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ORLANDO, Fla. Marco Hernandez Jersey . -- Evan Fournier scored 29 points and Serge Ibaka added 17 to lead the Orlando Magic to a 102-94 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night.In one of their better offensive games this season, the Magic had five players score in double figures with Aaron Gordon contributing a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds, while reserve Jeff Green scored 15 points. The Magic (2-3) won back-to-back games for the first time this season as they returned home from a three-game trip.DeMarcus Cousins led all scorers with 33 points, while Rudy Gay added 16 for the Kings (2-4), who have lost three straight on their current five-game road swing.Orlando took the lead for good late in the second quarter but had to hold off the Kings, who pulled within 94-95 in the final five minutes when Cousins knocked down a jumper. But the Magic pulled away down the stretch with big free throws from Gordon and Fournier.The Magic stepped up defensively in the second quarter, limiting Gay to two points and Cousins to none after the two had scored 10 and 14 points, respectively, in the first quarter. Orlando also received some timely scoring from Green, Fournier, D.J. Augustin and Gordon as the Magic overcame an eight-point first-quarter deficit to take a 56-50 lead into halftime.TIP-INSKings: The Kings signed veteran free agent G Jordan Farmar to a contract on Tuesday in hopes of adding some flexibility to the backcourt. ...The NBA announced Wednesday that F Matt Barnes has been fined $15,000 for directing inappropriate language at game officials during the Kings 108-96 overtime loss at Miami on Tuesday.Magic: C Bismack Biyombo, who entered Thursday nights game shooting 50 percent from the free throw line, said he has been coming back to the arena at night to practice his free throw shooting. ...The Magic have made at least one 3-pointer in 743 consecutive games dating to March 17, 2007. Its the fifth-longest streak in the NBA.UP NEXTKings: Sacramentos early five-game road swing continues Saturday night in Milwaukee.Magic: Orlando will play host to the struggling Washington Wizards on Saturday night. Heath Hembree Jersey . Once again Jordan Cieciwa (@FitCityJordan) and I (@LynchOnSports) go head to head in our picks. Last weekend at UFC Fight Night 32 my #TeamLynch got the best of #TeamJC by a score of 9-6. Let us know which side youre on for UFC 167 use the hashtag #TeamLynch or #TeamJC on Twitter. Nomar Garciaparra Jersey . Dusautoir, the former World Player of the Year, sustained a torn bicep playing for Toulouse in the Heineken Cup on Saturday. The flanker, who has played 65 times for France, is expected to be out for up to four months. www.cheapredsoxjerseys.com/?tag=cheap-brandon-phillips-jersey . -- Derrick Rose shook off poor shooting early to hit clutch shots late and Carlos Boozer had 20 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 104-95 preseason victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night. OAKLAND, Calif. -- Some 90 minutes after his impressive night was through, Oakland rookie Sean Manaea waited on a clubhouse couch watching the innings wear on and hoped Coco Crisp would deliver when his chance came.The pitcher went crazy when Crisp singled home the winning run in the 13th inning for his eighth career game-ending RBI, and the Athletics beat the Tampa Bay Rays 1-0 on Friday night.Ryon Healy doubled to start the rally against Dylan Floro (0-1), and both Healy and Crisp tossed their batting helmets in the air after the win that took 3 hours, 31 minutes.Everybody was ready to get out of there, both teams -- pitchers, hitters, everybody, Crisp said. Its a little bit sweeter as the innings go on to close it out.John Axford (4-3) pitched the 12th and 13th innings for the win.Alonso hit a leadoff single in the 11th against Erasmo Ramirez and advanced on Healys sacrifice. Coco Crisp and Josh Reddick drew walks to load the bases. Kevin Jepsen entered and got Khris Davis to ground out.Both teams squandered scoring chances all night.Manaea struck out seven and didnt give up a walk in eight innings. He retired the first 14 batters he faced before Corey Dickersons two-out single to right field in the fifth for the Rays first baserunner.Kevin Kiermaier led off the eighth with a single and moved to second on Luke Mailes sacrifice -- just Tampa Bays second time reaching second -- and went to third on Logan Forsythes lineout. Manaea escaped unscathed when he retired Brandon Guyer on an inning-ending fly, and the pitcher pounded his hand into his glove to celebrate.That extended his scoreless streak over the past two starts to 15 innings.Hes pitched some good games, but not like that, manager Bob Melvin said. Thats the best.Rays starter Jake Odorizzi hung tough with Manaea in a duel of two promising young starters. The right-hander, who snapped a six-start winless streak last Sunday against Baltimore for his first win since June 8, matched his career high with eight innings.He allowed five hits in eight scoreless innings and didnt walk a batter for the third time this year.You saw two starting pitchers that had everything going, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. Thats probably wwhy we had such a speedy game for the first nine innings. Christian Vazquez Jersey. That guy gave us fits on the mound, the left-hander. Not a ton of good swings on our part. I say that in credit to him.Manaea struck out five of the first eight batters he faced and got a nice defensive play from Healy at third base to end the second. Healy sprinted into foul territory and made a sliding catch in front of As dugout on Dickersons popup.He hasnt won in three starts and three appearances since June 29 against San Francisco, but this was outing was notable nonetheless.It was the best start Ive had up here, Manaea said of his 13th career start. Everything was working.Manaea began his career with 12 straight starts but came out of the bullpen last Sunday when left-hander Rich Hill had to exit five pitches into his outing with a blister.TRAINERS ROOMRays: 1B Logan Morrison missed his fourth straight game, a day after receiving an injection in his injured forearm.Athletics: SS Marcus Semien -- the only As player who had start in every game over the first 96 contests -- was called earlier in the day by Melvin that he would receive a rare day off to get a mental and physical break but he entered in the eighth. His streak of consecutive starts to begin the season was the longest by an Oakland player since Miguel Tejada started all 162 games at shortstop in 2003. Semien has five errors over his last eight games after just eight in his initial 88. ... Hill was due to play catch again with protection on his middle finger.UP NEXTRays: LHP Drew Smyly (2-11, 5.64 ERA) pitches Saturday trying to snap an 0-7 record over his last 10 outings, the longest losing streak by a Rays starter since Chris Archer lost seven straight decisions from Sept. 6 last year to this past April 20. James Shields was the last Tampa Bay pitcher to drop seven in a row during a single season in 2010. Oakland has lost 10 of its last 11 games started by a left-handed opposing pitcher.Athletics: RHP Kendall Graveman (2-4, 6.49) is 5-0 with a 3.29 ERA over his last nine starts, a career-best winning streak. 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