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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Its playoff hopes dashed long ago, Toronto FC hoped to break its latest winless streak with a road win over old rival Columbus on Wednesday night. But the Reds were in no shape to do so. The most porous defence in Major League Soccer conceded an early goal, slogged through the remainder of an ugly first half and ultimately lost to the Crew 2-1. Afterward, Toronto coach Paul Mariner said a lethargic opening was the culprit. "It was the opposite of what I asked for in the dressing room," said Mariner. "It was just not being ready to play." Toronto FC dropped to 5-15-5 and is approaching the brink of playoff elimination in a season lost long ago. The Reds began the season by losing an MLS record nine consecutive games. They are 0-4-1 in their past five after winning a club-record three consecutive games in July. Mariner dropped to 4-6-5 since replacing Aron Winter on June 7. Crew midfielder Eddie Gaven scored in the fourth minute and Frederico Higuain added a goal in the 58th. Toronto forward Luis Silva halved the lead in the 71st during a late surge, but the Reds failed to equalize. "It hurts to (take) a goal early on," Silva said. "I just think we have to start like we ended." Many in a sparse weeknight crowd of 10,049 were still finding their seats when Gaven opened the scoring in the fourth minute. Higuain, a designated player signed last month, had ample time and space at the left edge of the penalty area to feed Gaven at the top of the penalty arc, where the veteran midfielder turned and fired a shot that glanced off Toronto midfielder Andrew Wiedeman. The redirection was slight, but enough to catch Toronto goalkeeper Freddy Hall flat-footed and give the Crew a quick 1-0 lead. Higuain made it 2-0 in the 58th when he ended a scramble in the Toronto penalty area with a right-footed shot from near the penalty spot. It was a disheartening debut for Hall, who was signed July 31 and started in place of Milos Kocic. Kocic had started every previous MLS game for Toronto this season in place of injured No. 1 Stefan Frei. "Milos has been absolutely fantastic for us this season," said Mariner. "Hes come in and done everything we want him to do. But for various reasons, professional reasons and other reasons, he just needed to rest mentally for maybe a game or so." Silva put some late-game pressure on Columbus by scoring after Toronto caught the Crew napping on a restart. Streaking though the centre of the midfield, Silva took a feed from Eric Hassli and finished a breakaway by pulling Crew keeper Andy Gruenebaum off his line and beating him easily with a right-footed finish. "Im just gutted that we didnt get the victory," Hall said. "The second half, we played so well. We controlled it and dictated the pace of the game. Its heartbreaking." Toronto has conceded a league-high 45 goals. Columbus (9-8-6) is in the midst of a crucial late-season stretch of games. It strengthened its playoff standing in a tight Eastern Conference race. The Crew also took back the Trillium Cup trophy, awarded annually to the winner of the season series since 2008. The Crew won the series opener on March 31 at Toronto and has won the trophy in four of the five seasons it has been contested. Last nights game was originally scheduled for Aug. 11 but was postponed so the Crew could attend the funeral of rookie midfielder Kirk Urso. Urso, 22, collapsed in a Columbus bar and later died on Aug. 5. Bruins Jersey . The Winnipeg Jets head coach, whose parents are French-Canadian, lost much of his mother tongue the result of playing and coaching hockey in the U.S. but still speaks enough to get by. 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LUCIE, Fla.OKLAHOMA CITY -- The shots werent falling early for Kevin Durant and never fell for Russell Westbrook, so it was Reggie Jackson and Jeremy Lamb who carried the Oklahoma City Thunder to their most impressive win of the season. Durant finished with 24 points and 13 rebounds, Jackson matched his career high with 23 points on 10-of-14 shooting and Lamb scored 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting, lifting the Thunder to a 94-88 win over San Antonio and snapping the Spurs 11-game winning streak. Jackson scored eight straight points for the Thunder during a surge early in the fourth quarter that put Oklahoma City ahead by 11 points. The Spurs rallied within three points before Jackson and Durant combined to score the Thunders final 13 points and put the game away. "We couldnt guard (Jackson) tonight," San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said. "He really helped them. He was basically the difference in the game. He did a great job." Serge Ibaka added 17 points and 11 rebounds for Oklahoma City, which is 7-0 at home, the franchises best home start since 2004-05, when it was in Seattle. The Thunder have won five straight, their longest streak of the season. The Thunder took control of a tight game with an 8-0 run in the third quarter and withstood a run by San Antonio midway through the fourth. "I just attacked gaps and shots went down for all of us," Jackson said. "We just kept trying to get in the lane and make the passes for the next man and just keep attacking the bigs off pick-and-rolls. . I think we as a team, we did it pretty successfully tonight, but it all started defensively." Tony Parker had 16 points and seven assists for San Antonio (13-2), which was seeking the best start in franchise history. The Spurs also started 13-1 during the 2010-11 season. Portland, which entered Wednesday on an 11-game winning streak, is the only other team to have beaten San Antonio this season. During their previous eight games, the Spurs had beaten opponents by an average of 19.1 points, with all those wins by nine or more points. But fellow Western Conference power Oklahoma City (10-3) represented a step up in competition, and the Spurs lost for the third straight time at Chesapeake Energy Arena. San Antonio shot 39.1 per cent from the field and went 7 of 27 (25.9 per cent) from 3-point range. The latter number particularly irked Popovich, who said his team didnt attack the basket as much as hed like. "I thought a pretty good percentage of ours tonight were hurried or frenetic at times," Popovich said. "I didnt like our selection." Oklahoma City coach Scott Brooks agreed with Popovich that the majority of the Spurs 3-point attempts bennefited the Thunder.dddddddddddd "I thought our defence was outstanding," Brooks said. "I think in the last three or four games weve put a string of defensive efforts and defensive performances together we can continue to build on. "Going into this game theyd won 11 in a row and were the hottest team in basketball and with the way they score theyre a hard team to guard. I thought our guys did a good job with our length making them miss shots and I thought defence was the key tonight." Durant and Westbrook combined to shoot 6 of 24 in the first half -- 1 of 9 from 3-point range -- and the Spurs led 46-43 at halftime. Meanwhile, Kawhi Leonard went 6 of 12 from the field and had 13 first-half points for San Antonio. With usual stalwarts Durant and Westbrook struggling, Ibaka picked up the slack early in the third quarter, scoring 10 straight points for Oklahoma City coming out of halftime. That seemed to wake up the Thunder and they went on an 8-0 run to take their largest lead to that point at 59-52 on a dunk by Durant at the 5:08 mark. Lamb hit a 3-pointer and a 2-pointer in the final 1:35 of the third quarter to extend the lead to 68-59 and Jacksons driving layup gave the Thunder a 78-67 lead with 8:47 left. It was the first double-digit advantage for either team. That was Oklahoma Citys last field goal for more than 4 1/2 minutes, allowing the Spurs to gain ground. Marco Belinellis basket with 6:46 left pulled San Antonio within 79-76 but then the Spurs went cold as well, missing their next four shots. Ibakas putback with 4:12 left ended the Thunders drought and Jackson followed with an 11-foot jumper to make it 83-77. Durant, who finished 10 of 23 from the field, then grabbed the rebound after a miss by Leonard and drove the length of the court for a basket while being fouled. He made the free throw to put Oklahoma City ahead 86-77 with 2:56 left. Jackson "was aggressive all night getting to the rim," Durant said. "Thats what he does. Nobody can stay in front of him. . He gave us a nice spark and those guys, him and Jeremy, Fish (Derek Fisher), those guys are really the reason we won the basketball game." NOTES: Before the game, Popovich and Oklahoma City general manager Sam Presti chatted briefly outside the Spurs locker room. Presti was an assistant GM with the Spurs before taking the same job with the Thunder franchise in 2007. . Referee Monty McCutchen called Oklahoma City G Derek Fisher for three fouls on one San Antonio second-quarter possession. After an illegal screen call on the Spurs to end the possession, Fisher told McCutchen, "Thats terrible." McCutchen responded, "Dont talk to me." cheap nfl jerseys ' ' '

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