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WASHINGTON -- While James Harden and the Houston Rockets aim for better results on their five-game road trip, the Washington Wizards hope the return of John Wall leads to a needed win.The Rockets (3-3) and Wizards (1-3) meet for the first of two games this season on Monday night after both sides lost on the road Saturday.Harden nearly pulled off a triple-double, but his 30 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds in Atlanta were in vain as the Hawks controlled the Rockets for a 112-97 win.Houston committed 25 turnovers, including six by Harden, and Atlanta shot 52.9 percent from the field.The Atlanta frontcourt of Dwight Howard, Paul Millsap and Kent Bazemore combined for 63 points on 25-of-42 shooting from the field as the Rockets fell to 1-2 on their road swing.At some point, weve got to guard a guy, Houston coach Mike DAntoni said. We didnt really get down and guard. We didnt battle hard enough.Harden ranks fourth in the NBA in scoring (31.5) and leads all players with 12.3 assists.Walls 10.0 assists slots Washingtons point guard third overall. Hell have a chance to improve that stat after sitting out Saturdays 88-86 loss at Orlando.The Wizards plan, according to coach Scott Brooks, involves resting the three-time All-Star in back-to-back game scenarios for the time being after Wall had two knee procedures during the offseason.The Wizards led 70-61 entering the fourth quarter on Saturday but soon fell back as the Magic scored 16 straight points. Late-game fades and spotty bench production have provided with an unwanted narrative early in the season.We have to find a way to be able to get stops and to be able to score the ball, Wizards guard Bradley Beal said. We have to do one or the other. The biggest thing we can control is our defense and that is all about effort and just wanting to play.I think Coach is pretty fed up with the way we are playing and I think he is going to start playing guys who want to play and guys who want to show up.Markieff Morris led the Wizards with 18 points, but his 3-point attempt at the buzzer missed after Washington took possession with 0.7 of a second remaining.We had a good look, Brooks said of Morris open shot off the inbounds pass. We cannot complain about having a chance to win the game on the road on a back-to-back. Our guys battled hard. They have nothing to be ashamed of.Unfortunately, we didnt get the win. We played well enough to win this game, though.The meeting is the first for former Wizards player Nene against his former team after playing parts of the previous five seasons in Washington. The Brazilian big man was a main cog for a team that reached the Eastern Conference semifinals in back-to-back seasons but missed the postseason with a 41-41 record in the previous season.Nene, who never played more than 67 games in a season with the Wizards, signed a one-year deal with Houston after Washington inked center Ian Mahinmi to a four-year, $64 million contract. The irony is Mahinmi has yet to play this season after suffering a knee injury. Nike Shox Cheap China .B. - Sebastien Auger made 44 saves as the Saint John Sea Dogs edged the visiting Acadie-Bathurst Titan 2-1 on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Clearance Nike Shox . -- Adam Snyder returned to the San Francisco 49ers this season because the offensive lineman thought it was his best opportunity to win a championship. http://www.nikeshoxdiscount.com/ . And when it opened, every player was at his stall. Thats a sure sign that a team is in a slump and is searching for answers. "Its embarrassing to be at home and play the way we did," said defenceman Josh Gorges. Nike Shox Clearance Wholesale . The Croatian served 21 aces and hit 42 winners against Sijsling, who double-faulted to give Cilic a 4-3 lead in the deciding set. "All the players, they know me and they were really happy to see me and they were really happy that this is over for me," Cilic said. Nike Shox China Wholesale . It was Kerbers third final of the year after losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in Monterrey in April and to Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic in Tokyo two weeks ago. The 10th-ranked German improved her record in finals to 3-5. CLEVELAND -- The Miami Marlins are reeling and the Cleveland Indians are dealing. On Sunday afternoon at Progressive Field, they will meet for the final game of their three-game series.In winning the first two games of the series, the Indians have outscored the Marlins 14-5. Clevelands two starting pitchers -- Carlos Carrasco and Trevor Bauer -- combined for a 1.72 ERA in the two games.In Clevelands 8-3 win on Saturday, Bauer gave up three runs and three hits in the first inning and no runs and no hits in the next seven innings, facing the minimum 21 batters.That was really impressive, Indians manager Terry Francona said of Bauer. You look up in the first inning and think we might be into our bullpen early, and then he (Bauer) pitches into the ninth.Its September, the Indians are in first place, and they are hot. Theyve won five games in a row, and the win Saturday pushed them to a season-high 22 games above .500 (78-56). In the American League Central race, the Indians lead over second-place Detroit is up to 5 1/2 games.The Marlins, meanwhile, are going in the opposite direction. Theyve lost seven of their last eight games and are 1-5 in the first six games of this seven-game trip to New York, where they played the Mets and Cleveland.The Marlins are trying to stay in the hunt for a wild-card berth in the National League, but the losses are starting to pile up.Saturdays loss dropped the Marlins reecord to 68-68.dddddddddddd. Its the first time they have been at .500 since they were 12-12 on May 1. They have lost 12 of their last 18 road games, dating to Aug. 1, and the Marlins have been held to three or fewer runs in 10 of their last 13 games. Their record in those 10 games is 2-8.Im not concerned with the guys mindset, but I am concerned with the results, Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. Were at the point where we have to win every game. The guys are playing hard. They have all year. But weve got to get it going again.The Marlins will try to get it turned around Sunday. The pitching matchup will be Clevelands Danny Salazar (11-6, 3.88 ERA) against Miamis Tom Koehler (9-10, 4.02).Salazar, who was selected to the American League All-Star team, was glad to see the end of August. In four starts in August, he was 0-3 with a 12.41 ERA. However, his last start in August was a good one, even though he was the losing pitcher in a 2-1 loss to Texas. In that game, Salazar pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing two runs and five hits with 10 strikeouts and two walks. This will be his first career appearance against the Marlins.Koehlers last win came Aug. 9. In four starts since then, he is 0-2 with a 5.09 ERA. This will be Koehlers first career appearance against the Indians. ' ' '