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A couple of NBA Central Division rivals mired in mediocrity will be looking for bounce-back performances on Saturday night.The first of four meetings between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons will take place at The Palace of Auburn Hills.The Pacers (13-14) have lost their last two games and the Pistons (14-14) are stuck in a win-one, lose-one cycle.After a victory in Dallas on Wednesday, the Pistons allowed a season high in points while getting pounded by Washington 122-108 in a roadh game on Friday night.The Wizards shot 57.1 percent from the field while becoming the first Pistons opponent in eight games to reach 100 points. Washingtons starting backcourt of John Wall and Bradley Beal combined for 54 points and 15 assists with just one turnover.We couldnt handle their guards at all, Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy said. They were getting wherever they wanted on the floor and then making plays. Then the other guys shot the ball well, too. But those two guys just destroyed us.Detroit was outscored 68-50 in the second and third quarters. The Pistons only bright spots were guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who had 24 points, and reserve forward Jon Leuer, who contributed 19 points, seven rebounds and five assists.We didnt play defense, point guard Reggie Jackson said. Its pretty frustrating. We let one slip away. All we can do is move past this one and get ready for tomorrow.The Pacers are looking to salvage the finale of a three-game road swing. They lost to Miami 95-89 on Wednesday and New Orleans 102-95 on Thursday.Indiana will not have two of its backcourt rotation players available. Monta Ellis is sidelined with a groin injury and Rodney Stuckey has a strained left hamstring.It puts a big dent in our rotation with Rodney being out and Monta being out, coach Nate McMillan told the Indianapolis Star. Everybody has to be ready to play. That will push up Aaron Brooks a few more minutes and C.J. (Miles) will see some time at the wing position.McMillans club led 90-85 with under five minutes to go against the Pelicans, then fell apart as New Orleans reeled off 15 straight points. Pelicans All-Star big man Anthony Davis controlled the paint with 35 points, 16 rebounds and five blocks.We had some open looks that we didnt knock down, McMillan told the Star. They made some plays down the stretch and Anthony Davis had a big block. On those missed shots, they ran out and we didnt rotate back in transition. They were able to get the lead on that.Davis big night offset a strong performance by Pacers center Myles Turner, who finished with 26 points and eight rebounds. Indianas usual top scorer, forward Paul George, was limited to 18 points and committed five turnovers.I just think we went stagnant, forward Thaddeus Young said to the Star. We didnt make shots and we had contested shots where we could have swung the ball a little more to get some movement.George averaged 22.8 points in four games against the Pistons last season as Indiana won the season series 3-1. Jackson led Detroit in those games with averages of 19.8 points and 5.5 assists. Custom Twins T-shirts . Brett Kulak and Jackson Houck of the Vancouver Giants were each charged with assault causing bodily harm on Aug. 18, according to the B.C. court services. Custom Twins Jerseys . DAmigo scored twice in regulation and added the shootout winner as the Toronto Marlies edged the San Antonio Rampage 5-4 in American Hockey League action. http://www.customtwinsjersey.com/ . Listen to the game live on TSN Radio 1050 at 7pm et. The Raptors traded Rudy Gay, Quincy Acy and Aaron Gray to the Sacramento Kings on Monday, in exchange for Greivis Vasquez, John Salmons, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes. Wholesale Custom Twins Shirts . Haas said he "felt a lot of pain" in his right shoulder when he slammed his racket to the ground in frustration after losing his serve at 3-3 in the first set. Harmon Killebrew Jersey Large . It was just business as usual for the Thunder at home. Durant scored 32 points and the Thunder beat the Bulls 107-95 on Thursday night for their eighth straight win. ZURICH -- Olympic 200-meter champion Elaine Thompson ran the second fastest time in the world this year to edge great rival Dafne Schippers at the Weltklasse Diamond League meeting on Thursday.Thompson led only in the final five meters to clock 21.85 seconds -- .07 outside the new Jamaican stars gold medal-winning time in Rio de Janeiro.Schippers of the Netherlands timed 21.86, the second-fastest of her career, after tying up in the final strides when Thompson surged.This is a blast. I came out to execute well, said Thompson, who ends her season next week in the final Diamond League meeting in Brussels. I have not been home since Rio and I am longing to get home to Jamaica.Schippers was .02 faster than her Olympic silver medal time and has only ever run quicker when winning the 2015 world title.Allyson Felix of the United States, the 2012 Olympic champ, was third in her season-best time of 22.02.The women sprinters headlined the storied Zurich meeting with Usain Bolt yet to return to the track after his triple gold in Rio.In Bolts absence, Jamaica veteran Asafa Powell went under 10 seconds yet again to win the mens 100 in 9.94.Caster Semenya led a repeat of the Olympic podium in the womens 800, striding clear of Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi and Margaret Wambui of Kenya. The time of 1 minute, 56.44 seconds was more than a second outside Semenyas personal record, which is exactly two seconds behind the 33-year-old world mark.I was nnot ready for the world record this year, Semenya said.dddddddddddd I am a bit tired. After Rio I had to go home and travel again to Europe.A tough womens 1,500 was won by Shannon Rowbury of the U.S. falling over the line to hold off Laura Muir of Britain, who set a world-leading time in Paris last Saturday. Rowburys time of 3:57.78 was her seasons best.In a standout performance, shot putter Tom Walsh set a New Zealand record of 22.20 meters that is second on this years world list behind Olympic champion Ryan Crousers 22.52 in Rio. Crouser of the U.S. was runner-up.Two recent world record-setters were short of their best yet won their events: Ruth Jebet of Bahrain was a full 14 seconds outside the 3,000 steeplechase mark she set in Paris, and American Kendra Harrisons 12.63 in the 100 hurdles was .43 down on her world mark from July.Olympic champions winning included Americans Kerron Clement in the mens 400 hurdles and Christian Taylor in the triple jump. Gold medalists Ruth Beitia of Spain, in womens high jump, and Sandra Perkovic of Croatia, in womens discus, also won.Brittney Reese of the U.S. took the long jump honors at 6.95 to reverse her Olympic result with gold medalist Ivana Spanovic of Serbia.In the pole vault, Sam Hendricks of the United States cleared 5.90 to edge Renaud Lavillenie of France. ' ' '