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Then, after a turnover led to a Detroit dunk, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich called another timeout, just 14 seconds after the first. “Just mental errors, mental errors defensively, and gave them some easy buckets,” San Antonio guard Bryn Forbes said. “I don’t know if it was to slow the run, but kind of get our head on right — kind of slow their pace there.” The Spurs responded well after those early problems, taking the lead by halftime and cruising to a 119-107 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Monday night....

San Antonio had gone 25 straight games without allowing a 30-point scorer, but that streak was broken when James Harden scored 31 points to go with 10 rebounds and seven assists. MORE: Cousins apologizes to everyone except newspaper While the Spurs’ defense showed a small leak, the offense had six different players score in double figures, led by Kawhi Leonard with 21 points. Leonard also had five steals. LaMarcus Aldridge added 17 points, and Pau Gasol had 10 points and 10 rebounds....

MORE: Greatest players in Spurs history Matt Bonner spent 10 seasons with the Spurs (after two with the Raptors), winning two championships. His red hair and goofy demeanor sometimes made him the butt of a joke, but Bonner could play: “Red Mamba” is 14th all time in 3-point percentage, making 41.4 percent of his bombs despite playing power forward and center for his 792-game NBA career. Coach Gregg Popovich routinely discussed how much he trusted Bonner in pressure situations, and he was on the floor for the final minutes of the final game of the 2014 NBA Finals, when the Spurs won their most recent championship....

Game publishers just can’t seem to catch a break this year, it seems at least once a month someone needs to get hacked - with the latest victim being Japanese publisher Square Enix. The company has announced that their Square Enix Members service has been taken down due an intrusion in one of their servers. The service was taken down 10pm (PST) on December 12th, 2011, and at this point still remains inaccessible....

Following the success of Final Fantasy Brave Exvius and Kingdom Hearts Union X, it seems that Square Enix is planning to expand its interest in the mobile gaming market. The company will apparently launch multiple titles before the end of the fiscal year in March 2018. Japan, China, and the United States are listed as the three biggest regions for mobile gaming. The report states that Square Enix is falling short of its targets with regards to North America, so we can perhaps expect to see more content being dropped stateside, and localization taking place quicker going forward....

The Cash app is what credits cards should be. It combines physical and virtual credit cards and also lets users send and receive money from others. It’s a very convenient way to manage your money, and now kids as young as 13 can get in on the action. Years ago, kids learned about money by running possibly illegal lemonade stands and saving coins in a piggy bank. Now they learn to use the same electronic financial tools as adults, only with plenty of parental control....

The match Sunday notched up David’s ninth successive Tour win over the World No.10 from Creteil — but Serme had enjoyed a sensational run in only her third appearance in the event, upsetting higher-ranked English opponents Alison Waters, Jenny Duncalf and defending champion Laura Massaro in quick succession. David dominated the second after a close first game, dropping just two points to establish a 2-0 lead — and stayed focussed in the third, fittingly winning the championship point on a perfect crosscourt drop shot straight into the nick....

Pradeep was struck on his bowling hand protecting his face from a Kusal Perera drive in the nets in Bristol on Sunday. The 32-year-old quick was taken to hospital two days before the meeting with the Tigers at the County Ground. Pradeep will play no part in his side’s fourth match of the tournament and it remains to be seen if he will be fit to take on Australia at The Oval next Saturday....

The Lankan Lions defied the odds and proved a lot of fans wrong in 2019 and hence, the cricket universe can back them to have a stellar 2020. Their year kicks off with a tough series against India after which they will host the England team at home in March. They are expected to play a home series against Bangladesh in 2020 but the dates for the same are not out yet....

Sri Lanka will now look to bounce back when they face the visitors in the third ODI at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele on Wednesday, October 17. The Asian Islanders have hosted British in 21 completed bilateral fixtures and have won 14 of those with the British settled on seven wins. While they have faced just twice at the Pallekele with scoreline tied on 1-1. England The British went into this series on the back of beating India 2-1 in a three-match series in July and continued this series from where they left off against Men in Blue....

Her campaign, in an Instagram post, called the criticism a “false political attack” while also taking the opportunity to highlight some of her opponents’ alleged shortcomings. The pictures gained widespread attention on Friday night when Abrams retweeted a post from a principal in Decatur, Georgia. In the photos, Abrams appears unmasked alongside masked students and staff, despite the school’s mandate. Despite the principal and Abrams deleting their tweets, the pictures soon began to circulate online and drew heat from conservative politicians and pundits....

Typically, stage 1 lung cancer does not cause any outward symptoms. Because of this, only 12% to 15% of NSCLCs are detected when they’re still in this stage. With prompt treatment, which is almost always surgery to remove the tumor, the prognosis is very good. In fact, stage 1 lung cancer can often be cured. Stage 1 Lung Cancer Symptoms A stage 1 non-small cell lung cancer tumor is unlikely to cause symptoms....

However, when Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was made aware of the situation, he responded by tweeting that an officer from Sports Authority of India has been assigned to look into the matter immediately. In case you didn’t know Priyanka is a four-time state gold medalist in karate and has won three gold medals at the state level in Taekwondo as well. She lives with her family in a room allotted to them by the Indira Public School on their on campus in New Shakti Nagar, Ludhiana....

A hilarious video showing the 7News sports director shoving a rowdy Steelers fan out of his live shot has gone viral. MORE: Tom Brady ‘puts Texans to bed’ with Facebook post after win “You got to love it, you got to love what’s going on with the Patriots,” Amorosino said after shoving the Steelers fan. “Bring those Steelers into New England next week for that knucklehead and they’ll do the same thing to him....

If sports video games have a season, the time between the holidays and March is its off-season. In that spirit, it’s a good time to recap where gaming’s major franchises sit after a year in which everyone was on the two newest consoles, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Like power rankings of teams in a real-world sport, ours are unapologetically subjective, including in the candidates we’re considering. Sports video gaming is dominated by “sim” games; that is, titles that reflect what’s going on in the real world of their sport, through league licensing and broadcast packages....

The heat wave could even set daily records in major cities in California such as Los Angeles, San Jose and San Francisco, as well as parts of Nevada and Oregon. Even where temperatures won’t quite flirt with records, they will still be well above average. “An unusually strong area of high pressure aloft will start this week just off the West Coast, promoting plenty of warmth and sunshine,” explained AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Heather Zehr....

The pole is Busch’s third of the season. MORE: NASCAR’s biggest tracks | Lineup breakdown | Standings breakdown | Charlotte picks | Odds “It felt good, the car, all around through the rounds. It’s pretty consistent,” Busch said after the three-round qualifying session. “Qualifying, you’re just asking for hundredths or thousandths of time for speed. That’s what you need to, is keep fighting and making sure you can do everything right behind the wheel....

MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Denny Hamlin hopes he can be the third consecutive spoiler during the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Drivers not in the Chase — Brad Keselowski and Jamie McMurray — have won the last two races. Hamlin, another non-Chase driver, will start from the pole Sunday in the Goody’s Headache Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway. MORE: Hamlin wins pole | Martinsville picks | Standings | Danica wrecks...

MORE: There will never be another Tim Duncan | Classic photos of Duncan The top pick in the 1997 NBA Draft out of Wake Forest, Duncan led the Spurs to the playoffs in all 19 seasons with the team. He won five titles, three Finals MVPs and two league MVPs (2002-03). San Antonio won at least 50 games in each of the last 17 seasons. The Spurs signed Pau Gasol last week amid speculation that Duncan would be calling it quits this summer....