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EDMONTON - You can tell things are going well for a team when it can be upset with a win. Jose Ramirez Jersey .Sami Vatanen and Ryan Getzlaf each had a goal and an assist as the league-leading Anaheim Ducks ran their winning streak to six straight games with a 4-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday.Kyle Palmieri and Nate Thompson also scored for the Ducks (20-6-5) who have won nine of their last 11 games.The Ducks, however, allowed the Oilers back into the game after holding a 3-0 victory and it was clear the Anaheim players were not thrilled with that comeback.If you look around the league, there are a lot of three-goal leads and two-goal leads where the other team catches up, said Ducks head coach Bruce Boudreau. I think its because its difficult to keep your foot on the pedal for 60 minutes and just keep going and keep going. But its something that hopefully before game 82 is done that we learn how to do.Were going to have to play 60 solid minutes if we make the playoffs.Getzlaf agreed that his team needs to work on putting teams away.If you want to be an elite team in this league you have to learn to just do it, he said. Regardless of what the situation is, we just have to do what we do and continue on. Were learning things, learning steps and hopefully our group can learn things from our last two games.Tyler Pitlick and Jeff Petry replied for the Oilers (7-18-5), who have lost three in a row and 14 of their last 15 games.The Oilers are 1-15-4 against Western Conference opponents this season.They are the best team in the league and for the most part I felt we played with them, said Oilers forward Taylor Hall. At the start of the second we gave them two Grade A chances. I feel like I have said this eight times this year, but it was just a couple of shifts that killed us. It was tough to get those goals back.Edmonton head coach Dallas Eakins said he cant figure out his teams tendency to have sluggish starts to games.I wish I had a solution for it, he said. Its something that we talk about, our leaders talk about. In the first period I thought we looked tired. It was our fourth game in six nights. Im not using that as an excuse though. You have to play the game, have to manage the game.Anaheim started the scoring five minutes into the first period as Vatanen walked in from the point on the power play and sent a wrist shot cleanly past Oilers starting goalie Viktor Fasth.The Ducks came close to taking a two-goal lead 10 minutes later as Andrew Cogliano had Fasth beat, but his shot rang off the post.Anaheim had 10 first-period shots, while the Oilers could only muster three on Ducks starter Frederik Andersen.The Ducks very quickly went ahead 3-0 with goals just 44 seconds apart to start the second period.Off the opening face-off of the middle frame, Vatanen sent Palmieri in alone through a confused-looking Oilers defence and he made the most of the breakaway just seven seconds in.Palmieri said it was a set play that his team has been working on.Weve been waiting to try it for a couple of games and lucky enough, (Ryan Kesler) won the face-off clean and Sami made a great pass and I was in all alone, he said. A lot of things have to happen in order for that play to work. Weve tried it a couple of times before and something always seems to go wrong.Then, 51 seconds into the second period, Rene Bourque dropped a pass to an uncovered Getzlaf, who cleanly beat Fasth with a quick shot.They were mistakes that we shouldnt be making, a breakaway and a bad change and a three-on-two, said Oilers forward David Perron. It is very frustrating, for sure.Ben Scrivens came in to replace a visibly upset Fasth, who allowed three goals on 12 shots. Fasth threw his mask and then appeared to be calling out his teammates when he got to the bench.Basically I said Youve got to wake up, Fasth said.The Oilers finally got on the board with just under five minutes to play in the second as Pitlick gained the zone and beat Andersen with a stick-side shot from near the face-off dot for his first goal of the season.Getzlaf looked to have scored his second of the night five minutes into the third, but the puck stayed on the goal-line before Scrivens was able to swat it to safety.Edmonton made it 3-2 with a rare power-play goal with 7:20 remaining in the third period as a Petry point shot deflected off the stick of defender Devante Smith-Pelly and past Andersen.The Ducks sealed the victory with a late empty-net goal from Thompson.Notes: It was the second of four games between the two teams this season, coming off the heels of the Ducks 2-1 victory over Edmonton on Wednesday in Anaheim. The Oilers won both of their home games against the Ducks last season. … In their first 29 games, the Oilers scored a Western Conference-low 63 goals. Only the Carolina Hurricanes (60), Florida Panthers (58) and Buffalo Sabres (52) had scored fewer. … Ducks defenceman Ben Lovejoy made his return to the lineup after missing 21 games with a broken finger that occurred on Oct. 26 against San Jose. … Earlier in the day, the Oilers transferred winger Jesse Joensuu to SC Bern of the Swiss Elite League. … Out injured for Anaheim were Corey Perry (knee), Francois Beauchemin (finger), Eric Brewer (foot), John Gibson (groin) and Dany Heatley (groin). … Missing from the Oilers lineup were Benoit Pouliot (foot), Boyd Gordon (back) and Nikita Nikitin (back). Joe Charboneau Indians Jersey . Detroits powerful offence made that unnecessary. 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Perez joins infielder Andy LaRoche and catcher Mike Nickeas with minor-league agreements for 2014 that include invitations to attend spring training.DENVER - LeBron James had 22 points and 11 assists on a poor shooting night by Clevelands Big Three, helping the Cavaliers hold on for a 110-101 win over the Denver Nuggets on Friday.James, Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving were a combined 19 of 45 from the floor. The Cavaliers had seven players score in double figures and finished 1-2 on their road trip.Cleveland wound up with 25 assists two nights after the team tied a franchise record with just six in a loss at Utah.Randy Foye scored 28 points for the Nuggets, who have dropped four in a row. Denver played without speedy point guard Ty Lawson after he was scratched due to a sore left ankle.GRIZZLIES 91, THUNDER 89OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Mike Conley scored 20 points and the Grizzlies remained unbeaten.Oklahoma City had a chance to take the lead with 5.9 seconds remaining, but the Thunder were called for a five-second violation. Oklahoma City then fouled Courtney Lee, who made one of two free throws. That gave the Thunder the ball, down two, with 2.4 seconds to go. Serge Ibaka missed a 3-pointer from beyond the top of the key at the buzzer.Lee scored 17 points and Zach Randolph added 16 for Memphis (6-0).Reggie Jackson had 22 points for the Thunder (1-5), who again played without injured stars Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and several other key players.HORNETS 122, HAWKS 119, 2OTCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Lance Stephenson made a 33-foot jumper off the glass in the second overtime, lifting Charlotte to the victory.Stephenson inbounded the ball to Marvin Williams and got it back off a handoff before connecting from long range.He then celebrated by racing to the scorers table and leaping on top. He started pounding his chest as the crowd went wild.Al Jefferson scored a season-high 34 points for the Hornets (3-3). Stephenson added 17 points and 13 rebounds, and the Hornets snapped a six-game losing to the Hawks in Charlotte.Al Horford led Atlanta (1-3) with 24 points and Jeff Teague added 22. Kyle Korver had 20.NETS 110, KNICKS 99NEW YORK (AP) — Deron Williams scored a season-high 29 points and Brooklyn beat New York in the first meeting this season between the city rivals.Brook Lopez added 20 points and nine rebounds for the Nets, who had beaten the Knicks just once on their home floor since moving from New Jersey to Brooklyn in 2012. The Knicks had won the last three meetings here, but the Nets clearly looked like the best team in the Big Apple on this night.Williams had only one 30-point game all last season, when the former All-Star battled ankle injuries. But he looked back in his old form while dancing around the Knicks for 10-of-15 shooting and six assists.Carmelo Anthony scored 19 points but shot 5 of 20 for the Knicks, who dropped their third in a row.KINGS 114, SUNS 112, 2OTPHOENIX (AP) — Rudy Gay hit a go-ahead turnaround jumper with 1:07 left in the second overtime, leading Sacramento to its fifth consecutive win.Kings centre DeMarcus Cousins had 25 points and a season-high 18 rebounds before fouling out on an illegal screen with 34.7 seconds left in regulation. Darren Collison scored 16 and Gay, who was averaging 24.4 points coming into the night, finished with 11.Eric Bledsoe had 23 points and eight assists for the Suns, who were outscored 22-11 in the fourth quarter.At 5-1, Sacramento is off to its best six-game start since the 1999-2000 season.RAPTORS 103, WIZARDS 84TORONTO (AP) — Kyle Lowry had 13 points, 10 assists and a season-high 11 rebounds for his first triple-double of the season, leading Toronto to the win.DeMar DeRozan scored 25 points for the Raptors, who are off to the first 5-1 start in team history. Terrence Ross scored a season-high 18 points, and Lou Williams had 13.Otto Porter scored 13 points and Kris Humphries had 11 for the Wizards, wwho lost for the first time since a season-opening defeat at Miami. Roberto Alomar Jersey. .Washington shot 30 for 83 for a season-worst 36.1 per cent. The Wizards previous low of 37.4 per cent was set in Wednesdays overtime win against Indiana.BULLS 118, 76ERS 115PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Mike Dunleavy scored 12 of his season-high 27 points in the third quarter, and Chicago held on for the win.Jimmy Butler had 23 points and Pau Gasol added 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Bulls, who improved to 4-0 on the road.Chicago point guard Derrick Rose sat out after he aggravated his sprained ankles in Wednesdays 95-86 win over Milwaukee. He is day to day.Tony Wroten had a career-high 31 points for Philadelphia, which fell to 0-6 for its worst start since losing its first 15 in 1972-73 when they set an NBA mark for futility by finishing 9-73.Philadelphia rookie Nerlens Noel sat out after spraining his left ankle in Wednesdays 91-89 loss to Orlando.CELTICS 101, PACERS 98BOSTON (AP) — Jared Sullinger scored 11 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter and Jeff Green pulled down a big offensive rebound for the Celtics.Bostons surge early in the fourth was interrupted for a few minutes when rookie Marcus Smart injured his left leg and was carted to the locker room. Smart, the No. 6 pick in this years draft, clutched at his lower leg after getting his arm hooked by Indianas A.J. Price and crashing to the floor with 11:07 left.Smart never got up and his teammates gathered around as medical personnel attended to the injury. Coach Brad Stevens said he was waiting on X-rays to see whether Smart sprained his ankle or broke it.Green finished with 15 points and seven rebounds, grabbing his last one after Avery Bradleys jumper bounced off the rim with 6 seconds left and Bostons lead down to 97-96. Green was fouled and made both free throws to help the Celtics end a three-game skid.Roy Hibbert had 22 points and 11 rebounds for the Pacers. Chris Copeland scored 17, and Donald Sloan added 15 points.MAGIC 112, TIMBERWOLVES 103, OTORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Rookie Aaron Gordon had six of his 17 points in overtime, and the Magic earned their first home win of the season.Evan Fournier led the Magic (2-4) with 20 points, and Tobias Harris had 17 points and 16 rebounds.The Timberwolves (2-3) lost point guard Ricky Rubio to a sprained left ankle in the first half. X-rays were negative, and coach Flip Saunders said the injury would be evaluated on Saturday.Kevin Martin led Minnesota with 21 points, but missed a short jump shot in the final seconds of regulation. Nikola Pekovic and reserve Corey Brewer scored 16 apiece.Gordon opened overtime with a three-point play, lifting Orlando to a 97-94 lead. He also made a 3-pointer to make it 106-99 with 1:35 left.MAVERICKS 105, JAZZ 82SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Dirk Nowitzki had 27 points and 10 rebounds to help the Mavericks coast to the win.Tyson Chandler added 15 points and 13 rebounds, and Monta Ellis scored 13 as the Mavericks bounced back from Thursday nights 108-87 loss at Portland. Nowitzki shot 11 of 18, including 5 for 8 from 3-point range.Alec Burks led the Jazz with 14 points. Gordon Hayward had 12, and Trey Burke and Dante Exum added 11 apiece.The Jazz committed 23 turnovers, and the Mavericks had a 32-9 advantage in points off turnovers.PISTONS 98, BUCKS 95AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 19 points and Brandon Jennings added 15 against his former team, leading Detroit to the victory.Josh Smith shot 5 of 14 from the floor two days after a 2-of-17 game, but had a key putback to give the Pistons a 97-93 lead with 15.1 seconds to play, and then had a key steal.Jabari Parker led the Bucks with 18 points, while former Pistons guard Brandon Knight added 17 points and nine assists. ' ' '