[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #29190: Harden to cut the lead to 45-36 about 7 1-2 minutes before halftime.

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#29190: Harden to cut the lead to 45-36 about 7 1-2 minutes before halftime.
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 Hunter Garlent scored twice as Ontario wrapped up an undefeated
 preliminary round at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge with a 6-2
 victory over Quebec on Monday night. Ontario (4-0) finished first in Group
 A and will take on Russia in Tuesdays late semifinal, while Quebec (2-2)
 will meet Pacific in the fifth-place game. Mitchell Dempsey, Chris Bigras,
 Bo Horvat and Stephen Harper had the other goals for defending champion
 Ontario, which finished the preliminary round as the only undefeated team
 in the tournament. Elsewhere, it was: Sweden 8 Atlantic 2; United States 4
 Pacific 2; and Russia 6 West 3. At Windsor, Ont., Brent Pedersen added two
 assists and 10 different players recorded at least one point as Ontario
 moved into the final four for the fifth straight U17 tournament, having
 played for gold in each of the past four. Alexandre Ranger and Yan-Pavel
 Laplante scored for Quebec, which needed at least a four-goal victory to
 have any chance at playing for a medal. Laplantes goal was his fourth in
 as many games. He was the only player in the tournament to score in all
 four of his teams preliminary round games. Spencer Martin made 25 saves
 for Ontario. Alexandre Belanger and Zachary Fucale combined for 18 saves
 for Quebec. Sweden 8 Atlantic 2@ At Windsor, Robert Hagg and Andre
 Burakowsky finished with two goals and an assist each as Sweden routed
 Atlantic. The Swedes (3-1) earned a semifinal berth after Ontario beat
 Quebec later Monday. Anton Blomberg, Leon Bristedt, Wilhelm Westlund and
 Adam Brodecki also scored for the Swedes. Victor Ohman added four assists.
 Kameron Kielly and Matt Murphy replied for Atlantic (1-3). Andrew Mergl
 made 43 saves in a losing cause. --- United States 4 Pacific 2@ At
 Tecumseh, Ont., Evan Allen and Hudson Fasching each scored two goals as
 the United States grabbed a semifinal berth with a win over Pacific. While
 the U.S. (3-1) meet Sweden in Tuesdays semifinal, Pacific (3-1) crashed
 out of gold medal contention after starting the day leading Group B. One
 night after scoring a hat trick in a win over West, Anthony Louis
 contributed three assists to the U.S. win, while J.T. Compher followed up
 Sundays four-point performance with a pair of assists. The Americans are
 in the semifinals for the sixth consecutive U17 tournament. Torrin White
 and Morgan Klimchuk scored the goals for Pacific, which needed a win, an
 overtime loss or a one-goal loss in regulation in order to qualify for the
 semifinals. --- Russia 6 West 3@ At LaSalle, Ont., Valeri Nichushkin,
 Yevgeni Zakurin and Sergei Tolchinski scored in the third period as Russia
 locked up a semifinal spot with a win over West. The win, coupled with the
 United States victory over Pacific, means Russia (3-1) finishes second in
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 Nichushkin scored twice, while Ivan Barbashev and Alexei Zakarlyukin had
 the other goals for the Russians, who are in the final four for the second
 consecutive time. Denis Bosc, Cory Millette and Jordan Tkatch scored for
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 Angeles coach Mike DAntoni paid a lot of attention to former Lakers centre
 Dwight Howard down the stretch. He needed to get the ball out of the hands
 of Houston Rockets guard James Harden and figured the best way to do that
 was with the "Hack-a-Howard" defence. The strategy worked perfectly with
 Howard missing seven late free throws to allow the Lakers to keep it close
 before Steve Blake hit a wide-open 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds remaining to
 lift them to a 99-98 victory Thursday night. "I think it went real well
 because we took Harden out of the game," DAntoni said. Howard spurned the
 Lakers to sign an $88 million deal with Houston, joining Harden and a team
 that made the playoffs last season for the first time since 2009. A sombre
 Howard called his free throw shooting "terrible," but wouldnt concede that
 this loss was more difficult because it was against his former team.
 "Every loss hurts," said Howard, who had 15 points and 14 rebounds.
 "Nobody likes to lose. Its very upsetting that we lost the way we did."
 DAntonis decision to foul Howard was surprising because last season he
 said that the hack-a-whoever defence was bad for the game. "That doesnt
 mean youre not going to use it, if its out there," he said. "Im not
 crazy." Houston led by two points before Blake took the inbounds pass from
 Jodie Meeks and made the game-winning shot. The Rockets were disappointed
 they let Blake get free for the winning basket. "Guys just kind of messed
 up on the play," Howard said. "It happens." The Rockets had a chance to
 win it, but Patrick Beverleys 3-point attempt at the buzzer bounced off
 the backboard. "I was in a rhythm and then they started fouling Dwight,"
 said Harden, who scored 35 points. "It kind of slows us down. It slows our
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 first lead since the first quarter on a dunk by Chandler Parsons following
 a steal by Harden that made it 93-91 with about 4 minutes left. Parsons
 left his arms outstretched as he came down from the dunk to wild applause
 from the home crowd. Harden had tied it up about a minute earlier on a
 3-pointer. The Lakers started fouling Howard every time he touched the
 ball after that, sending him to the line 12 times, but he made just five.
 Meeks, who led the Lakers with 18 points, made a 3-pointer with less than
 2 minutes remaining to cut the lead to two.dddddddddddd The Lakers
 struggled all last season amid reports that Howard and Kobe Bryant didnt
 get along, and were swept in the first round of the playoffs. Los Angeles
 could have offered him a 5-year contract worth $118 million, but he chose
 to make the move to Houston with a four-year deal. "He made his choice,
 which is good," DAntoni said of Howard. "Youve got to respect that. Hes
 fine and theyre going to have a great team. Youre just happy for everybody
 because we won." The Lakers extended their lead to 14 points on a jump
 shot by Chris Kaman with about 8 minutes left in the third quarter.
 Houston finally got its offence going after that, going on a 15-3 run to
 get within 74-72 with 3 minutes left in the quarter. A highlight in that
 span came when Howard bobbled a bad pass from Harden before getting a
 handle on it and spinning around to finish with a dunk. The Rockets got
 eight points from Jeremy Lin during that run and the Lakers had three
 turnovers. Wesley Johnson made a 3-pointer to cool off the Rockets, but a
 3-pointer by Harden just near the end of the quarter cut the lead to
 81-77. Houston shot just under 35 per cent and made just two of 13 3-point
 attempts in the first half. But the Rockets stayed in the game by making
 18 of 27 free throws -- 25 in the second quarter alone -- before halftime.
 The Lakers didnt share in Houstons long-range shooting woes in the first
 half, hitting 11 of 14 3-point attempts. The Lakers led by 17 points early
 in the second quarter before Houston used a 13-5 spurt capped by seven
 points from Harden to cut the lead to 45-36 about 7 1-2 minutes before
 halftime. Hardens seven points came in just 35 seconds. He made the second
 of two free throws before hitting a 3-pointer seconds later. Howard got a
 rebound on the other end and Harden made a layup. He was fouled on the
 shot and made the free throw. Harden made five more free throws in the
 last 1:19 of the first half, but 3-pointers by Steve Nash and Meeks
 extended the Lakers lead to 64-50 at halftime. NOTES: Former Rockets star
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