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Volvos Scott McLaughlin knows just how vital this weekends Supercars event in Sydney is to his flagging championship aspirations.The New Zealander goes into the Sydney SuperSprint round 285 points behind championship leader Jamie Whincup and without a podium since the opening race of the Winton event in May.McLaughlin made a statement at Sydney Motorsport Park on Friday by topping the time sheets in practice, but he knows he has to turn that one-lap pace into results this weekend.The only way were going to get back into contention is we have some stronger results, said McLaughlin, who clocked a best lap of one minute and 29.7774 seconds in the second of two one-hour practice runs on Friday.With championship rivals Shane van Gisbergen (1:29.8191) and Mark Winterbottom (1:29.8326) clocking the second and third fastest-laps of the day and championship leader Jamie Whincup (ninth) not far behind, McLaughlin knows he cant afford to relax.Obviously those guys arent getting any slower. Its important we stay in front of them, he said.To win the championship you need to be in the top five more often than not if youre not winning races. Thats the aim.Holdens Craig Lowndes, wholl make an unprecedented 600th career race start on Sunday, was seventh fastest.Just ahead of him was Holdens James Courtney, returning to the scene of an accident in 2015 that left him with broken ribs and damage to his lungs and sternum.A week after finding out Holden would end its 26-year association with Holden Racing Team at the end of 2016, Courtney said it was refreshing to get the teams focus back on racing.For sure were upset to see Holden leave the team but were pressing on, trying to keep on winning ... its just part of business really, he said.Fords Chaz Mostert, who won two races at this event in 2015, came fourth in the second session after topping the time sheets in the days earlier hour-long practice run.The session was a complete write-off however for Nissans Rick Kelly, who went off track with a stuck throttle inside the opening four minutes and was unable to return to the track despite some feverish work by his garage.The Sydney SuperSprint starts on Saturday with a 120km race from 4.30pm with a 200km race to be held on Sunday.Air Max 270 Wholesale . 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Replica Air Max 270 .Y. -- Vancouver Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo had little trouble picking up his first shutout of the season against a Buffalo Sabres team thats having trouble scoring goals.The season isnt even a month old and already it seems we may have seen the full range of fantasy value for Klay Thompson and Bradley Beal. Both of the shooting guards have overcome ice cold starts to put up huge numbers over the past week, moving up this weeks rankings.At his worst just a few weeks ago, Thompson looked like an afterthought in the Golden State Warriors offense, camping out in the corner while Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry and Draymond Green handled the ball the majority of the time. When the ball finally came to him, his jumper was as off as weve ever seen it in the pros.That all changed on Nov. 7, when Thompson shot 11-for-20 from the field and finished with 24 points in a win over the New Orleans Pelicans. Since that game, he has made at least three 3-pointers in seven straight games and scored at least 20 points in five of those. More importantly, that golden jumper is back, and Thompson has shot more than 50 percent from the field in all but one game since beating the Pelicans.Thompson jumps from No. 36 to 23 in the rankings.Then theres Beal, the Washington Wizards guard, who I cut in my home league last week while Beal was out of the lineup nursing another injury. Time will tell if the oft-injured 2-guard can stay on the court, but you have to give him credit for the way he has played since returning. Beal eased his way back with 18 points in 29 minutes against the New York Knicks on Thursday before going for 34 points against the Miami Heat and setting a career-high on Monday with 42 points against the Phoenix Suns. Also encouraging is the fact that he was able to log 40 minutes in each game. On top of that, Beal connected on 9-21 3s in those last two games, and anytime Beal shoots like that and shows such aggressiveness on the offensive end he becomes a much more valuable fantasy player.Listed all the way down at No. 89 while out of the lineup last week, Beal makes the jump up to 65, between Jabari Parker and Harrison Barnes.Another notable to rise in this weeks standings is C.J. McCollum (20), who was too low at 29 last week and continues to scorch the nets from long range. Weve made the proper adjustment. McCollum is shooting 48.3 percent from the field and 45.9 percent from 3-point land this season, which makes him all the more valuable at a position like shooting guard in which efficiency is often hard to find.ddddddddddddAl Horford returned from an extended absence following a concussion he suffered in practice and averaged 19 points, 8.5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1.5 steals and 3 blocks in his first two games. He averaged 35 minutes in those games, and both came against defensive-minded coaches (Tom Thibodeau and Stan Van Gundy), which is also encouraging. Horford moves up 10 spots from No. 43 to 33.Jrue Holiday also looked strong in his first few games of the season, warranting a climb from No. 76 to 56. The Pelicans veteran point guard averaged 21.5 points and 8 assists in only 26.5 minutes per game against Portland and Charlotte. Its safe to say hes already back to his normal value after missing all of training camp and the first three weeks of the season to tend to his wife following her brain surgery.On the other side, Denver big men Nikola Jokic (from No. 79 to 117) and Jusuf Nurkic (from No. 55 to 94) represent two of the biggest fallers this week. Both young Nuggets have loads of talent, but as long as they are playing only 22 minutes a night, neither is going to make a consistent fantasy impact. Just make sure you realize that if you drop or trade them now, youre selling low.Nerlens Noel (141) is still a few weeks away from returning to the court and even when he does, hell have to battle for minutes with Dario Saric, Ersan Ilyasova and eventually Ben Simmons. He isnt the same fantasy player on this seasons team as he was in previous years, and might strictly be a streamer.J.J. Barea falls out of the Top 150 following the news that hell be sidelined up to six weeks due to a calf injury. If you have an IR spot, hes worth stashing, but otherwise hes not worth waiting around for if it means sacrificing a roster spot for a month and a half.Lastly, theres Chandler Parsons, who hasnt played well in the six games he has appeared in this season (21 MPG, 7.7 PPG, 3 RPG, 39.1 FG%) and now will miss the next two weeks after being diagnosed with a bone bruise in his left knee. He falls all the way to No. 134 this week.Here is the full rundown of the rest of the updated Top 150: ' ' '