Sacramento, CA (SportsNetwork. [url=http://www.steelersrookiestore.com/Steelers-Rod-Woodson-Jersey/]Rod Woodson Jersey[/url] .com) - James Harden put the Houston Rockets on his back and willed them to an overtime victory on Thursday. Harden scored a season-high 44 points to lead the Rockets in a 113-

Sacramento, CA (SportsNetwork. Rod Woodson Jersey .com) - James Harden put the Houston Rockets on his back and willed them to an overtime victory on Thursday. Harden scored a season-high 44 points to lead the Rockets in a 113-109 decision over the Sacramento Kings. Harden, who scored 34 points in a loss to Golden State on Wednesday, sent the game to overtime with a deep 3-pointer, then scored the first 10 Houston points in the extra session. That was definitely a tough game. Those guys on the other side definitely fought hard. We had the same energy, Harden said. We fought through it. Trevor Ariza and Patrick Beverley each netted 15 points and Donatas Motiejunas added 14 points for Houston, which has won five of its last six. Darren Collison had 24 points with seven assists and Ben McLemore tallied 21 points for the Kings. Harden fueled the Rockets comeback in regulation and continued in the extra session as he opened with seven straight points to give the Rockets a 102-95 lead with 3 1/2 minutes to play. The Houston offense ran through Harden in the overtime period. He slashed through the lane for a layup following a free throw from Jason Thompson, then split a pair of free throws to extend the lead to nine. (Harden) made shots when he needed to, Kings forward Rudy Gay said. He played great. Gay trimmed the deficit to six with a 3-pointer, but Harden drove on two defenders and skipped a pass over to Beverley, who nailed a corner 3 with 45.3 seconds left. Beverley missed 3-of-4 free throws down the stretch that allowed the Kings to hang around as Nik Stauskas trey made it a three-point game. Collison buried a 3 following a pair of free throws from Jason Terry, but Harden closed his evening with two free throws to account for the final margin. The Rockets trailed by as many as 10 in the fourth. Harden tied the game at 88-88 with a tough dunk through traffic with 2 1/2 minutes left. Each team traded a basket before Gay drove and kicked out to an open Derrick Williams, who hit a 3-pointer to make it a 93-90 game. Motiejunas was whistled for his sixth foul at the other end, which allowed Thompson to make a pair of free throws and stretch it to a two-possession game. Houston trailed by three when Harden tossed up a high-arching trey that hit nothing but cotton to tie the game at 95-95 with 20.5 seconds on the clock. Gays jumper from just inside the arc rattled out on Sacramentos final chance in regulation. The Rockets grabbed the rebound and called a timeout with under a second left, but Hardens final effort was long. Sacramento led 46-36 at the half. Houston opened the third quarter on a 10-3 run to close the gap to 49-46 just 2 1/2 minutes in. Later in the quarter, Beverley nailed a 3-pointer to cut the deficit to two, 55-53, then the Kings ripped off 10 straight as a McLemore dunk off a feed from Collison highlighted the surge. Harden scored the final four points of the third to cut it to 69-61 entering the fourth. Game Notes Houston has won four straight over the Kings ... Sacramento has lost two straight overall ... Williams scored 17 points off the bench in the setback ... Joey Dorsey had a career-high five steals in the win ... Houston went 15- of-44 from beyond the arc ... The Rockets scored 27 points off turnovers, while the Kings netted 20 off turnovers ... Thompson finished with 13 points and 15 rebounds for Sacramento. Custom Pittsburgh Steelers Jerseys . And theyre pointing to the NHLs biggest market: Toronto. 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Venus Williams advanced to the ASB Classic final in Auckland on a walkover when fellow American Jamie Hampton withdrew from their semifinal Friday with a right hip injury. http://www.steelersrookiestore.com/Steelers-John-Stallworth-Jersey/ .The McLaren MP4-30 was launched on Thursday, with chief executive Ron Dennis saying it marks the start of a lengthy journey back to winning grands prix and eventually world championships.McLaren, which hasnt won a grand prix since 2012, will be using Honda engines for the first time since 1992, and has signed two-time world champion Fernando Alonso to partner Jenson Button for the upcoming season.Detroit, MI (SportsNetwork.com) - Tomas Tatar tallied two goals and an assist as the Detroit Red Wings cooled off the hot Nashville Predators in a 5-2 victory on Saturday. Gustav Nyquist tallied a goal and an assist, Henrik Zetterberg and Kyle Quincey each scored and Pavel Datsyuk, Riley Sheahan and Niklas Kronwall each had two assists. Detroit netminder Petr Mrazek turned aside 34-of-36 shots in the Red Wings third straight win. I thought the guys got off to a good start, Detroit head coach Mike Babcock said. Then (Mrazek) was big and square. Mike Fisher and Mattias Ekholm each lit the lamp as Nashville had its five- game winning streak come to an end. The Predators also entered the contest with at least a point in each of their previous 10 games (8-0-2). Marek Mazanec made 18 saves in relief of Carter Hutton, who allowed three goals on just four shots. The Red Wings got on the board quickly as Nyquist finished off a 2-on-1 with Sheahan for an early lead 57 seconds into the game. Quinceys shot from the left point deflected off a couple defenders, skipped off the ice and bounced into the net at 11:22, and Tatars snap shot from the left circle went past a screened Hutton 1:10 later for a 3-0 score. Joe Gilliam Jersey. They got some breaks early, Fisher said. It was their night for sure. Ekholm got Nashville on the board after his shot from the high slot deflected off the knob of Mrazeks stick and in with 1:22 to play in the opening stanza. After Paul Gaustad went off for hooking, Zetterberg skated down below the goal line and fired a shot that ricocheted off Mazanecs mask and hit twine for a 4-1 Detroit lead 2:14 into the middle frame. On the power play, Tatar deflected Sheahans pass over the glove of Mazanec for his second of the night with 38.7 seconds left in the second. Fisher notched an early power-play goal 49 seconds into the third by shuffling the rebound of Roman Josis point blast over the blocker of Mrazek for a 5-2 game. Game Notes Tatar scored his 19th and 20th goals of the season, eclipsing his previous best of 19 which was set last season ... The Red Wings played in their first home game since New Years Eve ... Prior to the game, Nashville recalled defenseman Anthony Bitetto from Milwaukee (AHL) ... 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