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DALLAS -- Rookie Dorian Finney-Smith scored a season-high 17 points, leading six Dallas players in double figures as the Mavericks beat the Sacramento Kings 99-79 Sunday.After losing at Sacramento by 31 points 11 days ago, the Mavericks started fast. They made 11 of their first 15 shots and never trailed.Deron Williams, Harrison Barnes and Wesley Matthews each scored 15 for Dallas.DeMarcus Cousins scored 33 for Sacramento. The Kings were minus second-leading scorer Rudy Gay, who missed his third consecutive game because of a strained right hip flexor. Josh Donaldson Braves Jersey . Darren Helm scored on Detroits sixth attempt in the shootout and then Jonas Gustavsson stopped Andrew Shaws shot, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-4 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night. Mike Soroka Jersey .com) - The Montreal Canadiens will try to halt their longest losing streak of the season when they host the struggling New York Islanders in tonights clash at the Bell Centre. https://www.cheapbraves.com/303o-ender-inciarte-jersey-braves.html . McPhee said that Ovechkins father Mikhail is in stable condition after having the surgery this week and is no longer in intensive care. "Weve told him to stay as long as necessary with your dad," he said. Ovechkin and his Russian national team were eliminated from the mens hockey tournament in Sochi on Wednesday with a 3-1 quarter-final loss to Finland. Joe Torre Braves Jersey .J. -- Marty Brodeur beat the Pittsburgh Penguins yet again. Greg Maddux Jersey . Rousey will put her perfect 8-0 record and hardware on the line against another undefeated fighter, 7-0 Sara McMann in the main event of UFC 170, which will be held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas Nevada on February 22nd. Weve all been there: Your favorite team encounters tough times and your focus turns from the misfortunes of the big club to that group of cant miss prospects down on the farm.For me, when I was young, it was the early 1970s Philadelphia Phillies. In 1971, they finished last in the NL East, 4? games behind a third-year expansion team from Montreal that had lost 110 games its first season. Instead of focusing on the travails of Joe Lis and Bobby Pfeil, I read the newspaper references to youngsters such as Mike Schmidt, Greg Luzinski and Mike Anderson and dreamed of better days to come.Trouble is, those guys dont always pan out (see also, Mike Anderson). Even among those who go on to have successful major league careers, the payoff at the major league level isnt always immediate. Hall of Famer Schmidt had a cup of coffee in the bigs in 72, and then batted .196 in his first full year as a reegular in 1973 before lifting off from there.dddddddddddd.Over the past couple of years, there have been a number of young prospects who have not paid immediate dividends. These range from high-end prospects such as Byron Buxton, Joey Gallo and Orlando Arcia, to accomplished Cuban veteran Yulieski Gurriel, to under-the-radar breakthrough Mallex Smith. Ultimately, their ability to handle adversity and make the necessary adjustments under the glare of MLB-level pressure will determine their respective places in the game.But what do the numbers tell us? Looking at some granular ball-in-play data for these players, lets compare some of those markers to some current upper-end major leaguers who struggled at first before rising to their current station in the game. ' ' '