it continues to be a busy post lockout holiday season in the n.b.a. but detroit funs aren't complaining the pistons notching their second straight win after starting the season with three consecutive losses the home side showing their fighting spirit early on ben gordon winning a vicious scramble for the loose ball before getting a three for an eight six lead big ben finishing up with twenty six points but detroit's hit a roadblock in the form of orlando's dwight howard the five time legal all-star ending with nineteen point seven five steals howard however fall died late in the fourth just about the time the pistons kicked their game into another gear tayshaun prince stopping fourteen points from the eighty nine seventy eight. over the tennis where spain remain unbeaten in the group phase of the hopman cup on a bell at medina for a number for duff school doing the necessary against their chinese counterparts. in perth it was china who struck first though in the women's portion of the season of the time world number five letting her stride against twen

the los angeles clippers helping the surprise package of the n.b.a. season thus far the california fed remaining top of the pacific division following victory over memphis on thursday the host jumping to a twenty nine seventeen lead after the first quarter but the grizzlies opened the second with a fourteen zero run of their own cutting the difference to just one point by half time it was then to and fro until the final few minutes trippers bench one more williams the most instrumental nine of his eighteen points in the final quarter his partner in crime blake griffin didn't onto his tally during the last dozen minutes but was a top scorer for l.a. with twenty one truthful nine hundred ninety one clipper shot finished the winners moved to nine wins two losses at home. over in european action turkish side gala tusker i have claimed the narrow victory against olympiacos in the euro league meaning russian side in the only on beaten side in the group e. olympiakos taking advantage of a shallow start by khalid tosh drive but at the end of the first quarter the ga

now i tell you what the los angeles clippers have been the surprise package of this season's n.b.a. season thus far the californian i fed remaining top of the pacific division following victory over memphis on thursday the host jumping out to a twenty nine seventeen lead after the first quarter but the gracies opened the second with a fourteen zero run all their own cutting the difference for just one point by half times as then to and fro until the final few minutes clippers bench men williams but he was the most ensured mentally at all nine of us. eighteen points in the final slaughter his partner in crime blake griffin didn't to his tally during the last twelve minutes but it was top score for l.a. with twenty points overall ninety eight ninety one clipper type finish the winners due to nine wins and just two losses. over european action turkish side i have claimed the noro victory against olympiacos in the euro league meaning a russian side. are not the only unbeaten side in their group because taken advantage of a slow start by gala tops right at the end of the first quarter the game

. >>> the late start for the n.b.a. season is taking its toll on the warriors. they looked pretty flat last night. >> good morning. minus monta ellis they looked like a fish out of the water last night. curry was good. scooped off the glass, are your question with 21. second quarter, game time, dominic mcgwire, all downhill after that. curry misses the 3. ahead to drew halliday and off of wright. and he lays it in. warriors blown out and they fall to 2-2. >> both cal and stanford going for a sweep of the l.a. mike montgomery's, cal 1-point lead at halftime. alan crab he had 17. first sweep of the so cal school bears are now 12-3. >> to jobs grabbed and early lead. moore, a triple. 9-0 run to start the second half. 36-25. 4-point game but here is the bright side. 17 of the 16 down the stretch. 51-42 stanford, they sweep as well and improve to 12-2. >> stanford beat ucla. cal starts 0-12. >> and lions roaring in the first half. 37-20, lmu. michael williams driving for two. anthony ireland, three-pointer here, he would end up making the game winning layup. 77-76. >

n.b.a. . all seasons m.v.p. it's rested for the entire fourth quarter century dallas has dominance over the box however novitsky still. charge just how little he can be from downtown. mavericks went into the point of water with an impressive twenty point lead with victory assured dallas turned on the style dime a strange. freaky finish but break away the heavy defeat of the bucs are still looking for the first win on the road this season. will swear at me and be a kobe bryant it affords you third straight games bill akers age but hell is ninety seven to ninety two philadelphia they were easy win is over washington denver have lost that heats cautious and some of the most gold finishing the game with twelve points eight rebounds and three blocked shots don williams weighed in but if five points and fourteen assists for the nets three out of the songs one hundred ten one hundred three derrick rose scored twenty five points helping the ball will stop in eight seventy nine one of the boston celtics also wins for ind

akers has been like a kicking machine this season. >> n.b.a., seven games, sacramento kings fired paul elevated keith smarted. his feud with the center led to the change. smart spent one year and long time assistant gets a two-year contract from the kings. >> this is isn't like a coach likes to come in it but working with a great man while he was here, don't do anything stupid and rejected it. i want you to go coach it. with that said, i'm ready to go. i'm ready to get back on the bench and coach. very seldom you get an opportunity right away. only regret i have, under the circumstances of how it happened >> after seventh ankle sprain, warriors really are unsure how to proceed with stechb curry. he had rest and rehab, new shoe designs and keeps re-tweaking it. he is going to be checked by the doctors on saturday. they may have to rest him for a few weeks to let it heal up. that may be the only course of action. >> cheryl: larry, thank you. >> dan: that is this edition of abc news. >> cheryl: thanks so much for joining us. >> dan: we appreciate your time as always. see you again at 9:00

n.b.a. to stay with. the former utah jazz man became a free agent this season and join the army men during the n.b.a. lockout but despite generating interest from the new jersey nets and sacramento kings the thirty year old has decided to stay put in moscow during his brief spell would see a scar they have qualified for the last sixteen of the year really undefeated and also riding high in the russian domestic league. russia's mixed martial asking field or you me again has beaten japan's to tosha ichi in devastating fashion knocking at the former olympic champion in the first round in japan an important win so you for the russian he's keen to get his career back on track after dominating the sport as world champion for seven years he lost his crown in twenty ten and then went on to lose three fights in a row but tonight's win follows victory over jeff months in november and the thirty five year old russian says he's determined to keep on fighting. and world number one never djokovic has finished off his great year in style a straight sets win for him over david forever to win the move. dollar world t

season with i.p.l. football. things that side by attending to n.b.a. basketball now where chicago are living up to their pre-season billing the bulls are winning their third straight game in blistering fashion seeing off memphis by a forty point margin in their home opener the host truly taking the bull by the horns in the first quarter boring their opponents twenty five twelve the next couple of periods would bring gets more misery for the grizzlies. brewer top scoring with seventeen points of pace at the united center. for brewer making it so easy for forty four bowls in the church a forty point advantage that they would firmly hold on to one zero four sixty four the final warm side it's. now ice hockey is normally a sport readily associated with milan but that could be set to change this year when milan no rush so blue joins the kontinental hockey league europe's premier competition robert for dummy and travel to italy in twenty eleven to find out more . these game moments are twenty years old the goal scored with no end of skill in essence the game

n.b.a. is in full swing after months of died over whether to go ahead all this season the lockout no though just a memory with players returning to north america after seeing spurts of action in other leagues across the world in the meantime richard from port fleet's reports now on the local impact. funds have hardly been affected by the resumption of the n.b.a. is very few stones came to become true in the first place but a few players like i have decided to stay in europe robin the move back stateside and a k forty seven decision to stay puts the sunni and the praise of one of his rivals i think. overseas loyalty to another country and so i think it's gross. but some of my that decision and it could be good for the sport especially in russia so. he will be only russian club that was seriously affected by resumption of the n.b.a. his bail spare stone sentence in a famous golf to rejoin the denver nuggets however his former teammate nielsen has the russian made the right move in going back stateside i think age plays like he's on course he's going to go for another and there's no idea where

n.b.a. where indiana who are enjoying their best start in eight seasons were left to lick their wounds on tuesday after going down to orlando indiana starting the leading ridge twenty nine twenty two off the first quarter or longest tough score on the night bryant understand though came to the fore the teams went in level forty five a piece of the big break during the second part of the game it was the visitors who dominated to go to the. straight line three pointers pushing magic into a sixty three fifty six lead midway through the water then understood and white howard finish things up in the twenty four and fourteen points respectively one zero two eighty three things ended up meaning indiana so for their first home defeat of the season. back in moscow team russia returned home from the normal youth olympics a winter games in austria where the squad finished fifth over all the competitors created by friends and relatives of domodedovo airport hurrying back five gold for silver and seven bronze medals a point of note is that the russian republic of dagestan this currently bidding to host either

n.b.a. were indiana who are enjoying their best start in eight seasons were left to lick their wounds on choose they will after going down to orlando indiana start of the primary bringing twenty nine twenty two up to the first ever ever top sure on the night brian i understand this came to the fore soon afterwards as the teams went into level forty five apiece at the big breaks during the second part of the game it was the visitors who dominated. the two straight three pointers pushing magic into a sixty three fifty six lead midway through the third quarter then a mission on flight howard finish things off by closing the twenty four of fourteen points respectively one zero two eighty three up the buzzer the first home defeat of the season for. back in moscow team russia have returned home from the olympic winter games in austria where the squad lost a fifth overall finish competitors greeted by friends and relatives at domodedovo airport off the five gold four silver and seven bronze medals a point of notes that the russian republic of dagestan is currently bidding to host side of the youth sum