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Sports Morning Headlines - Monday, 1/16/12

Written by MVPTexas Morning Sports Report

Monday, 16 January 2012 01:29

Another night, another statistical feat for TD - Tim Duncan has scored 10 points and grabbed eight rebounds and passed another NBA statistical milestone as the Spurs have charged to a 56-42 halftime lead. Duncan moved past Gary Payton for 26th place on the NBA’s scoring list on a 20-foot jumper with 1:07 left. DeJuan Blair leads the Spurs with 12 points and Tiago Splitter has added eight as the Spurs have pounded the ball inside against the Suns. They have a 28-16 edge in points in the paint. Steve Nash leads Phoenix with 12 points and four assists and Marcin Gortat has added 10 points and a team-high seven rebounds. The Spurs erupted on a 13-2 run late in the second quarter to take control. Kawhi Leonard’s layup capped the spurt.   READ MORE

Duncan helps Spurs improve to 9-0 at home - Tim Duncan had 24 points and 11 rebounds, leading San Antonio to a 102-91 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Sunday keeping the Spurs perfect at home. The Spurs have won all nine of their home games and are 0-4 on the road. The 9-0 start marks their best opening at home since the 2007-08 season when they began 13-0. Phoenix (4-8), beginning a five-game road trip, has now lost four straight games. Tony Parker had 17 points and nine assists for the Spurs, who have won three straight. DeJuan Blair added 14 points and rookie Kawhi Leonard had 12 for San Antonio. Suns veterans Steve Nash and Grant Hill returned after missing Friday's loss to New Jersey. Nash was out with a right quadriceps contusion and Hill missed the game with a right quadriceps tendon strain. Nash had 20 points and 10 assists, while Hill had just four points. Phoenix, which trailed by as many as 18 points early in the second half, cut it to five in the fourth quarter but wasn't able to close the deficit. San Antonio never trailed after the first quarter. Marcin Gortat had 24 points and 15 rebounds to lead Phoenix. Markieff Morris added 14 points, Jared Dudley had 12 points, and Shannon Brown had 10.   READ MORE

Dallas Mavericks Are On a Roll And Going West - After starting the season at 3-5, the Dallas Mavericks are now riding a five-game winning streak as they head out west to face Kobe Bryant and the L.A. Lakers, Chris Paul and the revitalized L.A. Clippers, and Al Jefferson and the Utah Jazz. Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers)Part of the longest road trip of the season, which includes a fourth game on the road against the New Orleans Hornets next weekend, this upcoming three-game foray into the western sky catches the Mavs feeling like the sun has just begun to shine on them. After an understandable, though frustrating, miserable start, the team is energized and clicking on about seven of eight cylinders right now.   READ MORE

Mavericks' Odom trying to move on from Lakers and city he loved - From Lamar Odom's vantage point, the Los Angeles Lakers did him a grave disservice during one of the lowest points in his career. And when he was most vulnerable. After Odom spent the past seven years with the Lakers and helping them win NBA titles in 2009 and 2010, the team that he thought he would finish his career with attempted to trade him to the New Orleans Hornets in a deal that involved Chris Paul. Although Commissioner David Stern voided the trade, Odom felt insulted.   READ MORE

Lowry, Rockets outlast Trail Blazers in OT - There was nothing left in reserve but fumes yet Rockets guards Kyle Lowry and Kevin Martin pushed on, stretching for a finishing tape that surely seemed like a lush oasis in the Mojave Desert. Courtney Lee missed his seventh consecutive game with a calf strain and Goran Dragic logged seven largely ineffective minutes. Lowry and Martin had represented the backcourt through 24 uninterrupted second-half minutes, and when Lowry missed his step-back jumper at the buzzer in the fourth quarter, five more were added to their ledgers. The Rockets survived Saturday night, outlasting the equally fatigued Trail Blazers 107-105 in overtime at Toyota Center. It was a win with a closing stretch that embodied the specter of the compressed schedule.   READ MORE

A Reminder: Daryl Morey Turned A Used Gum Wrapper Into A Starting Lineup - I'd like to take full advantage of Chandler Parsons' recent baptism as an NBA starter. Just a second round pick, Parsons has continued Daryl Morey's recent trend of scoring what Colonel Hans Landa would flamboyantly refer to as, "That's a BINGO!"   READ MORE

Scratch Zumaya from Rangers' list - Hard-throwing right-handed reliever Joel Zumaya, coming back from an elbow injury that forced him to miss all of last season, accepted a one-year deal with Minnesota on Sunday.   READ MORE

Feliz focusing on starting role for Rangers - Texas right-hander Neftali Feliz hasn't forgotten about his struggles in Game 6 of the World Series. But Feliz, who gave up the game-tying hit against St. Louis in the ninth inning, has moved on in his preparations for becoming a starter this season. He can do that taking comfort in knowing that the game-tying hit by David Freese came on the fastball he wanted to throw. "I'm not mad at myself," said Feliz, who was in Arlington as part of the club's FanFest. "It just got hit. I was upset. But after we hit the home run (in the 10th inning) I thought I was ready, but no one told me to pitch." Feliz said he was ready to go back in the game following the ninth inning, but Rangers manager Ron Washington went a different direction and instead went with Darren Oliver as the Rangers couldn't hang on.   READ MORE

Astros continue to field offers from teams interested in slugger Carlos Lee - Three-time All-Star slugger Carlos Lee remains a legitimate trade candidate for the Astros this offseason, despite being owed $18.5 million in the final season of his six-year, $100 million deal. Lee, 35, hit .275 with 18 home runs, 94 RBI, 38 doubles and four triples over 585 at-bats in 155 games for the Astros last season. According to Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe, Houston has received a few inquiries from ballclubs interested in acquiring Lee. The Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Indians have reportedly checked in with the Astros to explore possible deals involving the veteran. Also, other teams may be in the mix.   READ MORE

Total of 142 players file for salary arbitration - Lincecum, Kershaw, Hamels, Ortiz among notable names. A total of 142 players filed for salary arbitration, as announced Friday by the Major League Baseball Players Association. The arbitration filing period ran from Jan. 5 until Friday, with Jan. 17 set as the day for salary arbitration figures to be exchanged. Those players and teams who actually go to hearings will engage in that process from Feb. 1-21 in St. Petersburg, Fla. San Diego easily topped the list with 11 players who filed, including Luke Gregerson, Chase Headley, Carlos Quentin, Clayton Richard, Tim Stauffer, Will Venable and Edinson Volquez. The Red Sox were next with eight, as their list included Alfredo Aceves, Daniel Bard, Andrew Bailey, Jacoby Ellsbury, David Ortiz and Jarrod Saltalamacchia. The Red Sox had offered arbitration to the free agent Ortiz, and he accepted. The same holds true for Blue Jays second baseman Kelly Johnson and Brewers setup man Francisco Rodriguez.   READ MORE

What’s Next For Houston? - After a more than successful campaign for the Houston Texans, the question now, is the same question we always ask, what do we do now to improve? No matter how successful a team is, there is always, always, always room to improve, a wise man once said “Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.” and the Texans certainly want to improve as the other teams in the league certainly will. The task presented to the Texans coaching staff and front office is: What can the Texans do to improve? What aspect of the game needs tweaking?   READ MORE

Texans Expose Ravens in Loss…NFL Week 19 Review: The AFC Playoffs - There was great potential for the second round of the AFC playoffs to be one prolonged yawn, but the Houston Texans were marvelously indignant about retreating silently into the night.   READ MORE

Playoffs demonstrate that defense still matters in NFL - The Giants and Eli Manning are one game away from a second trip to the Super Bowl in a span of five seasons. Let that sink in for a minute, Cowboys fans, considering it is downright criminal that the Giants are even in the playoffs. Remember, it was the Cowboys who had control of the NFC East heading to December with a 7-4 record and riding a four-game winning streak before choking away the division title by losing four of their last five games. But I digress by bringing up that redundant and still mind-boggling fact. Let's get on to the time-tested NFL truths we were reminded of during the past two exciting days of playoff football. Defense still matters.   READ MORE

Recurrent Theme for the Dallas Cowboys: So Close, Yet So Far Away - We all remember very well that the Cowboys went 13-3 in 2007 and had the top seed in the NFC playoffs. And we all remember that the team came out rather sluggish against the Giants, who beat Dallas 21-17 en route to a Super Bowl title. NFL Films might have named the annual highlight film for the 2007 Cowboys as “So Close, Yet So Far Away.” Four years later, NFL Films could have recycled the same title, but for different reasons. It’s hard not to think of those 2007 playoffs after watching both of the divisional playoff games this weekend. The Giants once again traveled to Green Bay to take on a favored Packers team, and once again, the New York defense rose to the occasion to give the Giants the upset win.   READ MORE

Vincour and Larsen getting closer to return - There were seven players on the ice for the Stars optional practice Sunday, but for two of the players it was a big step as they work their way back from injury. For right wing Tomas Vincour and defenseman Philip Larsen, it was the first time they have practiced with the team since going out of the lineup. Vincour suffered an MCL injury in a December 15 game at the New York Islanders. He’s missed the last 13 games. “Finally,” Vincour said of practicing with some of his teammates. “It felt pretty good. I skated before, but it always feels way better when you skate with a few guys. You’re not alone there. You don’t have to chase the puck and you can actually take some shots on the goalie. That was good. “It’s still not 100 percent, but we are on the right track. It’s getting better every day.” READ MORE

Jamie Benn Has Appendectomy - Stars forward Jamie Benn underwent an appendectomy (removal of the appendix) on Sunday afternoon and will be out approximately 10 days-to-two weeks. He is resting comfortably and is expected to make a full recovery. READ MORE

---Staff and Wire Reports contributed to this story