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One soaring dunk at a time, John Wall let everyone know that his surgically repaired knees are just fine.Wall threw down three one-handed dunks in the first half of the Washington Wizards 100-79 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday night.Wall scored all of his nine points in the first half and also had nine assists and three steals in his second preseason game. The star point guard had surgery on both of his knees in May to address lingering pain that had bothered him for a couple of years.He had loose particles taken out of his right knee -- considered a relatively minor procedure -- and calcium deposits removed from his left patella tendon, a more invasive procedure that required several months of rehab. When he reported to training camp both he and new coach Scott Brooks said it was uncertain if he would play in any of the teams seven preseason games. But he only missed the first two before returning to the court on Monday against the Knicks.Wall played nearly 20 minutes on Thursday night. He made 4 of 11 shots, but was 0 for 3 on 3-pointers. Bradley Beal led the way for the Wizards with 22 points, including 5 of 6 on 3s, with five rebounds and four assists in 24 minutes.Joel Embiid had 11 points and 12 rebounds in 14 minutes for the 76ers, continuing to show encouraging signs in his first preseason action after spending the last two years dealing with foot problems.---GRIZZLIES 110, THUNDER 94TULSA, Okla. -- Marc Gasol scored 21 points and hit 3-of-5 3-pointers to push the Grizzlies past the Thunder.Alex Abrines led the Thunder with 19 points and hit 5 of 6 3s.GRIZZLIES: Mike Conley scored 19 points and hit all three of his 3-pointers. ... Zach Randolph scored 12 points off the bench, but was just 6 for 17 from the field. ... Memphis overcame 39 percent shooting by forcing 28 turnovers, 11 coming off of steals.THUNDER: Russell Westbrook made the big headlines after shootaround on Thursday morning when he was asked about comments former teammate Kevin Durant made when saying he chose to play for Golden State because of the selfless players on the roster. Thats cute, Westbrook told reporters after being read Durants comments. Cute. ... But my job is to worry about whats going on here. Were going to worry about all the selfish guys we have over here apparently. So were going to figure that out. ... Westbrook scored 17 points. ... Kyle Singler had 15 points on 5-for-6 shooting from 3-point range. ... OKC shot 14 of 21 (66 percent) on 3s.UP NEXT: Memphis (3-1) visits Houston on Saturday. Oklahoma City (1-3) hosts Minnesota on Sunday.---RAPTORS 119, CAVALIERS 94CLEVELAND -- Kyle Lowry scored 25 points and dished out six assists in the first half to help the Raptors cruise past the Cavaliers.LeBron James did not play for the Cavaliers, who lost Channing Frye to a sprained right ankle. Kevin Love led Cleveland with 19 points and four rebounds.RAPTORS: DeMarre Carroll had 13 points, five rebounds and five assists in 18 minutes. ... Cory Joseph had 17 points on 7-for-10 shooting in 19 minutes. ... Coach Dwane Casey told reporters Terrence Ross did not play after hurting his knee while throwing down a 360 dunk in a team scrimmage earlier in the week. ... The Raptors lost by 38 the last time they were in Quicken Loans Arena, for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals.CAVALIERS: Tristan Thompson made his preseason debut and had eight points and three rebounds in 21 minutes. He has been dealing with a sore left foot. ... Kyrie Irving had 13 points and eight assists. ... Richard Jefferson started in place of James at small forward, scoring four points in 18 minutes. ... The Cavs continue to play without J.R. Smith, the shooting guard who has yet to sign a contract despite public lobbying by James, Love and the rest of the team.UP NEXT: Toronto (2-2) hosts Buenos Aires on Friday. Cleveland (2-2) visits Chicago on Friday.---PISTONS 99, HAWKS 94ATLANTA -- Ish Smith and Tobias Harris scored 18 points apiece and the Pistons claimed their first preseason win.Dennis Schroder led the Hawks with 17 points, along with nine assists. Dwight Howard added 15 points and nine rebounds.PISTONS: Detroit bounced back from a 33-19 deficit after the first quarter. ... C Andre Drummond (illness) and F Marcus Morris (mild knee tendinitis) were held out. Aron Baynes (16 points) and Jon Leuer (a team-high nine rebounds) filled in for the Pistons.HAWKS: After shooting 60 percent from the field in the opening period, the Hawks made only 24 of 63 (38 percent) the rest of the way. ... Atlanta played again without F Paul Millsap (right knee, illness) and G Jarrett Jack (right knee rehabilitation), who have yet to suit up during the preseason. ... C-F Tiago Splitter will miss at least four weeks with a strained right hamstring, which means he wont be ready for the start of the regular season Oct. 27.UP NEXT: Detroit (1-2) travels to Philadelphia on Saturday. Atlanta (2-2) plays at Orlando on Sunday.---CELTICS 100, NETS 97NEW YORK -- Al Horford had 13 points and nine rebounds to lead the Celtics over the Nets.Luis Scola had 14 points, 11 rebounds and five assists in 28 minutes for the Nets.CELTICS: Marcus Smart scored 13 points and was a plus-14 in 22 minutes off the bench. ... All-Star Isaiah Thomas scored 12 points in 19 minutes. ... Jae Crowder had a rough night, going 0 for 5 from the field and scoring just two points.NETS: Jeremy Lin had 12 points and seven assists. ... Trevor Booker started at power forward and had 11 points and 12 rebounds in 30 minutes.UP NEXT: Boston (3-1) goes to New York to play the Knicks on Saturday. Brooklyn (1-3) heads to Boston to play the Celtics on Monday. Zack Wheeler Jersey ., and Rudi Swiegers of Kipling, Sask., took sixth spot on Saturday in pairs at the NHK Trophy ISU Grand Prix figure skating competition. Pedro Martinez Jersey . -- Vincent Lecavalier got everything but the desired result in his return to Tampa Bay. http://www.metssale.com/mets-noah-syndergaard-jersey/ . -- Patrick Reed got an early start in golf. Michael Conforto Jersey . Thats about all he can do right now, so hes trying not to think about when he might be able to play again for the Los Angeles Lakers. Devin Mesoraco Mets Jersey .2 billion agreement with Rogers Communications for the leagues broadcast and multimedia rights. Nathan Hughes is available for Englands final autumn international against Australia on Saturday after taking a full part in training.Hughes missed the 27-14 victory over Argentina with a foot injury but has been cleared to replace Billy Vunipola in the back row against the Wallabies at Twickenham in what would be his full Test debut.Vunipola has been ruled out for at least three months after undergoing knee surgery, jeopardising his participation in the RBS 6 Nations, and Eddie Jones has already described the Fijian-born Hughes as the obvious replacement at number eight.Nathan has done really well in camp since he joined, last weeks injury aside, forwards coach Steve Borthwick said. Billy is a tremendous player who has done really well for us and has been a big figure in our team.But injuries are an opportunity for other players and what weve seen throughout this series is players coming in and taking chances presented by injury.This is another one of those opportunities. We have a lot of quality back row forwards in the squad.Jack Clifford offers number eight cover but having just made his comeback from ankle surgery, he must now observe the return to play protocols for concussion after taking a blow to the head for Harlequins against Bath on Sunday.ddddddddddddngland defeated Argentina despite seeing wing Elliot Daly sent off in the fifth minute and for all the Pumas cluelessness at exploiting their numerical advantage, it was a remarkable performance.It was colossal. We had 14 men for 75 minutes but we still won a Test match against a team thats as strong as Argentina, defence coach Paul Gustard said. Everyone was raving about Argentina in the World Cup 12 months ago and they had a strong Rugby Championship.For 15 minutes we had 13 men. At the start of the second half, one bad defensive error led to a try and thats Test match rugby - you get punished for respects.We all felt unbelievably privileged to be part of a group that responded so courageously and heroically for a large portion of the game. ' ' '