Articles:Soderling looking to improve poor Wimbledon record Bunting set to be rolled out for Irish Oaks attempt Record Deal or no Deal jackpot won Live Poker from Sky Poker Written by Bet123 · Filed Under Gaming Comments
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