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SAN ANTONIO - James Harden scored 28 points and Dwight Howard had 15 points and 20 rebounds, leading the balanced Houston Rockets to a 111-98 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday. Each of Houstons starters scored in double figures as the Rockets improved to 2-0 against the Spurs this season, with both victories coming on the road. They also moved within 3 1/2 games of San Antonio (22-7) for the lead the Southwest Division. Chandler Parsons and Terrence Jones each scored 21 points for the Rockets (19-11), who shot 52 per cent from the field. Jeremy Lin had 13 points, eight assists and just one turnover. The Spurs have dropped two of three and split their last six games. They are just 3-6 over the last month against teams with a record above .500. Super sub Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 22 points, and Tim Duncan added 11 points and 14 rebounds. Kawhi Leonard had 13 points, but Tony Parker was held to six points on 3-for-11 shooting. San Antonio never recovered after Houston raced out to a 27-9 lead. The Spurs were unable to stop Parsons long shots, Hardens drives, Howard in the paint or Jones on the boards for follow ups. After trailing by 18 points in the first half, San Antonio made a couple of charges in the second half but couldnt get the defensive stops necessary to complete the rallies. Leonards three-point play on Howards fourth foul pulled San Antonio to 71-64 with 4:47 left in the third. The Spurs closed to 73-71 before Harden and Lin began draining long jumpers to help the Rockets pull away again. Harden closed out the victory, scoring 16 points in the final quarter. His second 3 of the game made it 100-90 with 5 minutes remaining. NOTES: Rockets G Patrick Beverley (right hand) and C Omer Asik (thigh contusion) missed the game. . Academy Award winner Tommy Lee Jones sat courtside, a row in front of David Robinsons customary seats. The actor laughed and applauded when The Coyote, the Spurs mascot, snuck beside him disguised as a Christmas tree. . Terrence Jones pushed Matt Bonner after the Spurs reserve forward wrapped up Howard high after the Rockets star grabbed his third offensive rebound on one possession. Duncan stepped between, putting his hand in Jones chest and pushing him away before officials broke up the gathering. . While the Rockets got smatterings of cheers throughout the game, Howard was lustily booed whenever he attempted a free throw or entered the game. Langston Galloway Jersey .com) - Rakeem Christmas scored 21 points, B. Isiah Thomas Jersey . -- J.R. Sweezy was the one part of the Seattle Seahawks offensive line that had avoided injuries or having to change positions this season. http://www.cheappistonsjerseys.com/?tag=...calderon-jersey. Sharper briefly appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court, where his arraignment was postponed until Feb. 20 at the request of his lawyers. 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Youre never going to be perfect, but weve got good depth and weve got guys that I think are going to be ready. Now its time to throw it up.Dallas (4-4) rested its starters Thursday and played refreshed, pushing its lead above 20 in the third quarter.Orlando (4-4) didnt help itself, posting a preseason-high 26 turnovers.Tobias Harris led the Magic with 14 points.The Magic played under slightly dampened spirits following news Friday that second-year guard Victor Oladipo would have surgery Saturday for a facial fracture he sustained after catching an inadvertent elbow in practice Thursday.Oladipo had already missed the entire preseason with a sprained right medial collateral ligament and remains out indefinitely. He joins Channing Frye, who also sat all eight preseason games and is out with a sprained left MCL.A night after resting the top seven players in his rotation at New Orleans, Dallas coach Rick Carlisle went with his projected opening night starting five of Parsons, Nowitzki, Tyson Chandler, Monta Ellis and Jameer Nelson on Friday.They all played 20-plus minutes, led by Ellis with 26.That is always the goal, Chandler said of Dallas championship prospects this season. You look at our team and look at the chemistry were having. We just have to continue to get better...and everything else will take care of itself.Vaughn said he has yet to settle on his starting five for the regular season opener, but acknnowledged that preseason injuries have left things fluid in the interim.ddddddddddddIt means that Orlandos Friday starting lineup of Harris, Kyle OQuinn, Nik Vucevic, Maurice Harkless, and Luke Ridnour is certainly a possible combination to open the regular season next week.The Magic got another injury scare in the third quarter when Ridnour limped off after banging knees with Parsons.___TIP-INSThe Mavericks: G Raymond Felton missed his sixth straight preseason game with a sprained right ankle.The Magic: Along with Oladipo and Frye, the Magic also played without Ben Gordon (dental work) and Dewayne Dedmon (sore foot) on Friday.INJURY TALKVaughn said in the day since his injury Oladipo has remained in good spirits and that he is confident he will take his recent run of bad luck in stride. One of the things I told him was it could be worse, Vaughn said. Lifes about challenges, how you face them and how you overcome them. And right now hes got a couple of challenges. Hes working back from one challenge with the knee, so I joked with him that the knee will probably be completely healed by the time you come back from the facial fracture.HOMECOMINGOrlandos fans gave Nelson, who spent the first 10 years of his career in Orlando, a loud ovation when he was introduced pregame. Nelson was waived by the Magic after last season, freeing him up to become an unrestricted free agent and eventually sign in Dallas.STAT WATCHVucevic has been consistent throughout the preseason and ended it that way. The Magics big man appeared in seven games this preseason, reaching double figures in them all. 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