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Newbie Posts: 46 Group: Members Member #1,243 Joined: October 31, 2014	NEW ORLEANS -- Jordan Crawford kept shooting. Jerseys NFL Cheap . In a game where neither team could hit anything, he finally connected on enough shots to give the shorthanded Washington Wizards a rare road win. Crawford scored 12 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter and the Wizards spoiled the return of overall No. 1 draft pick Anthony Davis, beating the New Orleans Hornets 77-70 on Tuesday night. Crawford made only nine out of 26 shots -- his most attempts since his rookie season in 2010-11 -- but he had four of the Wizards final five baskets. "I just really wanted to do everything to take the win," he said. "I didnt care how many shots I shot. Turnovers. Nothing. I just wanted to do whatever it took to win." Bradley Beal added 15 points for the Wizards, who trailed by as many as 13 and never led until the fourth quarter. Washington won for the first time on the road after losing its first eight away from home this season. Ryan Anderson led New Orleans with 17 points but did not score in the second half, missing all nine of his shots after going 7 of 12 in the first half. Davis, who missed 11 games with a stress reaction in his left ankle, had 13 points and seven rebounds. The game befitted the team with the worst record in the Eastern Conference (Washington) and the team with the worst in the West (New Orleans). The Wizards shot 32.9 per cent, scored 11 points in the first quarter -- a season low for any quarter -- and had a season-worst 36 points at the half. "That first quarter, I thought I was getting my teeth pulled at the dentist without any Novacaine," Wizards coach Randy Wittman said. "It was pretty painful." The Hornets shot 32.5 per cent and scored a season-low 10 points in the fourth quarter, losing for the 13th time in 15 games. Crawford, normally a reserve shooting guard, started at the point for the first time because A.J. Price fractured his right hand against Golden State last Saturday and will be out four to six weeks. And Price was starting only because 2010 overall top pick John Wall has missed the entire season with a stress injury in his left knee. "It was different playing the point," Crawford said. "At the beginning of the game, I was thinking about different stuff. Once I got into the game and once I saw what the team needed, I got comfortable." HIs numbers werent point-guard like -- he shot first and passed second, finishing with four assists -- but the Wizards will take it. "It was good for the first time kind of starting there," Wittman said. "You could see him thinking. Its going to be a little bit of a process, but he came down the stretch and made big shots." Crawford hit a 3-pointer to give the Wizards a 68-65 lead with 5:09 left, and he sank a tough leaner while drawing a foul from the Hornets Greivis Vasquez the next time down the floor to make the score 71-65. "We were stuck on 65-65, kept going back down," Crawford said. "They were missing, we was missing and I just wanted to get that shot to break the ice." Davis responded with a dunk on an alley-oop from Austin Rivers, the Hornets first points in nearly four minutes, but another attempted alley-oop from Vasquez to Davis resulted in a turnover that Nene converted into a layup as Washington went ahead 73-67 with 3:00 left. Davis converted a three-point play in transition to cut the deficit to 73-70 with 1:51 to go, but the Hornets did not score again. After Vasquez missed a wild running hook with just over a minute left, Crawford hit an open 18-footer to put Washington ahead 75-70. Anderson went 0 for 7 in the fourth quarter. "I had some great looks," he said. "Those are shots I normally make, and I wouldnt turn them down again. I would shoot them over and over again." Nene had a double-double for Washington with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Rookie guard Austin Rivers, starting for the first time in 10 games, had 11 points for the Hornets, but only two of them came in the second half. The first two possessions for both teams set the tone. The Wizards turned the ball over on their first possession and missed their first shot badly. The Hornets clanked their first shot off the backboard and committed a turnover on their second possession. At one point, the Wizards were 6 of 26 from the floor with almost as many air balls as made shots. Jan Vesely even shot an air ball on a free throw, falling to 3 of 15 for the season at the line. The Wizards also played without Trevor Ariza, who strained his left calf last Tuesday against Miami, and Trevor Booker (right knee), who started the first six games. 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Shane Hnidy joins me on TSN 1290 for the radio broadcast, while Dennis Beyak, Mike Johnson and Sara Orlesky will describe the action on TSN Jets.MEXICO CITY -- Martin Bravo scored three goals and set up another, all in the first half, as Mexican side Pumas UNAM cruised past Toronto FC 4-0 Wednesday in CONCACAF Champions League action. Pumas took an early 1-0 lead in the 17th minute at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario. Francisco Palencias touch went off Toronto defender Andy Iro and right to Bravo, who only had goalkeeper Milos Kocic to beat. Kocic came out to play the ball, but Bravo struck it past the keeper. Pumas made it 2-0 in the 21st minute. Bravo finished a dangerous run into the Toronto box by sending a pass by Iro to trailing defender Efrain Velarde, who had no problem beating a helpless Kocic. Bravos second goal of the game in the 33rd minute made it 3-0. Bravo outran Toronto defender Ty Hardin to catch up to a long ball, then fired a left-footed strike that Kocic couldnt handle. Bravo completed the hat trick in the 42nd minute as he broke free of the Toronto defence onside and caught up to a long feed from Palencia, then fired the ball off the left post and into the Toronto goal. Pumas continued to carry the play in the second half, but Kocic made a pair of big saves in the 65th minute to prevent the game spinning further out of his teams grasp. In Wednesdays other Group C match, FC Dallas tiedd Tauro 1-1. Denver Broncos Hats Black Friday. Dallas leads the group with seven points, followed by Pumas with four, Toronto with three and Tauro with two. The top two teams from the group advance to the quarter-finals. Toronto won its group stage opener 2-1 at Tauro in Panama City before losing 1-0 to visiting FC Dallas in a game that stretched over two days due to bad weather. Pumas lost its opener 1-0 at home to FC Dallas before tying Tauro 0-0 in Panama. Winless in five games in the Mexican Apertura, Pumas are in a four-way tie for sixth in the domestic standings. Traditionally the Mexican side uses the CONCACAf Champions League to give its young players experience. Toronto (5-12-12) stands last in the MLS Eastern Conference but is coming off its first away league win of the season -- 4-2 over Columbus. That win cost Toronto the services of forward Joao Plata, who has a strained hamstring. Midfielder Matt Stinson was cleared to play despite a foot injury but doctors balked at him flying. Defender Richard Eckersley was suspended and midfielder Eric Avila cup-tied after appearing in the competition for Dallas. Goalkeeper Stefan Frei made the trip despite leaving the Columbus game with a charley-horse, but Kocic continued his trend of starting Champions League games. ' ' '


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