miaowang123: Timberwolves, who have dropped eight of their last nine. I dont
Timberwolves, who have dropped eight of their last nine. I dont
TORONTO -- Mikka Salomaki scored once and set up another as the Milwaukee Admirals defeated the Toronto Marlies 5-1 in American Hockey League action Saturday afternoon. Bob Gibson Jersey . Austin Watson, Scott Ford, Filip Forsberg and Mark Van Guilder had the other goals for the Admirals (30-21-12). Scott Darling made 30 saves for his 10th win of the season. Trevor Smith scored the lone goal for the Marlies (37-20-5). Marlies goaltender Christopher Gibson was replaced at 10:25 of the second period after allowing three goals on 14 shots. Garret Sparks made 11 saves in relief. With the win, Milwaukee sweeps the season series having won the only other meeting between the two teams, 3-2, on Jan. 21. The loss snaps Torontos five-game unbeaten streak. The Marlies dropped to 4-6-2 in 12 meetings against the Admirals. Milwaukee opened the scoring, on a power play, at 10:03 of the first as Salomaki banged home a rebound off an Anthony Bietto shot for his 17th of the season. Watson gave the Admirals a two-goal cushion four minutes later, re-directing a Salomaki feed past Gibson. Milwaukee took a 3-0 lead at 10:55 of the second period as Gibson mis-handled a routine wrist shot from Ford. That was the end of Gibsons afternoon. Forsberg made it 4-0 after one-timing a Mark Van Guilder pass past Sparks at 18:14. The Admirals improved to 18-0-2 when leading after 40 minutes. After Smith got the Marlies on the board 11 seconds into the third, backhanding shot over the shoulder of Darling, Van Guilder restored the Admirals four-goal lead putting a pass past a sprawling Sparks for his 13th of the season. Toronto resumes its three-game home stand Sunday when the Abbotsford Heat visit. Note: The Toronto Marlies reassigned forward Carter Ashton on Saturday morning. Ashton had two shots on goal and was a minus-1 in the loss Cheap St. Louis Cardinals Jerseys . - Justin Turner is at his best with runners in scoring position, and he delivered again in a big spot for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Wholesale Cardinals Jerseys . -- The Jacksonville Jaguars are bringing back quarterback Chad Henne -- and making him the starter.(SportsNetwork.com) - The Golden State Warriors own a franchise-best 12-game winning streak and will try to extend it Monday night when they visit the Target Center to take on the Minnesota Timberwolves. Golden State can do no wrong it seems. They havent lost since a home setback to the defending champion San Antonio Spurs on Nov. 11 and have taken seven in a row as the visitor. The Warriors rank third in scoring and seventh in opponents scoring. On Saturday night, the Warriors faced one of their stiffest challenges to date, but emerged from the United Center with a 112-102 victory over the Chicago Bulls. Stephen Curry continued his shooting struggles at the United Center, but Draymond Green picked up the slack. Green scored a career-high 31 points and stuffed the stat sheet for the Warriors. He made seven 3-pointers, which was a career-best, as part of an 11- for-20 shooting performance while also contributing seven rebounds, four steals and three blocks. Klay Thompson added 24 points and Curry scored 19 for the Warriors. Curry handed out a game-high seven assists but shot just 5-for-14 from the field in his first career win against the Bulls in Chicago. He hit a combined 19-for-55 in four previous losses. All I know is, its great to haave good players, said first-year Warriors head coach Steve Kerr. Ken Boyer Jersey. Im the luckiest coach in the NBA. The Warriors return to Oracle Arena Wednesday to face the Houston Rockets, then hit the road for three straight through the south. The Warriors own the NBAs best record and will face the team with the worst mark in the Western Conference. The Timberwolves are just 4-15 as theyve been ravaged by injuries. Ricky Rubio, Nikola Pekovic and Kevin Martin have been gone for a good portion of time and wont be back any time soon. On Saturday, the Timberwolves fell to the Spurs, 123-101, in San Antonio. Zach LaVine led Minnesota with 22 points and a career-high 10 assists, while Shabazz Muhammad chipped in 20 points in the clubs fifth straight setback. Thaddeus Young and Anthony Bennett each scored 14 points for the Timberwolves, who have dropped eight of their last nine. I dont think anyone played (well), Timberwolves head coach Flip Saunders said. The Spurs shot 57.3 percent from the field and out-rebounded Minny by 10. On a positive note, the T-wolves committed just eight turnovers, compared to 17 from San Antonio. The Warriors have won eight of the last nine encounters. Golden State has won five in a row and nine of the last 10 in Minnesota. ' ' '
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