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[b]Air Max 97 BW[/b] . 1 Kentucky made it look so easy that coach John Calipari felt the need to point out he had actual human beings on the court. The only question was the final score, and that took longer to decide than the game. Devin Booker had 19 points, and the Wildcats scored the first 24 points in an 83-44 victory over UCLA on Saturday. Theyre not machines and theyre not computers, Calipari said. They dont play great every time out. They sure looked like machines the way they dominated this game. Aaron Harrison added 15 points, and the Wildcats (12-0) handed the Bruins (8-4) one of their most-lopsided losses ever. The first meeting between the storied programs in eight years turned ugly as soon as the game started, with Kentucky dominating UCLA in every possible way. It was so bad that officials lost track of one of the Bruins second-half baskets and put out an amended box score about 90 minutes after the game. It hardly mattered. The opening 24-0 run was eight shy of the record between two Division I teams, set by Connecticut against New Hampshire on Dec. 12, 1990. And the 39-point margin was nine shy of the Bruins record. Kentucky led 41-7 at the intermission. It was the lowest point total in a half for UCLA and the fewest by a Kentucky opponent since December 1943. We just have to keep playing against ourselves, Booker said. Coach always stresses that to us -- that were not playing against the other team, were playing against ourselves. Just keep playing. You cant look at the score. UCLA coach Steve Alford was so impressed he said the Wildcats might not lose a game this season. If they continue to play at that level defensively, Im a firm believer they got a chance to run this thing out, he said. Kentucky was simply too deep and too athletic, with a 10-man rotation and three starters standing 6-foot-10 or taller. Some of those players probably would get more time and put up bigger numbers elsewhere. But they almost certainly would not be on a team as dominating as this one. People can watch these guys in 20 minutes and know how really good they are, Calipari said. They dont need 40 minutes, and these kids are great. Were a really good team with a bunch of guys, 10 guys, that all could score double figures. Booker hit 5 of 6 3-pointers and 7 of 10 shots overall. Harrison made three 3-pointers, nailing one to start the game, and Kentucky hit 12 in all from long range to the delight of their cheering fans. The Wildcats also played stifling defence, with the Bruins missing their first 17 shots and going 19 for 71. Isaac Hamilton led UCLA with 14 points and Bryce Alford scored 13. But they came after Kentucky put this one away -- which didnt take long. In the second game of a doubleheader at the United Center that started with No. 24 North Carolina beating No. 12 Ohio State, the Wildcats erased all doubt about this one almost as soon as it started. Harrisons 3 from the wing got things started, and Kentucky just poured it on from there, blocking shots, breaking for dunks and nailing jumpers. Wildcat fans just about came unglued after Harrison nailed a 3 to make it 16-0 with 16:27 remaining, chanting Go Big Blue! during a timeout. And the lead continued to climb. Booker capped the run with back-to-back 3-pointers and a breakaway dunk off a block by Dakari Johnson against Alford, making it 24-0 with 12:40 left in the half. The Bruins finally broke the shutout 23 seconds later on a layup by Kevon Looney. STATS WATCH Kentucky held UCLA to 5-of-16 3-point shooting, outrebounded the Bruins 47-42 and forced 15 turnovers. UCLA shot 3 for 37 and missed all nine of its 3-point attempts in the first half. MILESTONE MISSED Alford remained one win shy of 500 for the second straight game. He is 499-248 in his career. TIP-INS: UCLA: UCLAs most lopsided loss was by 48 against Stanford on Jan. 9, 1997. Kentucky: All of the Wildcats wins are by double digits. UP NEXT: UCLA: Visits Alabama on Dec. 28. Kentucky: Visits No. 4 Louisville on Dec. 27.
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[b]Air Max 97 Plus Outlet[/b] .com) - James Harden needed just seven made field goals to drop 35 points on the Philadelphia 76ers, leading the Houston Rockets to a 104-93 win on Monday.Portsmouth and Plymouth Argyle played out a thrilling 2-2 draw in the first leg of their Sky Bet League Two play-off semi-final at Fratton Park on Thursday night. A first-half brace by Argyle striker Jamille Matt had sent the visitors 2-1 in at the break after Marc McNultys early opener. But - with Pompey boss Paul Cook watching on from the stands after a first-half sending-off - a Gary Roberts penalty levelled things up after the interval.The result leaves the tie on a knife-edge going into the second leg at Home Park on Sunday evening. Portsmouth went into their first play-off since 1993 without regular defenders Adam Webster and Kieron Freeman, but were able to call upon the services of creative players Kyle Bennett and McNulty after the duo both passed late fitness tests.And goalkeeper Ryan Allsop was given special dispensation by the Football League to sign for the club on an emergency loan from Bournemouth, going straight into the starting line-up on the day that he arrived at Fratton Park. Jamille Matt insisted the first-half flashpoint involving Michael Doyle was just handbags Argyle, who finished three points above their opponents in the league, welcomed back Carl McHugh after a hamstring injury, but started the game with forward Reuben Reid on the substitutes bench after he failed to prove his fitness in time to start.Pompey had scored the opening goal in each of the previous three league meetings between these teams, and it took Cooks side just three minutes to continue that streak. Argyle captain Curtis Nelson gave the ball away in a dangerous area after trying to play out from the back, and McNulty took advantage by firing a long-range efffort past a wrong-footed Luke McCormick.
[b]Air Max 97 Prezzi Bassi Italia[/b]. Plymouth Argyles Jamille Matt celebrates after scoring his sides first goal at Fratton Park But the lead lasted just six minutes as Allsop failed to cover himself in glory on his Pompey debut, unable to gather a looping Gregg Wylde header to allow Pilgrims centre-forward Matt to nod home through a crowd of bodies inside the six-yard box.And Matt was in the thick of the action again as he got himself involved in an altercation with midfielder Danny Hollands and Pompey captain Doyle after an innocuous challenge on halfway. Jamille Matt scored an impressive bicycle kick in the League 2 Play-off game between Portsmouth and Plymouth Argyle None of the officials saw the incident, but the confrontation enraged the two benches, leading to both Portsmouth manager Paul Cook and Argyle assistant Paul Wotton being sent to the stands by referee Oliver Langford.Matt will face a nervous wait to see if there is any retrospective action taken over his clash with Doyle, but the forward made the most of his reprieve when he cushioned a long throw-in, before flicking a stunning overhead-kick beyond Allsop to make it 2-1 to the visitors after ten minutes.Bennett struck the post for Portsmouth as the first half continued to produce chances at both ends, but it took just six minutes of the second half for the home side to draw level. Peter Hartley hauled down McNulty right on the edge of the box and the referee awarded a penalty that Roberts duly dispatched. ' ' '
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