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NEW YORK -- They were bloodied and eventually beaten, though not before delivering the type of effort Gregg Popovich always expects of his San Antonio Spurs. Alex Cintron Jersey . Even when his team is so banged-up that it had two guys in protective facemasks on the court at the same time -- and one of them broke his nose again, anyway. "I know we didnt look pretty," Popovich said. "Im more interested in results than how we look. So I thought they performed well." The short-handed Spurs hung in, but Alan Anderson scored 19 of his 22 points in the second half to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 103-89 victory Thursday night. Despite playing without Tony Parker, Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Kawhi Leonard, their top four scorers, the Spurs were still within five points early in the fourth quarter before the Nets pulled away for good. Deron Williams added 16 points and eight assists as Brooklyn ended a six-game losing streak to San Antonio with its first victory since March 29, 2010. The Spurs overcame all their challenges to pull out a 125-118 double-overtime victory at Washington on Wednesday, but didnt have enough to beat an improving Brooklyn team and fell to 2-1 on their nine-game rodeo trip. "Im disappointed we didnt win," Popovich said, shrugging off the injuries. "Im thinking we make a couple of 3s in the second half and we hang right in there, and thats the way youve got to look at it." Nando De Colo started for Parker, but had to rush off the court bleeding from the nose after he was whacked while trying to defend Andrei Kirilenko. He returned in the second half wearing a mask, as Matt Bonner already was. Bonner took another hit later and said he broke another bone in his nose. Cory Joseph scored 18 for the Spurs, Danny Green had 17 and Patty Mills 16. Paul Pierce had 12 points for the Nets, who have turned things around since the Spurs outclassed them 112-93 in San Antonio on New Years Eve, leaving Brooklyn at 10-21. They are 12-4 in 2014 and have won two straight since dropping three in a row, all against division leaders. "Weve got the pieces," Anderson said. "Were finally starting to turn the corner a lot more lately. I just want to win no matter how much Im playing." The Spurs trotted out Green, Marco Belinelli, Tiago Splitter, Joseph and De Colo to start, an unheralded lineup similar to the one Popovich used when he sent Duncan, Parker, Ginobili and Green home before another Thursday night nationally televised game at Miami early last season. That decision cost the Spurs a $250,000 fine from former Commissioner David Stern, but Popovich didnt have much of a choice who he played this time. Ginobili (left hamstring) and Leonard (broken bone in right hand) were already out, and Popovich noticed Parker labouring with a back injury during the first half Wednesday. Parker then sat the remainder of the game, and Duncan played a season-high 40 minutes, well more than Popovich prefers to use the 37-year-old forward and essentially mandating a night off Thursday. Making matters worse, Boris Diaw then was vomiting during the day at the team hotel because of food poisoning and couldnt play. "Really wishing that some of those guys were healthy right now," said Green, who played 35 minutes after logging 46 Wednesday. "Its always good to play a lot of minutes, but at the same time it would have been nice to have some of those guys healthy tonight." The guys that were left raced to a 20-8 lead and were ahead the whole first quarter, settling for a 24-17 advantage. The Nets took a 40-39 lead into halftime when Williams made a jumper with 38 seconds remaining. With the Nets leading by two late in the third, Anderson converted a three-point play, his first of seven straight Brooklyn points to end the quarter and give the Nets a 75-68 lead. He another three-point play with the Nets ahead by five in the fourth, and his 3-pointer made it 87-77 and the Nets were comfortably ahead from there. "I thought he was taking wide-open shots. He was also being aggressive, driving the ball knowing that they didnt have any shot blocking," Nets coach Jason Kidd said. Notes: The Nets Joe Johnson and the Belinelli were announced Thursday as competitors in the 3-point contest at All-Star Saturday night. ... Parker and Ginobili also missed the Nets previous victory in the series. The Nets havent beaten the Spurs when those two played since Nov. 13, 2002, according to STATS. Arizona Diamondbacks Pro Shop .Y. -- Kristen Gillman rallied to win the U. Christian Walker Jersey . The Americans, skipped by John Shuster, seized the advantage in the eighth end by scoring five points for a 7-3 lead. The Czechs pulled two back in the ninth, but Shusters team of third Jeff Isaacson, second Jared Zezel and lead John Landsteiner ended with another point to secure the last Olympic berth on offer. https://www.cheapdiamondbacksjerseys.us/948l-luis-gonzalez-jersey-diamondbacks.html . If there is one club built to handle an off-field controversy, its the Bill Belichick era Patriots. Even if New Englands offence stumbles a bit out of the gate, their defence can help them stay in games, especially in the AFC East with the Buffalo Bills and New York Jets in the first two weeks.VAL GARDENA, Italy - Some critics have attributed Kjetil Jansruds domination of speed skiing to the injuries to Aksel Lund Svindal, Bode Miller and Erik Guay.Jansrud has his own explanation.I feel like the minor mistakes never develop into bigger mistakes, the Norwegian said. I grab myself back into it. Somehow Im able to find the time where others do not. Its hard to analyze.Jansrud, the Olympic champion, extended his overall World Cup lead by winning a super-G by a comfortable margin Saturday with only one very minor bobble after narrowly missing victory a day earlier.The Norwegian clocked 1 minute, 33.87 seconds down the Saslong course for his fourth win in six speed races this season. In the two races Jansrud didnt win, he finished second, like in Fridays downhill won by American racer Steven Nyman.I think of every day as a new day. Im not thinking about how my last race is, said Jansrud, who celebrated his seventh career victory with a bow to the crowd. But when I take a step back and see how consistent I am, its pretty good — pretty weird.Local favourite Dominik Paris of Italy finished second, 0.46 seconds behind, for his second top-three result in two days. Hannes Reichelt of Austria was third, 0.54 back, to reach the podium here for the first time in 12 years.(Jansrud) doesnt make mistakes. Thats the difference, Paris said. Hes beatable but you have to give more than 100 per cent and not make any errors. Otherwise its difficult.Svindal, the two-time overall champion and Jansruds teammate, is out indefinitely after tearing his Achilles tendon playing soccer the week before the season started. Miller is planning to return next month from back surgery and Guay, the 2011 world downhill champion from Canada, is also hoping to return soon from a pair of off-season knee operations.Aksel went out and I kind of felt the pressure to step up, Jansrrud said. Luke Weaver Jersey. We have a small team and suddenly I went into being the oldest guy, a captains role.The 29-year-old Jansrud moved 152 points ahead of technical specialist Marcel Hirscher in the overall standings.If I want to compete in the overall I need to ski incredibly fast in the speed events, because there are more technical events, Jansrud said. Im leading by 150 points now but Im sure hell be 50 points ahead after Madonna. ... Its exciting, at least theres a fight.The circuit traverses the Gardena pass to nearby Alta Badia for a giant slalom on Sunday then heads to Madonna Di Campiglio for a slalom on Monday night to conclude a series of four races in four days.This race was originally scheduled for Friday but was flip-flopped with the downhill in an attempt to preserve the course amid warm weather.Vincent Kriechmayr, a 23-year-old Austrian, finished fourth for his best career result, and Christof Innerhofer of Italy finished fifth for his best result this season after struggling from chronic back pain.Olympic downhill champion Matthias Mayer was on pace for the podium before he went wide around a turn toward the end of his run and skied through a gate as he attempted to correct his course.Nyman skied off course shortly into his run, while American teammate Ted Ligety missed a gate on the bottom section. The top American finisher was Olympic silver medallist Andrew Weibrecht of Lake Placid, New York, in 19th.Ligety will be aiming for his third career win on the Gran Risa course in Sundays GS, the event he won at the Sochi Olympics. Hes struggled at times to keep up with Hirscher this season but put in some extra training the past week.I feel like I figured out a couple of things on the steep pitches, Ligety said. I havent had the confidence to push my limits.___Andrew Dampf can be followed at www.twitter.com/asdampf ' ' '