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He needed surgery on his left knee to fix a problem in March.Davis was scheduled for more evaluation on his ankle Thursday, when the team is back in New Orleans. The Pelicans 13-hour flight home from Beijing was scheduled to land around 2:40 a.m. Eastern time.New Orleans used 42 different starting lineups in 82 games last season -- only one of those lineups for more than six games. And this season is starting with an array of injury concerns for the Pelicans, even before Davis got hurt when he was going against Houston center Nene during the first quarter.Guard ETwaun Moore (right heel contusion) got hurt Wednesday as well. Tyreke Evans and Quincy Pondexter didnt even make the trip to China while dealing with the aftermath of knee surgeries, and starting point guard Jrue Holiday is out indefinitely to be with his wife, former U.S. soccer star Lauren Holiday -- who was diagnosed with a brain tumor while pregnant with the couples first child.The Holidays daughter was born last month, and Lauren Holiday is expected to have surgery to remove the benign tumor later this fall.---ROCKETS 116, PELICANS 104BEIJING -- James Harden scored 14 points and handed out eight assists for Houston, which remained unbeaten in four preseason games and swept two matchups with New Orleans on this trip to China.Bobby Brown led the Rockets with 18 points. Quinn Cook had 20 points for New Orleans, on 7 for 9 shooting.ROCKETS: Houston led by 25 points at halftime. ... Rookie Chinanu Onuaku had two points, notable that they came on free throws he shot underhanded -- something he did last season in college at Louisville as well.PELICANS: Langston Galloway had 16 points for New Orleans. ... First-round pick Buddy Hield missed all four of his shots and went scoreless. ... The Pelicans had 27 assists on 36 field goals.UP NEXT: Houston (4-0) plays host to Memphis on Saturday. New Orleans (1-3) goes to Atlanta on Tuesday.---SPURS 95, MAGIC 89ORLANDO, Fla. -- Pau Gasol scored 14 points for San Antonio, which won despite shooting 39 percent.LaMarcus Aldridge and Bryn Forbes each added 12 for the Spurs. Evan Fournier led all scorers with 20 for Orlando, while Jeff Green scored 11 for the Magic.SPURS: Tony Parker and Kawhi Leonard both got the night off. ... San Antonio held Orlando without a field goal for nearly four minutes in the fourth quarter while pulling away.MAGIC: Bismack Biyombo had nine points and 11 rebounds. ... Orlando committed 23 turnovers. ... Aaron Gordon and Nik Vucevic each grabbed 10 rebounds, neither playing more than 21 minutes. ... Serge Ibaka made his debut with the Magic, scoring seven points in 20 minutes.UP NEXT: San Antonio (3-1) hosts Miami on Friday. Orlando (0-3) hosts Indiana on Friday.---PACERS 101, BUCKS 83EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Indiana outscored Milwaukee 49-12 over the final 17 minutes of the first half, going into the break with a 62-31 lead and cruising from there.Rodney Stuckey led the Pacers with 21 points. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 20 points, six assists and five rebounds in 24 minutes for Milwaukee.BUCKS: Jabari Parker, John Henson and Michael Carter-Williams each scored 11 points. ... The Bucks were plus-12 when Henson was on the floor.PACERS: Paul George (illness) got the night off. ... Stuckey was 4-for-4 from 3-point range. ... Jeff Teague scored 15 points and Lavoy Allen finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds. ... Al Jefferson grabbed 10 rebounds, all defensive, in 21 minutes.UP NEXT: Milwaukee (2-1) hosts Chicago on Saturday. Indiana (3-1) hosts former coach Frank Vogel and Orlando on Friday.---TIMBERWOLVES 105, NUGGETS 88LINCOLN, Neb. -- Karl-Anthony Towns, Andrew Wiggins and Shabazz Muhammad each scored 18 points for Minnesota, and the Timberwoves pulled away in the second half.Wilson Chandler scored 16 points for Denver, which got 14 from Jamal Murray.NUGGETS: Denver shot 15 percent (3-20) from 3-point range and committed 25 turnovers. ... The Nuggets were outscored 55-38 in the middle two quarters.TIMBERWOLVES: Ricky Rubio had eight assists. ... Towns had eight rebounds and Muhammad shot 7-for-10 in 19 minutes. ... Minnesota shot 38 free throws in the game, 31 of those in the first half.UP NEXT: Denver (2-2) hosts Golden State on Friday. Minnesota (2-1) plays Miami in Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday. Nike Sb Shoes On Sale . 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Hernandez plunked pinch-hitter Reed Johnson and Andrelton Simmons with pitches before Jason Heywards tying RBI double scored Johnson from second base. Simmons scored the go-ahead run from first on the same play as Kubels throw to Eric Chavez bounced wide left of the third baseman. "Im always ready for a mistake," Simmons said. "As soon as I saw the ball leaving his glove, I was gone." The Braves rallied for their 23rd comeback victory, tops in the National League. Atlanta has won two straight and four of five to lead Washington by 6 1/2 games in the NL East. The Diamondbacks, who have 22 comeback wins, have lost four of five. Braves starter Tim Hudson extended his winless streak to 10 straight starts, allowing five hits, four runs and four walks with two strikeouts in 5 2-3 innings. Hernandez (4-5) allowed hits and four runs with no walks or strikeouts in one-third of an inning. He has allowed 10 runs over his last eight games. "Its a game we should have won," Hernandez said. 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Kennedy fell behind 2-0 in the third when Justin Upton singled and scored on Freddie Freemans eighth homer. Hudson, who began the game with a 16.88 ERA with runners in scoring position, laboured in the 27-pitch fourth as Arizona tied it at 2-all. But the Braves took advantage of Kennedys control problems in the fifth, scoring two runs without getting a hit and by putting just one ball, B.J. Uptons sacrifice fly RBI, in play. Kennedy walked three of the first four batters he faced, getting chased on his free pass to Brian McCann. Will Harris, the next Arizona pitcher, walked the first batter he faced, Uggla, to score Heyward. Uptons sacrifice fly scored Freeman to make it 4-2. Kennedy was making his first appearance since serving a 10-game suspension imposed following a brawl between the Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 11. "I definitely could tell I wasnt in sync after taking that down time," Kennedy said. "Command-wise, I didnt feel that good. It shows when I was out there. Taking 10 days off is a long time. Hopefully next time is better." Making his seventh straight start on the road, Kennedy dropped to 1-4 with a 6.28 ERA in 10 starts away from Phoenix. "Any way you look at it, we havent played as good defensively as we were earlier in the year," Gibson said. "Our bullpen is not nearly as good, our starting pitching hasnt been as good, we havent hit with any consistency, so there you have it. Well have to figure things out, well have to switch things around." Notes: Chavez went 1 for 5 with five runners left on base in his first game since May 30. Chavez was returning from a strained right oblique. He popped out with runners on first and second against Luis Avilan to end the seventh. ... Putz was activated from disabled list before the game. The Arizona closer had been sidelined since May 7 with a strained right elbow. ... The teams combined to use 13 pitchers. ' ' '