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PHOENIX – Goran Dragic scored 40 points, his second career high in three games, and the Phoenix Suns pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 116-104 Friday night, snapping a three-game losing streak. Dragic was a game-time decision because of a sore right ankle that had kept him out of Wednesdays loss at Utah, but played all but the last 10 seconds of the second half in the first 40-point game for a Phoenix player since Amare Stoudemires 44 on March 19, 2010. Anthony Davis, also a game-time decision because of a sprained left shoulder, matched his career high with 32 points for the Pelicans, who lost their sixth in a row. Markieff Morris added 18 points and twin brother Marcus 15 for Phoenix. Eric Gordon scored 21 for New Orleans. Dragic, who had expressed some doubt after the morning shootaround that he would be able to play, had a career-best 36 in the Suns loss to Houston on Sunday. He hurt his ankle in the home loss to Minnesota on Tuesday. He had 15 points in the first quarter and 13 in the fourth, surpassing 30 points in a game for the eighth time this season. Phoenix took control with a 17-1 fourth-quarter run. Dragic banked in a 3-pointer from the top of the key, then sank an 18-footer to cap the outburst and put the Suns ahead 105-92 with 4:33 left. Phoenix looked to be in trouble late in the third quarter. The Pelicans used a 15-1 run to go up 77-67 on Austin Rivers two free throws with 2:59 left in the period. But Phoenix outscored the Pelicans 14-4 the rest of the quarter. Marcus Morris scored the first seven in the run, Dragic sank a 3, then made a driving layup to tie it at 81-81 entering the fourth quarter. New Orleans took a four-point lead early in the fourth and was up 91-88 on Brian Roberts driving layup with 9:47 remaining. Phoenix, though, scored the next six. Dragic scored on a drive, then Markieff Morris made consecutive layups and the Suns led 94-91 with 8:13 left. Neither team led by more than seven points in a first half bereft of defence, with the Suns up 56-54 at the break. New Orleans shot 58 per cent in the half (22 of 38), Phoenix 56 per cent (20 of 36). In the second quarter, nobody led by more than four. Al-Farouq Aminus two free throws put the Pelicans up 50-47 with 2:14 left in the half, then the Suns scored seven straight, P.J. Tuckers 3-pointer giving Phoenix a 54-50 lead 52.9 seconds before the break. Gordons layup at the buzzer was ruled no good and the call was upheld on review, preserving Phoenixs two-point edge. NOTES: New Orleans Tyreke Evans was a late arrival after getting stuck in the hotel elevator. He arrived about an hour before the opening tip. … The Suns Leandro Barbosa missed his fourth straight game with a sprained toe. … Phoenix avoided matching its longest losing streak of the season at four games. … Suns G Eric Bledsoe, coming back from knee surgery, participated in 3-on-3 drills and could resume full practice next week. … The Pelicans longest losing streak of the season is seven games. Air Max 720 Ireland . – Mississippi State was crushed twice by Florida last season, once by 35 points and the other by 25. Air Max 720 New . TSN Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie tweeted on Monday that Hemsky will be going to market as an unrestricted free agent on July 1. http://www.cheapairmax720ireland.com/ .That means, of course, that John Wall beat the Spurs for the first time ever — within weeks of his first wins in head-to-head games against nemeses Chris Paul and Derrick Rose. Air Max 270 Cheap Online . Tensions rose in the first period when Penguins defenceman Brooks Orpik hit Bruins forward Loui Eriksson with what appeared to be a clean hit. Air Max 720 Sale . According to bodog.ca, Cleveland moved up to grab the best odds to win the Larry OBrian trophy at 4-1 on Friday. By comparison, the Miami Heats odds plummeted from 3-1 favourites before LeBron left, to 50-1.Lewis Hamilton is in meltdown after his blunders both on and off the track at the Japanese GP, according to Mondays papers. The Brit fell 33 points behind Nico Rosberg after finishing third in Suzuka following a poor start, while he cancelled two media briefings claiming he was disrespected by the written press.Hamiltons disastrous and possibly decisive weekend in the title race followed his use of Snapchat during Thursdays press conference, for which he was heavily criticised by Fleet Street. And, as Kevin Eason writes in The Times, his overblown reaction revealed a delicate ego and a fragile mental state. Japanese GP winners & losersExecutives were mouthing the word meltdown afterwards to describe Hamiltons mood after a tumultuous three days in which he slid from cocky prankster to sullen loser as he realised that this world championship is slipping through his fingers, continues Eason.While Hamilton donned a tin hat and dug his solitary trench after declaring war on the worlds press, Rosberg kept himself to himself as he has all season; head down and focus on his mantra, he says. And it works. Lewis Hamilton drops back to eighth after a poor start in the Japanese GP The Telegraphs Daniel Johnson agrees that Mercedes fear their lead driver is in meltdown at one of the most critical junctures of his career while citing that Hamilton is cracking under pressure from his team-mate.Hamilton is without a victory in five Grands Prix while Rosberg continues to flourish, and the German can afford to cruise to a maiden title with just four races remaining. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. The extra few per cent which ensured in the last two years that Rosberg was left trailing have gone missing, Johnson writes. More worrying are signs the apparent psychological fortitude he has built up can crumble so spectacularly under pressure from Rosberg. Nico and Lewis in 2016: A sprint to the finish Nico Rosberg Lewis Hamilton Points 313 280 Best possible finish 413 380 What they need for title 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st* *four wins would still not guarantee title Hamilton hits the self-destruct button, is the headline on Johnsons article, while The Daily Mail reports that Lewis needs title miracle as blunder lets Nico coast to win.dddddddddddd A Monday piece in The Guardian, meanwhile, focuses on Hamiltons Snapchat antics.It is a testament to Hamiltons apparently bottomless reserves of childishness that he somehow contrived to emerge from what should have been a relatively amusing wheeze looking utterly charmless, writes Barry Glendenning. Lewis Hamilton says his horror start in Suzuka was down to wheelspin Increasingly prone to conducting himself in the manner of a man who believes he is some sort of riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, more often than not his attempts to appear brooding and inscrutable come across as the childishness of a paranoid brat.The reaction to Hamiltons cancelled post-qualifying press briefing was also explosive within Fleet Street, with Johnson writing in the Sunday Telegraph that Hamiltons bizarre behaviour left Mercedes red-faced again.Wolff: Lewis form not affectedIn another sign that Hamilton has the freedom to act as he likes without fulfilling Mercedes wishes, the world champion suggested he would not be fulfilling his written media duties much longer, Johnson continued.The Sunday Mirrors back page headline of the story was Berk in the Merc while The Suns respective headlines read Lew-sing plot and Ham snaps. Lewis Hamiltons dad insists disappointments on the track and distractions off it wont distract the world champions bid to retain the title Lewis Hamilton was all snap and no chat, penned Jonny Fordham. Hamilton was livid at the unsurprisingly negative reaction to his childish Snapchat antics.Now the growing feeling among the paddock is that Hamilton does not just run Merc but the whole of Formula One and he has become untouchable. But this is Hamiltons world. A social media bubble where his die-hard fans worship motorsports Mr Marmite like a leader of a cult.Dont miss The F1 Reports review of the Japanese GP on Sky Sports F1 at 8.30pm on Wednesday eveningYou can watch Englands tour of Bangladesh, plus Premier League football and the British Masters on Sky Sports. Upgrade now and enjoy three months at half price! 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