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Before Anna Meares pursues Olympic gold glory in Rio, the champion Australian cyclist chose to make peace. Rex Burkhead Jersey .Her nemesis was not a competitor, but a near vertical bend on Los Angeles Velo Sports Center velodrome.The Australian track cycling team has set up camp in California for two weeks before jetting to Rio de Janeiro, but for Meares the return to LA meant visiting the spot for the first time where she crashed and broke her neck at a World Cup race just before the 2008 Beijing Olympics.I was a little bit emotional, Meares said before a training session at the velodrome on Friday.The first thing Meares did when she arrived was to walk the track alone.I sat on that bend and made friends with the track, she said. We have been getting along great.Meares miraculously bounced back from the horrific 65km/h crash that also dislocated a shoulder, getting on a bike 10 days later and winning silver in Beijing.The 32-year-old is Australias most successful track cyclist, with two Olympic gold medals and was named flag bearer for what will be her fourth Games.After soaking up the Californian summer sun, including creating quite a spectacle riding with her Australian teammates on cycle paths along Manhattan Beach, Meares says she is in the best mental and physical condition.Whether that is enough to deliver gold medals, I dont know, Meares, who will race the sprint, team sprint and keirin events, said.The past three Olympics, she skipped the opening ceremonies to rest her body, but she believes being flag-bearer and the eight hours on her feet will inspire her.She has six days after the ceremony to recover before her first race. Meares laughed when it was suggested some of her burly Australian weightlifter teammates could carry her around the opening ceremony.That would be fun, but potential for risk of injury, she said. Mike Gillislee Jersey .Y. -- Injured Buffalo Sabres forward Marcus Foligno did not practice with the team Monday and head coach Ron Rolston said its unlikely hell play in Wednesdays season opener in Detroit. LaAdrian Waddle Jersey .com) - Following a late-game loss to the reigning NBA champs, the Toronto Raptors will look to sustain their recent high-level play as they travel to Indiana to take on the Pacers. http:///...m-butler-jersey.html . On Tuesday, Ottawa placed forward Cory Conacher and defenceman Joe Corvo on waivers as trade rumours swirl around the Senators. PHOENIX -- Eric Bledsoe took over in overtime, and all Kristaps Porzingis could do was sit and watch.That was the difference in the Phoenix Suns 113-111 victory over the New York Knicks on Tuesday night.Bledsoe scored the go-ahead points on a driving, left-handed layup with 30 seconds to play, the last of eight straight points for the Suns point guard in OT.Bledsoe is Bledsoe on the offensive end, Phoenix coach Earl Watson said. Twelve of 12 at the free-throw line, which is big-time, big-time baskets down the stretch, attacking the rim.Porzingis scored 34 points for New York, one shy of his career high, before fouling out with 1:34 left in OT.Carmelo Anthony capped a 3-for-15 shooting night with an air ball that resulted in a 24-second clock violation with 5.9 seconds left.Devin Bookers two free throws with 5.2 seconds remaining boosted the lead to 113-110, and the Suns, coming off an overtime home loss to New Orleans on Sunday night, held on from there.New Yorks Derrick Rose didnt play in the second half due to back spasms.The game was intense and physical with six technical fouls, four against Phoenix. P.J. Tucker set the tone with his defense on Anthony.They got under (our skin), we got under theirs, Tucker said. It got real chippy. I love it when it gets like that.Anthony, though, said it was more me than anything they were doing.Kyle OQuinn, who scored 22 points for New York, made the first free throw to cut the lead to 113-111 with 4 seconds left and purposely missed the second. Lance Thomas tip attempt in a crowd didnt go, and Tucker grabbed the ball for Phoenix.Tucker missed two free throws with 1.2 seconds remaining, but it didnt matter in a victory that spoiled the return to Phoenix for Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek, who was fired as Suns coach 10 months ago.Tyson Chandler grabbed a season-best 23 rebounds for Phoenix, giving him 44 in his last two games. Rookie Marquese Chriss had 14 points, 12 rebounds and a soaring block of Justin Holidays layup in overtime.The Suns led by as many as 14 in the third quarter. Neither team scored in the final 1:46 of regulation.Our bench guys did a nicce job to get us back in the fourth quarter, Hornacek said, but we just couldnt finish it. Brandon Bolden Jersey. MINI-RUMBLEFour technical fouls and a flagrant-1 foul were called after a mini-rumble erupted in the third quarter. It began when Porzingis ran over Bledsoe, and then Chriss threw Porzingis to the floor. Porzingis got up and there was some shoving in a confrontation between the two teams.Chriss drew a flagrant-1 foul and a technical. Technicals also were called on Bledsoe, Porzingis and Brandon Jennings.A Knick fan behind the scorers table was tossed for his heated reaction, aimed at Chriss, to the commotion.Watson didnt mind the 19-year-old Chriss play at all.Marquese Chriss has to become our Draymond Green, Watson said. And I think he gave you an example or a flash of what that can be, as far as getting a flagrant, protecting his teammate. I have no problems with that. We need a presence on the court that brings fight to our team that is kind of contagious.The incident seemed to get Porzingis going, too. The Knicks were glad to see the usually mild-mannered Latvian get so fired up.He needed it, Anthony said. Sometime people try to take advantage of his kindness and I thought it was getting a little bit too much out there for him and he reacted. We had his back out there.TIP INSTKnicks: New York had started 2-0 on a road trip of at least five games for the first time since February of 2003. ... Joakim Noah missed five consecutive free throws in the final 2:08 of the first half.Suns: Booker made a huge block of Anthonys shot in the third quarter, leading to Chandlers score at the other end. ... Alex Len sat out the game with a hip bruise. ... Booker has 1,490 points in his first 100 NBA games. In Suns history, only Walter Davis, Alvan Adams and Armon Gilliam scored more in that span.UP NEXTKnicks: The competition gets tougher when New York plays at Golden State on Thursday night.Suns: Phoenix closes out a three-game homestand by facing San Antonio on Thursday night. 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