by 32 points on Monday.Drummond has the most double-doubles in the NBA (119) since the beginning of the 2014-15 season. Thats 17 more than runner-up Pau Gasol, who now plays for San A

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Thats just a little disrespectful to the game, Trotz said. The penalty call was not great for me.Backstrom, who also assisted on Alex Ovechkins ninth goal of the season midway through the second period, didnt think he touched Foligno.Last two minutes you get a penalty thats not a penalty, thats tough, Backstrom said.Columbus has its longest winning streak since they ran off nine straight wins from March 18-April 4, 2015.Sometimes it seemed like they took over the game more and more but we started to play smart and at the end of the game we felt like we played smart and got opportunity to score, Wennberg said. Find a way to win. Its as easy as that.Tortorella, who has eliminated morning skates from the Blue Jackets routine, talked to his team about the perils of getting off to a slow start.They score one, but they dont score the two and three where it can really knock you out in an afternoon game like this, really a morning game, he said. That steadied us a little bit.Ovechkins ninth goal of the season gave the Capitals a 2-1 lead, but the Blue Jackets tied it just 14 seconds into the third period on Brandon Dubinskys second goal of the season.Columbus goal by Foligno six minutes into the second period broke Washingtons streak of 15 straight successful penalty kills.Other than the disputed call, Trotz didnt find much to find fault with -- even though it was the Capitals second loss in five days to the Blue Jackets.They played a solid game. We played a solid game. Theres not going to be a lot of mistakes, Trotz said.Game notesWashington was without C Lars Eller and RW T.J. Oshie. Both have upper-body injuries. They were injured in Fridays game against Detroit. . C Paul Carey was recalled from AHL Hershey. . Columbus D Dalton Prout (upper body) missed his third straight game. . D Todd Jones (foot) was out for the sixth straight game. 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Bushs first term as President since the Spurs have lost four straight at home.When games are 80, 90, 100 points, there are a lot of mistakes both ways, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said Wednesday after a 101-99 loss to Houston. If you win the game, you made a lot of mistakes; if you lose the game, you made a lot of mistakes.San Antonio (5-3) has seven new players on its roster and its taking a while for all the pieces to fit together with the seamless efficiency the Spurs regularly employ.It hasnt helped that starting guards Tony Parker and Danny Green havent played together yet this season. Green missed the first seven games with a left quad injury and Parker was held out for the third straight game and fourth time this season on Wednesday against Houston because of right knee soreness. Hes questionable for Fridays game.Were trying to figure out who we want to have on the court and who should be together, Popovich explained. Wee obviously havent figured that out yet.dddddddddddd The effort is there and the willingness is there. So over time, making things more habitual and more organized will help us.Detroit (4-4) might be the perfect opponent at this point of the season for San Antonio. The Pistons have been impressive and are undefeated at home, but they have are 0-4 away from the Detroit suburbs. They come into the Alamo City off a 107-100 loss at Phoenix on Wednesday.Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored a season-high 27 points for the Pistons and Andre Drummond had 18 points and 14 rebounds for Detroit, which lost to the Los Angeles Clippers by 32 points on Monday.Drummond has the most double-doubles in the NBA (119) since the beginning of the 2014-15 season. Thats 17 more than runner-up Pau Gasol, who now plays for San Antonio.We gave the game away, Drummond said of the loss to Phoenix. We came back in the fourth quarter with some strong plays. Then, after a timeout, we didnt come back with the energy we had to get us back in the game. It got them going and the rest is kind of history.The Pistons went 0-2 against the Spurs last season. The teams will play one more time this season, at Detroit on Feb. 10. The Pistons have lost three of the last five games against the Spurs in San Antonio and six of the last nine overall to the Spurs.San Antonio leads the all-time series between the teams with 53 wins in 86 games. ' ' '