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The Detroit Pistons have found an offensive groove without Reggie Jackson. The addition of their primary floor leader should make them even more dangerous.Jackson, who has been sidelined all season because of a left knee tendinitis, could make his season debut on Sunday when the Pistons face the Orlando Magic at The Palace of Auburn Hills.The Pistons starting point guard has been practicing this week.The medical people have cleared him, hes gone 5-on-5, though not a ton, Detroit coach Stan Van Gundy told the teams beat reporters. Its really a matter of his comfort level and if he wants to give it a shot. Whenever he says Im ready to go, then hes ready to go.His fill-in, Ish Smith, has guided the team with precision during the Pistons current three-game winning streak.Smith has averaged 14.3 points and 8.0 assists with only one turnover during that span. He had an 11-point, 13-assist outing -- his first double-double of the season -- in Detroits 121-85 blowout of Atlanta on Friday, which completed a 3-1 trip.You couldnt play much better than he did (Friday), Van Gundy said. Hes played like that for quite a while.The Pistons have averaged 118 points in those three victories, pushing their season record to 11-10. They are 10-3 when reaching the 100-point mark.Their victory over the Hawks, who were missing top offensive threat Paul Millsap, was easily their largest winning margin this season.Defensively, we were able to get stops, Smith said. And offensively, we were flying up and down the floor. On the offensive end, we were able to move the ball, get the ball from side to side.Knowing where everybody likes the ball, and where everybody wants their shots, helps out a lot.Orlando (8-12) recovered from a one-point loss to Memphis by clobbering Philadelphia 105-88 on Friday.Its really important to bounce back, center Nikola Vucevic told the Orlando Sentinel. In this league, you have to be able to do that after tough losses.The Magic drained 13 of 23 3-point shots and also got a boost from ex-Piston guard Jodie Meeks. Making his Magic debut after undergoing right foot surgery in July, Meeks scored 10 points in 17 minutes.Forward Aaron Gordon led six players in double figures with 20 points.Its tough to lose a game the way we did (Thursday), coach Frank Vogel told the Sentinel. Theres no other way to look at it. Ive seen it go a lot of different ways.You come in the next night and youre still feeling disjointed a little bit because of it. But we talk about togetherness all the time, and nobody felt good about how that game went ... so our guys banded together.Detroit won the first meeting between the teams decisively on Oct. 28th, cruising to a 108-82 victory in its home opener. The Pistons shot 50.5 percent from the field and held the Magic to 34.7 percent shooting.Former Orlando forward Tobias Harris led the Pistons with 18 points that night, while center Andre Drummond collected 12 points and 20 rebounds. Jordan Montgomery Jersey .J. -- Marty Brodeur beat the Pittsburgh Penguins yet again. Ron Guidry Jersey . LeBron James and Chris Bosh didnt need any more. Williams scored 11 points in 10 minutes, Alan Anderson scored 17 points, and the Brooklyn Nets finished the exhibition season with a 108-87 win over the Miami Heat on Friday night. http://www.customyankeesjersey.com/custom-estevan-florial-jersey-large-2104i.html . - Oakland Raiders running back Rashad Jennings was speaking to a group of local high school students earlier this week when the conversation turned to the importance of being prepared when opportunities in life arise. Didi Gregorius Jersey . Miikka Kiprusoff had just announced his retirement after a decade-long run in Calgary and it would be up to Berra and Ramo to fill the void. Whitey Ford Jersey . Bryant, who signed a five-year, $34 million contract as a free agent with Cleveland in March, reported symptoms on Monday morning, a team spokesman said. LORETTO, Pa. -- Zack Drayer threw three touchdown passes and ran for one, helping St. Francis to a Northeast Conference championship and an automatic bid to the FCS playoffs with a 31-21 win over Central Connecticut on Saturday.Both feats are first-time achievements for the Red Flash, who joined the conference in 1998.St. Francis (7-3, 5-0) led 17-7 after one quarter, but Jacob Dolegalas second TD pass cut it to 17-14. St. Francis pulled away with TD conversions off muffed punts in the second and third quarters, both capped by Drayer touchdowns.Drayer ran for a 2-yarrd score with 6:42 left in the first half to make it 24-14, and he tossed a 6-yard TD to Zack Drayer with 11:47 left in the third quarter to salt the game away.dddddddddddd Both drives started within 25 yards of the Blue Devils goal line.Dolegala passed for 318 yards and two touchdowns and added a rushing TD for Central Connecticut (2-8, 1-4).St. Francis has won two in a row vs. CCSU after losing 19 of its first 22 against the Blue Devils. ' ' '
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