Callaspo hit in infield

DALLAS - Irate after another botched defensive assignment and an easy lay-in for the Mavericks, Dwane Casey called a timeout less than two minutes into the second quarter. jerseys from china . At the time Dallas held a 15-point advantage, they would lead by as many as 19 early in the frame. So what was said in that timeout? "This is a PG-rated show, so I cant really say it," Casey joked after the game. Whatever it was, it worked. Casey challenged their pride. So too did the Mavericks, who had knocked them down, both literally and figuratively. As three Raptor players went to the ground, scrambling for the rebound as time expired in overtime - following a missed floater from Monta Ellis - it became clear, they had taken the challenge personally, and prevailed. "We were sleepwalking, kind of emotionally [hung over] from our close loss the other night I thought, maybe feeling sorry for ourselves," Casey said after his teams 109-108 victory, two days following a heartbreaking OT defeat to Charlotte at home. "I had to get their attention." "Guys responded. They came out swinging. We were down 19, they hit us with a haymaker and Im proud of the way our guys fought back. Thats what the NBA is all about." The Raptors gave the home team a 16-minute head start before closing out the first half on a 27-11 run. Once they showed up, tightened some screws on defence and matched Dallas physicality, they showed a lot of character. "We just held ourselves accountable," said Amir Johnson, who blanketed Dirk Nowitzki on the final play of regulation and contested Ellis runner as time expired in OT. "We took it as a team, like look, were not going to win this game if we dont get defensive stops." Looking at the box score it seems strange to say the Raptors won this game on the defensive end. The Mavs shot 51 per cent from the floor, 10-of-21 from three-point range, outscored Toronto 60-40 in the paint and recorded 31 assists on 26 field goals. But the Raptors defence was timely. They got big stops when they needed them the most, working hard for each one. It was a gritty effort on an unforgiving stage -- the Mavs had the second best home record in the West at 11-2. It was also another page in the book of DeMar DeRozans continued evolution into star-player status. Evident early on, DeRozan was going to have a tough time getting his shot to fall against this Mavericks defence. Without Rudy Gay around to attract attention, opponents have been zeroing in on the Raptors guard and the Mavs - using elite, veteran defender Shawn Marion, among others - were no different. Instead, DeRozan embraced the attention, matching a career-high with nine assists. Most importantly, he came through when it mattered most. DeRozan was 3-for-14 before hitting the game-tying jumper at the end of regulation and going 2-of-3 in OT. "I understand a lot of teams, mostly all the teams, are going to key into me so I used that to my advantage and just tried to get my teammates going," said DeRozan, who finished with 15 points. "They help me get easy baskets once they knock down shots and put me in the best situation at the end of games to get a bucket when we need one." Kyle Lowry led the team with 20 points, also adding six assists while Jonas Valanciunas bounced back from a tough outing in the loss to Charlotte with a double-double of 18 points and 13 rebounds. Defensively, the heroes were Johnson and newcomer John Salmons, who were assigned to the red-hot Nowitzki and Ellis down the stretch. With Johnson draped all over him, Nowitzki missed a 13-foot step back jumper - a shot he might as well have patented - at the end of the fourth quarter. When Ellis caught the ball with 10 seconds remaining in OT, the plan for Caseys club was to commit the foul they still had left to give. As the Mavs guard put the ball on the floor, Johnson - who switched onto Ellis - opted to play it out. "I just took it in my own hands to just try to play him straight up, man-to-man," Johnson said. "It was a great decision I guess because he missed the shot." Jose Calderon led the Mavs in scoring with 23 points, adding nine assists with just one turnover against his former team. Calderon shot 7-for-10 from three-point range, where hes shooting a career-high 47 per cent this season, his first in Dallas. The 32-year-old point guard greeted his old teammates and coaches with hugs following the Mavs shoot around Friday morning but was all business once the ball was tossed up. "Thats just Jose, man," said DeRozan, who played with Calderon for four-plus seasons in Toronto. "It seems like every time the ball leaves his hand its going in. Hes, in my opinion, one of the best shooters in the league, without a doubt. So its not surprising to me." nfl jerseys china . The Thunder acquired guards Kevin Martin and Jeremy Lamb, two first-round picks and a second-round pick in the surprising deal. Oklahoma City also sent centre Cole Aldrich and forwards Daequan Cook and Lazar Hayward to Houston. wholesale jerseys . Hamelin clocked 40.821 seconds for his first win of the season. Vladimir Grigorev of Russia was second with a time of 40.854 while Chinas Wu Dajing took third in 41. http://www.chinajerseyscheap.us.com/ . After qualifying third on Thursday the Toronto threesome all hit solid routines to finish second in the five-team final with 159.995 points. Great Britain won gold with 164.845 points and Belarus took the bronze with a score of 158. Anaheim, CA (Sports Network) - Daisuke Matsuzaka threw eight innings of one- hit ball and the Boston Red Sox took a 5-0 win over the LA Angels of Anaheim in the third of a four-game set. Matsuzaka (2-2) walked three and struck out nine while Daniel Bard worked around a leadoff single in the ninth to complete the shutout for the Red Sox, who have won four straight and seven of eight. He threw strikes, changed speeds and that was fun to watch, said Boston manager Terry Francona. Hes given up only two hits in a bunch of innings and I hope he can build off this. Kevin Youkilis hit a two-run home run while Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford and Jason Varitek each drove in a run in the win. Ervin Santana (0-3) was touched for five runs on nine hits with a walk and nine strikeouts over seven innings for the Angels, who came into this series having won seven of eight. He was in the zone tonight and we worked the count the best we could, but he was always one step ahead, said Angels manager Mike Scioscia about Matsuzaka. Boston scored the only run it needed in the second when Jed Lowwrie hit a one- out double and later scored on a Crawford single for a 1-0 lead. Cheap Jerseys. The third saw Jacoby Ellsbury leadoff with a single, steal second and come home on a Gonzalez basehit for 2-0 lead. It was a 4-0 game after five innings when Youkilis deposited a pitch over the right field wall. Variteks RBI double to right in the sixth plated Crawford for a 5-0 lead. Meanwhile, Matsuzaka was masterful in the contest. He never chased a no-hitter as Alberto Callaspo hit in infield single in the second that was deflected by Matsuzaka. He set down the Angels in order in five of the eight innings he pitched and struck out the side in the fifth. Bard allowed an infield single to Erick Aybar in the ninth, but struck out Bobby Abreu and Torii Hunter then forced a groundout by Vernon Wells to end the game. GAME NOTES:Matsuzka 3-1 against the Angels in four career starts...Boston has won 12 of the last 13 games against the Angels...Boston dropped its first six games of the season, but is 9-5 since...Santana fell to 2-3 over nine starts against the Red Sox. ' ' '