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CHARLOTTE, N. Yeezy 350 V2 Sesame Pas Cher .C. - After two disappointing losses, the Charlotte Bobcats bounced back in a big way. Al Jefferson scored 28 points and two others finished with more than 20 as the Bobcats routed the Portland Trail Blazers 124-94 on Saturday night. Kemba Walker added 26 and Gerald Henderson 23 for Charlotte, which posted season bests in points and margin of victory to snap a two-game losing streak. "Its a good win for us, and a good bounce back," Bobcats coach Steve Clifford said. "Theyre an exceptional offensive team, but you could tell our guys were ready to play from the start of the game. When guys came in off the bench, they were ready as well." The Bobcats shot 52 per cent from the field (49 of 94), outscored the Trail Blazers in the paint 54-32 and held a 50-36 rebounding advantage over Portland, which had won its last four games against Charlotte. But the Trail Blazers, playing without leading scorer LaMarcus Aldridge, could never get on track against the Bobcats, trailing by as many as 34 points late in the second half in losing for the first time in their last three games. "Thats when were at our best," Jefferson said. "If you look at all the big wins weve had, especially at home, we had a great start. You could tell in shootaround today that we were focused, we were locked in and we knew that we needed this win tonight." Damian Lillard scored 20 points, Dorell Wright added 17 and Wesley Matthews 15 for Portland, which shot 40.5 per cent (34 of 84) and made just 9 of 27 3-pointers. That allowed the Bobcats to bolt to an early double-digit lead, extend it to as many as 26 points late in the first half, then weather a half-hearted Trail Blazers comeback attempt early in the third quarter. "They shot the ball well, passed the ball well, rebounded the ball well, defended well and basically outplayed us," Portland coach Terry Stotts said. "We certainly could have played better, but they were clicking on all cylinders. "You dont want to just dismiss it as one of those games. You want to learn from it. But losing by 30 points, we dont have the luxury not to play better." Down 69-46 at the half, the Trail Blazers cut Charlottes lead to 17 points three times in the third quarter, the last at 77-60 on Matthews layup with 6:22 left. But Jefferson hit a jumper, followed by a 3-pointer by Walker to push the Bobcats lead back past the 20-point mark, and Portland never challenged again. Charlotte took its biggest lead of the game in the final two minutes behind its reserves, with Jannero Pargos 3-pointer with 1:22 remaining putting the Bobcats ahead 122-88. Behind Jefferson, Walker and Henderson, who combined for 48 points, Charlotte put together two of its best quarters this season in taking command of Saturdays game. After missing its first two shots of the game, the Bobcats hit 11 straight — four by Jefferson, three by Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, and two each from Henderson and Walker — to pull ahead 23-9 with 5:03 remaining in the first quarter. "We wanted to double Big Al and take away his post-ups," Lillard said. "Sometimes we didnt even get a chance to double him, and hes already scoring or making good passes out of the post. We were just scrambling the whole time." The Trail Blazers cut the Bobcats lead to 10 points four times late in the quarter, the last at 31-21 on Mo Williams jumper with 54 seconds remaining, and were down 11 points at the end of the quarter. But Charlotte opened the second quarter with 11 unanswered points, with Josh McRoberts two free throws with 10:03 left putting the Bobcats up 42-22, their first 20-point lead of the half. Charlotte took its biggest lead of the half at 26 points late in the second quarter, with Jeffersons layup with 1:43 left capping a 10-3 run for a 67-41 bulge. "Were going to have a good chance to win if all three of us are playing well offensively," Henderson said, referring to Jefferson and Walker. "Were not always going to score that every night, but if we can play the kind of defence that we did tonight, we should have a good chance to win." Notes: Stotts had no update on the return of Aldridge, who leads the team in scoring (23.4 points) and rebounding (11.1 per game). He has missed Portlands last five games with a low back contusion. ... The Bobcats (34-36) are in seventh place in the Eastern Conference standings, 1 1/2 games ahead of Atlanta (31-36) and 1 1/2 games behind sixth-place Washington (36-33) with 12 games remaining. Yeezy Boost 350 v2 Cream White Pas Cher . Head of clinic Josef Obrist tells the Austria Press Agency on Thursday that Morgenstern "is doing surprisingly well. ... He still has a memory gap but thats nothing unusual." Morgenstern has moved to a rehabilitation clinic in Klagenfurt for further recovery. Yeezy 350 V2 Black Non-Reflective Pas Cher .J. -- Richard Sherman, Russell Wilson and Marshawn Lynch deservedly draw the attention for what theyve done in getting the Seattle Seahawks to the Super Bowl.Drivers, team bosses and pundits have called for F1s new qualifying format to be scrapped immediately after its disastrous introduction at the Australian GP on Saturday. The FIA announced the radical shake-up in a bid to introduce more unpredictability into the race weekends just three weeks ago, but Sky Sports News understands that the new format could be scrapped as early as Monday.Drivers were eliminated every 90 seconds in Q1, Q2 and Q3 but while it provided excitement early on, the final few minutes of qualifying saw drivers sitting in the pits and standing on weighing scales as Lewis Hamilton secured pole position. Sky F1 pundit Martin Brundle said: I dont like it, its not acceptable and its got to change. It doesnt work and it has to go before Bahrain. Sky Sports F1s Martin Brundle and David Croft give their damning verdict on the new F1 qualifying format which resulted in no action for the last four min We need to find some other ways to liven up Sunday. It needs putting in the skip.Conclusions from qualifying for the Australian GPMercedes boss Toto Wolff described the new format as rubbish while Sky F1s Johnny Herbert said the anti-climax finish had been embarrassing. A scathing Christian Horner added: First of all, we should apologise. The intentions were well meant but we have got it wrong. We need to address it immediately. What we saw today wasnt good for Formula 1. We gave it a go, but it didnt work and lets sort it out for Bahrain.Sky F1 commentator David Croft argued the revamp had the potential to be a thoroughly exciting format but would need tinkering to prove a success. Qualifying report Lewis Hamilton dominates in Australia to take pole In a sporting context you could argue that was pretty much a disaster, he said.The first few minutes of each session saw all the cars remaining fighting for a quick time to avoid being in the drop-out zone, with Daniil Kvyat the first high-profile casualty in Q1.But as the afternoon progressed at Albert Park the sight of drivers sitting in the pits rather than trying to better their time became an all-too familiar occurrence as the teams struggled to find the time to change tyres and then get them out on a flying lap.I dont understand why all the people are so surprised now. It was clear what was going to happen, there were plenty of engineers and other brains that, basically, had sort of predicted what would happen, said Ferraris Sebastian Vettel. Its definitely the wrong way to go. Head of Mercedes Motorsport Toto Wolff said the new qualifying format is rubbish, and thinks discussions will take place over reverting to last years form It always looked like Hamilton, Nico Rosberg, Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen would be the final four but with minutes remaining in Q3 the Ferrari team made the call not send their drivers out again. Fausse Yeezy Boost 350 v2 Pas Cher. As a result, Hamilton effectively secured pole position with five minutes of Q3 still on the clock.The crescendo was the guy getting out of the car, complained Damon Hill. Hamilton could have waved his own chequered flag for pole with four minutes still to go.The fact that many cars were eliminated while they were midway through an, often quick, lap was also criticised. McLarens Jenson Button thinks that the new qualification system hasnt changed anything but thinks the team are starting the season in a better position. The hour of qualifying is not long enough, Brundle added. If they dont go back to old system, they at least have to delay the time when youre getting thrown out and shorten it from 90 seconds so people can get out there and get their laps done.How did the fans know what was going on?Sky Sports News HQs Craig Slater said that there was a unanimous desire among both the team bosses and the drivers themselves and other power brokers within the sport to get qualifying changed before the Bahrain GP.There will be some kind of meeting on Monday of the strategy group, perhaps via fax or email. The Formula 1 commission can vote on it via those means.It does need to be unanimous at this stage for the rules to be changed during the season itself but I understand that will happen, and well get back to something like last seasons format in time for the second race of the championship. Ted Kravitz brings you all the latest news from qualifying at the Australian Grand Prix. The first race of the 2016 F1 season, the Australian GP, is exclusively live on Sky Sports F1. The race in Melbourne starts at 5am on Sunday March 20. Every race live in 2016 Sky Sports F1 brings you every race live in 2016. Fast and easy online upgrade - click here. Also See: Hamilton on pole in Australia Every 2016 race live ' ' '
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