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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Indiana Pacers star Paul George has two missions at the Rio Olympics: Win his first gold medal and lift the spirits of fallen French gymnast Samir Ait Said.Between his 15- and 20-point performances in the Americans first two basketball victories in these Olympics, George was watching on television when Ait Said suffered a gruesome leg injury reminiscent of the compound fracture George suffered in Las Vegas on Aug. 1, 2014, in a Team USA scrimmage.Following Team USAs 44-point victory Monday night over Venezuela, George repeated his vow to build a friendship with the gymnast and to use himself as an example of an athlete who can make a full recovery from such a catastrophic fall.At some point ?Im going to go over there and have a chat with him, sit down with him, try to be an inspiration to him, George said. I know what its like going through it. Hopefully any words I can give is useful for him.Attempts to set up a meeting Monday had to be postponed because of Team USAs game-day schedule, but George has been talking for days about the painful sight of Ait Said breaking his left leg after an awkward landing after two backward flips.It would be an easy story to tell, George said of the message he plans to give Ait Said. I came back stronger and better for it. For his case, hopefully hes more athletic and its a story that, as well as mine, can inspire as well.Its all about encouragement, keeping his head into it. I know for him its tough, an Olympian, a gymnast, their window is just as small as ours. Hes probably been training his whole life for this opportunity. 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We had a lot of young guys and a few senior guys.[We were] obviously winning a few in a row and being confident. With the Tigers we hit the finals series on fire and then beat the Cowboys by 50-6 in the first week of the finals.Were not quite there with the Sharks yet. Weve still got six games to go but theres definitely the same sort of confidence within the team as there was with the Tigers.Theres been strong suggestions that Cronulla need a loss before the finals. Heighington himself knows from experience what a loss could mean for the Sharks.[At the Tigers in 2005], we won eight in a row and then we lost the final two games of the regular season, Heighington said.We actually lost a bit of confidence in those losses. We lost our way a bit and we were soul searching in the early part of the week going into the first week of the finals against North Queensland.It wasnt ideal losing those two games but it brought us back a bit and probably simplified our game a little bit, and we ended up coming away with another four wins to win the premiership.ddddddddddddIn saying that, to be honest, I dont think you have to lose a game along the way. Like who says you have to lose one? Who says you have to win them all? We can do whatever we want.If we make the Grand Final, then we make the Grand Final but were definitely not going to try drop a game or anything like that. Were just going to keep doing our thing to win every game.While theyre in the midst of potentially breaking the longest win streak since the Roosters 19-game haul in 1975, the Sharks are doing their best not to pay attention to it and focus on their upcoming opponent.We try not to, we dont really talk about it, Heighington said. We just try to get everything done and preparations to put in our best performance we can possibly put in. If it happens not to work out against the Titans, what can you do? But were definitely ticking every box possible to keep winning games.Along with Luke Lewis and James Maloney, Heighington isnt the only player who is desperate to repeat his grand final success and share the glory with a yearning fanbase craving its long-coveted first premiership.You try not to think about it (the fanbase) too much, Heighington said. Back in 2005, it all happened so quickly. I was so young at the time. Three games into a finals series and then were in the grand final and won it. You definitely want to do it for the fans and theyve been enjoying coming to watch us play and weve been enjoying playing in front of them. Youd love to get the job done for the fans.For the Cronulla Shire, theyre hoping its déjà vu for Heighington. ' ' '