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CLEVELAND -- Danny Green wasnt looking for vengeance or payback on the Cavaliers. He got some anyway. Green scored 19 points against a Cleveland team that released him last season, Tony Parker added 19 and the San Antonio Spurs coasted to their eighth straight win, 125-90 over the lifeless Cavs, who have lost eight in a row and were blown out at home again. Green played his rookie season for Cleveland, which cut him at the end of training camp in 2011. Hes found a new home with the Spurs, who built a 22-point lead in the first half and rested Parker, Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili for most of the fourth quarter while pushing their lead to 37. "It does mean a little something to me because this was my first team," Green said. "Its nice, but thats not the important thing for me. Its more important that we continue to get better. We want to keep winning going into the playoffs." Rookie Kyrie Irving scored 13 points for the Cavs in his return after missing one game with a sprained right shoulder. But even with their best player back, Cleveland dropped its eighth straight and followed up a 37-point loss at home to Milwaukee with a 35-point setback. Coach Byron Scott fears his team may have given up. "I worry more when me as a coach and my coaching staff want it more than my players. Thats when I start to worry," Scott said. "And Im getting worried." Antawn Jamison had 15 points for the Cavs, who have dropped 17 of 21 and lost their past seven by an average of 22.3 points. Cleveland has now lost home games by 39, 37 and 35 points this season. "We gotta turn it up as best we can," said Irving, who played with a protective brace on his shoulder. "What it boils down to is we just have to go out there and play. We all get paid to do this at a really high level. I feel like sometimes sitting there watching or being out there that our competitive level doesnt match other teams. "We just have to pick it up." The Spurs began a 16-games-in-23-days stretch to finish the lockout-shortened regular season, a grueling finish before the playoffs for any team, and especially for one with so many veterans. San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich wants to rest his regulars as much as possible and a date with the Cavs provided the perfect opportunity to sit his starters. Duncan and Parker played only 23 minutes and Manu Ginobili 18, giving the Spurs "Big Three" a chance to get ready for Wednesdays game in Boston. "Obviously, were on a back-to-back and we got a little rest for the second game," said Duncan, who took just six shots. "Perfect scenario? Pretty close." Reserve guard Patty Mills scored a season-high 20 for San Antonio, which has won 11 of 12 and taken a comfortable hold on the No. 2 spot in the Western Conference behind Oklahoma City. Green spent much of the pregame visiting with former Cavs teammates, Scott and arena employees, offering a handshake and hug to people he used to see on an almost daily basis. In the first half, he seemed intent on showing Cleveland what they gave up. Green, who scored just 40 points in 20 games in his season with the Cavs, made four 3-pointers and scored 16 points to help the Spurs open a 60-41 lead at the break. The 6-foot-6 swingman has gone from being a Cleveland castoff to a starter with the Spurs, who have again gone under the radar but are playing as well as any team in the league. "We had no expectations for him at the beginning of the season," Parker said of Green. "Hes playing great in our system. Hes knocking down shots and playing great defence. Sometimes I can relax a little when he takes over at point guard. I like Danny." After a 3-pointer by Jamison tied it 16-all in the first quarter, the Spurs went to work. San Antonio reeled off 16 straight points in less than three minutes and Parker picked up a second personal foul on Irving, who went to the bench with 3:32 left. When the Cavs scored four quick points to open the second, Popovich called a timeout and spent the break ripping into his players, particularly Mills, who gave up an easy layup. The Spurs responded to the tongue lashing as Green hit a pair of 3-pointers to help open a 53-31 lead. Parker scored six straight during a 12-2 run in the third and James Anderson, who didnt play at all in the first half, closed the quarter with a 3 from the right corner to put San Antonio ahead 90-63. Scott could only squirm in his chair during the fourth quarter as the Spurs reserves maintained the huge lead. After cooling down in the locker room, Clevelands coach didnt hold back in his assessment of a team showing little fight. "We have to compete, its that simple," he said. "If we dont do that, we have no chance. You have to play flawless basketball, but were not giving ourselves an opportunity to be in a game or win a game because were not competing at a high level. "We cant compete one night and the next night not compete at all and the next night compete. That inconsistency is not going to cut it." Notes: While watching Mondays NCAA title game between Kansas and Kentucky, Scott couldnt help thinking about a few of the Wildcats one day wearing Clevelands wine and gold. "I looked at that Kentucky team and thought, How can we get about three of them? They were that good." ... Cavs G Daniel Gibson underwent surgery in California on Monday to repair a torn tendon in his left foot and ankle. Gibsons season is over. ... Duncan and Parker have played in 751 regular-season games together, the highest total of any pair of current teammates. ... Jamison (19,017) moved into 46th place on the career scoring list, passing Dale Ellis and Reggie Theus. James Jones Jersey Limited . The team announced the deal Wednesday, along with the signings of 22 others. The Twins have 21 of their first 25 selections under contract. Jordy Nelson Jersey Elite .ca NFL Power Rankings, ahead of the New England Patriots and the San Francisco 49ers. http://www.thepackersjerseysonline.com/Camo-Clay-Matthews-Jersey/ . He settled instead for his first win in seven weeks, and that was plenty satisfying. Maholm allowed just four hits, pitched into the ninth inning and benefited from three homers and some good defence Friday, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 4-0 win over the Houston Astros. Green Bay Packers Eddie Lacy Jersey . -- Golden State Warriors centre Andrew Bogut is scheduled to miss at least the next three games as he continues to strengthen his surgically repaired left ankle. Eddie Lacy Jersey Limited . Vancouver Canucks forwards Daniel and Henrik Sedin joined the host country after Canadas 3-0 win over Sweden in the preliminary round. The addition of twin brothers and Canucks defenceman Alex Edler inject confidence and offence into Sweden that the team lacked earlier in the tournament.CHICAGO - Kobe Bryant couldnt restrain himself after this one. It wasnt just that the Lakers lost again. It was how they did it, where they did it, and he was simply seething. He even put out a call to ditch Mike DAntonis up-tempo style and post up more after Pau Gasol got moved into a reserve role. "Were going to have to look at some things," Bryant said after Los Angeles lost 95-83 at Chicago on Monday. "Were going to have to change something. Probably going to have to post the ball a lot more, slow the game down a lot more. Thats just my intuition, but thats my gut right now. I have to take a look at the film again, but were definitely going to have to change something." Kirk Hinrich scored a season-high 22 points, Marco Belinelli added 15 points, and the Bulls pulled away down the stretch to beat the struggling Lakers. Belinelli came up big in the closing minutes, scoring eight points during an 18-4 run that broke a 75-75 tie and sent the Lakers to their ninth loss in 11 games. He started it by hitting two free throws after getting fouled by Dwight Howard with 6:54 left in the game and wrapped two 3-pointers around a layup by Los Angeles Earl Clark, making it 89-79 with 2:27 remaining. The Lakers have now dropped six straight on the road, and this one came after DAntoni made that lineup switch. He replaced Gasol with Clark, but the slide continued on a night when Bryant and Howard were mostly nonfactors. "Very, very tough, very, very frustrating, trying to keep my cool," Bryant said. "It is embarassing. It is not even embarassing. I am a big history guy. Playing here in this arena with these incredible fans, youre in the house of MJ, Pippen, PJ (Phil Jackson) built, to put this kind of brand of basketball on the floor is just not acceptable." Hinrich hit 9 of 11 shots and nailed three 3-pointers. Belinelli and Nate Robinson (11 points) also hit three, and the Bulls were 9 of 17 overall from long range. Joakim Noah added 13 rebounds and a season-best six blocks after sitting out the final 22 minutes, 53 seconds of Saturdays loss to Memphis. He blamed himself for the benching the other night, saying, "That was all me." Noah was angry at coach Tom Thibodeau for taking him out of the game and acknowledged saying some things he should not have. He wouldnt say if he and Thibodeau discussed the incident, but he made it clear he had no one to blame but himself. "I admit it," he said. "It was my fault. I shouldnt have said the things that I said.ddddddddddddquot; Carlos Boozer chipped in with 14 points and six rebounds. Richard Hamilton scored 13, although he shot just 6 of 18. Jimmy Butler, making his second straight start with Luol Deng (sore right hamstring) sidelined, scored 10 while trying to guard Bryant. And Chicago won this one in regulation after playing three straight overtime games. Steve Nash led the Lakers with 18 points, but Bryant finished with just 16 on 7-of-22 shooting. That ended a run of 24 games with 20 or more points. "Most of the looks I had tonight were tough shots," Bryant said. "Some of the credit goes to the young fellow, Butler did a good defensively. A lot of that is on me and us, having to try to manufacture something 30 feet from the hoop with a low shot clock is tough." Howard, meanwhile, had just eight points and nine rebounds while picking up five fouls. Clark and Metta World Peace scored 12 apiece, and Gasol added 15 points and 12 rebounds in his new reserve role. DAntoni made the switch because he wanted a quicker lineup. Even so, it was an eye-opening move, considering Gasol scored 25 at Toronto on Sunday. "It isnt against him, its better for us right now," DAntoni said before the game. "Were going to try to work through it and see what we can do. Things do change, things happen, I cant see the future but were ready to go forward." Clearly, Gasol wasnt thrilled by the switch. He said hes "not excited" about it, and the move caught him off guard. Hes not sure about his future in Los Angeles, either. "I have no idea," he said. "I cant really worry about something that is out of my hands so I am just going to stay positive and do my best, but it is not something I am too thrilled about. I wasnt expecting it. But right now we have bigger things to worry about as a group. As a team player thats what Im most concern about." NOTES: Thibodeau said star PG Derrick Rose is "very close" to starting full contact drills in practice, the next step in his recovery from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Could it happen this week? "Yeah — it could," Thibodeau said. Is it scheduled to happen this week? Thibodeau said, "It could." He also said Rose will have to go through full-contact drills "for an extended amount of time" and that he wont be playing after "one or two days of contact." Marshawn Lynch Jersey  Paul George Jersey ' ' '

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