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NBA
Detroit remains winless
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA — Al Horford had six straight points in an 18-4 run to finish the game and the undefeated Atlanta Hawks beat the winless Detroit Pistons 94-85 on Wednesday night.
Josh Smith had 22 points and 11 rebounds as the Hawks (5-0) remained the only unbeaten team in the Eastern Conference.
Ben Gordon had 22 points but it wasn't enough for Detroit.
washl enough for the first time since the 1980-81 season, when they started 0-7. They won their fifth game after starting 0-4 in 1999-2000.
Tayshaun Prince, who had 17 points, hit a three-pointer to give Detroit an 81-76 lead. The Hawks then took over with the closing run
over the final 6:13.
over the final 14.
Horford had 18 points, Joe Johnson added 14 and eight assists,
Zaza Pachulia had 12 points and Marvin Williams added 11.
Charlie Villanueva had 14 points for Detroit.
for Detroit.
The Pistons used their 17-3 advantage in offensive rebounds to take a 16-16 lead in second-chance points. The Hawks averaged 44 rebounds in their first four wins, but they were outrebounded 38-35 by the Pistons.
by the Pistons. The Hawks led 70-66 entering the final period. Gordon opened the final period with consecutive baskets to start a 10-2 run that gave the Pistons a 76-72 lead.
The Hawks were without top sub Jamal Crawford, who suffered a right turf toe injury in Tuesday night's win at Cleveland. Crawford.
chosen as the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year last season, is averaging 15.8 points per game. It's not known how long he will be sidelined.
The Hawks already were without another top backup, guard Maurice Evans, who missed his fourth straight game with a right knee injury.
Hawks rookie Jordan Crawford, who played only two minutes over the first four games, moved into a more prominent role and scored his first career points with a jumper late in the first quarter. It was his only basket of the game.
The Pistons took advantage of Gordon's matchup with Mike Bibby. Gordon opened the game with a reverse layup and continued to attack Bibby, scoring 11 of the Pistons' first 16 points.
ODD NEWS
Octopus replaces World Cup predictor
OBERHAUSEN, Germany — Paul the Octopus' successor has made his public debut — but his keepers aren't yet promising deep
soccer insight from the youngste
The original Paul correctly predicted the outcome of eight matches at the World Cup. He died of natural causes last week.
The 5-month-old, also named Paul, tentatively explored his new tank at the Sea Life aquarium in Oberhaus Wednesday. Paul halls from near Montpellier in southern France and weighs nearly 10.5 ounces (300 grams);
Associated Press
Bruins' Thomas saves 33 in 5-2 win against Buffalo
NHL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Tim Thomas made 33 saves in his seventh straight win, and Brad Marchand and Michael Ryder had a goal and assist each to lift the surging Boston Bruins to a 5-2 victory over the Ryan Miller-less Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night.
Thomas (7-0), who entered with a 0.50 goals-against average after consecutive shutouts, had his shutout streak of 167 minutes, 12 seconds snapped by Drew Stafford's second-period goal that made it 4-1.
Andrej Sekera also scored for Buffalo, which came in with the second-fewest points (8) in the NHL after winning the Northeast Division last season.
Thomas allowed more than one goal for the first time this season, but tied a career high for longest winning streak.
Patrice Bergeron, Blake Wheeler and Milan Lucic also scored for Boston (7-2), which set a franchise record by winning its fifth consecutive road
game to open a season.
Thomas' best save came as the Sabres' 37-second, two-man advantage was winding down with 13 minutes to go. He dived and reached behind with the paddle of his stick to deny Derek Roy's stuff-in chance at the right post.
The sliding Sabres (3-8-2) lost their fourth straight, and played with Miller out of uniform for the first time this season. Miller is nursing an undisclosed lower body injury that he tweaked late in Friday's overtime loss to the Atlanta Thrashers.
Rookie Jhonas Enroth, recalled from Portland of the AHL, got the surprise start for Buffalo over regular backup Patrick Lalime, but was pulled after surrendering three goals on 12 shots in one period.
Lalime then gave up two goals on 13 shots. The 22-year-old Enroth made just his second career NHL start, both against the Bruins.
Boston has won seven of eight since opening the season with a
loss to Phoenix.
loss to Phoenix.
Buffalo welcomed back right wing Jason Pominville, who missed nine games because of a concussion sustained when he was hit into the boards from behind by Chicago defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson.
Boston scored three times in the first period, including short-handed goals by Marchand and Bergeron. Marchand scored on a breakaway after taking Tim Connolly's errant pass in the Boston zone. Bergeron wristed in his second of the season from the top of the right circle.
the top of the Right It was Marchand's first NHL goal.
Wheeler pushed the Bruins lead to 3-0 with his first of the season with 3:06 left in the first period. Standing just outside the corner of the crease, Wheeler lifted in Ryder's pass from behind the net after outmuscling Stafford.
Ryder made it 4-0 at 2:11 of the second, wristing a shot past from the lower portion of the right circle past Lalime.
Stafford finally solved Thomas with a power-play goal with 3:21 left in the second period, banging home a loose puck.
Sekera cut the deficit to 4-2 with 4:34 remaining in the game.
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