the The Monster in his 1951 U.S. Open victory.Meyer beat Alex Smalley, the Duke sophomore from Wake Forest, North Carolina, who led stroke-play qualifying, 4 and 3 in the morning a

As the Denver Nuggets have tried to find footing through injuries and inconsistency, one thing has emerged for this team: Wilson Chandler has become their best player.Chandler may be the best-kept secret early in the NBA season. Even though he has primarily come off the bench, he is averaging a team-high 18.3 points, with 7.7 rebounds, after missing all of 2015-16 due to a hip injury.In short, he has become the most invaluable player for Denver.Its too early to start talking about sixth man of the year and all of that stuff, Nuggets coach Michael Malone told The Denver Post. But hes been our MVP.Chandler has been lights out of late. In the last eight games, he is averaging 21.8 points and 8.6 rebounds while the rotation has been in constant flux. In that time Danilo Gallinari, Will Barton, Gary Harris and Juancho Hernangomez have been out with injuries at various points.Chandler has been the rock for Denver (7-10), and he will try to continue that play against the Miami Heat on Wednesday night.Hes probably playing at one of the highest levels in the league right now, point guard Emmanuel Mudiay told The Denver Post. Hes a mismatch problem. Him playing (power forward) is helping us a lot. Hes making tough shots.The Nuggets may get reinforcements for their game Wednesday night. Gallinari (thigh), Hernangomez (ankle) and Barton (personal reasons) practiced Monday. Gallinari has missed the last three games and Hernangomez two straight.The Heat are coming off two straight home losses as they embark on a three-game Western Conference road swing. They were bolstered by the return of Wayne Ellington in a loss to Boston on Monday.His shooting from the 3-point line could help inject some life into Miamis perimeter shooting.I know I can help in that area, Ellington, who had been out since the preseason finale due to a thigh bruise, told the Sun-Sentinel. And thats really what I do. Ill continue to catch my rhythm and get better while Im out there.The Heat (5-12) are still trying to figure things out after star Dwyane Wade signed with Chicago in the summer. Things will be tough with the absence of Dion Waiters (groin) and Justise Winslow (left wrist), who both didnt make the trip.Center Hassan Whiteside, who had an MRI on his sore left knee Monday, and point guard Goran Dragic, who had 27 points and 17 assists in the loss to the Celtics, are also ailing. Whiteside told the Sun-Sentinel the MRI came back negative.It eased my mind a lot, he said. Because it was very painful. It was bothering me, so its just swelling and Im going to stay on it and just keep icing it and taking care of my knees.The Heat will need his rebounding against Denvers active frontcourt. Kenneth Faried has played well since being put back in the starting lineup for Nikola Jokic, and 7-footer Jusuf Nurkic is a load in the middle.The biggest concern for Miami should be Chandler, who is feeling healthy and enjoying a career year after injuries cost him 153 games since his first full season in Denver in 2011-2012.I was derailed a lot. It happens, he told The Denver Post. Its part of the game. So this is the first time I was able to come back fully healthy, start the season off 100 percent. And I was able to work on my game.Cheap Shoes NZ Online .R. Smith realized how easily basketball can be taken from him, and he wasnt going to take his place in the NBA for granted anymore. Cheap Basketball Shoes NZ From China . 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The recently retired Stern was elected Friday to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and will be enshrined with the class of 2014 on Aug.RIO DE JANEIRO -- Stacy Lewis made 11 birdies on Thursday to match the low score at Olympic Golf Course with an 8-under 63, putting her right in the mix for a gold medal.The American had no complaints about her golf or her position at the halfway point of the first Olympic womens golf competition since 1900. Lewis was one shot behind Inbee Park, the South Korean player who birdied her last two holes for another 5-under 66.Charley Hull kept alive British hopes for a gold medal sweep in golf with a 66 that left the Englishwoman tied with Canadas Brooke Henderson, two shots behind Park.Lewis piled up the birdies, finishing with four in a row, the last one the most unlikely. Her tee shot on the par-5 18th failed by a foot to clear a bunker, and the ball stayed on the steep slope of soft sand.She hit one of her best shots with a 7-iron to advance it down the fairway, and then did even better with a hybrid from 199 yards to 4 feet for her 63. Marcus Fraser of Australia also shot a 63 in the opening round of the mens competition last week on a course set up about 900 yards longer.Henderson birdied the final four holes for a 64.Thailands Ariya Jutanugarn, the first-round leader, had a 72 to fall five shots out of the lead. Top-ranked Lydia Ko of New Zealand was seven strokes back after a 70.WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIPGREENSBORO, N.C. -- Rested after the Rio Olympics, Rafa Cabrera Bello shot a 7-under 63 on in the Wyndham Championship for a share of the first-round lead with Kevin Na.Cabrera Bello eagled the par-5 fifth and closed the bogey-free round with a birdie on Sedgefields par-4 ninth. On Sunday, the 32-year-old Spaniard tied for fifth in Rio.Na had seven birdies in his bogey-free round in the PGA Tours final regular-season event. The American tied for eighth last week in the John Deere Classic.Luke Donald, Brandt Snedeker, Derek Fathauer, New Zealand Olympian Danny Lee and Peter Malnati shot 65. Donald made a hole-in-one on the 16th.Jim Furyk had a 66 in his first round since shooting the first 58 in PGA Tour history two weeks ago in the final round of the Travelers Championship.ddddddddddddPatrick Reed also had a 66. He won the 2013 event for his first tour title.U.S. Olympic teammate Rickie Fowler birdied his last two holes for a 67. He tied for 37th in Rio.U.S. AMATEURBLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. -- Michigan sophomore Nick Carlson won two matches on the 19th hole at Oakland Hills to advance to the U.S. Amateur quarterfinals.Carlson, from Hamilton, Michigan, beat British Amateur champion Scott Gregory of England in the morning round of 32, and topped Thailands KK Limbhasut in the afternoon round of 16.Carlson will face Illinois junior Dylan Meyer of Evansville, Indiana, on the Donald Ross-designed South Course that Ben Hogan dubbed the The Monster in his 1951 U.S. Open victory.Meyer beat Alex Smalley, the Duke sophomore from Wake Forest, North Carolina, who led stroke-play qualifying, 4 and 3 in the morning and outlasted Englands Sam Horsfield in 19 holes in the afternoon.In the other upper-bracket quarterfinal, Pepperdines Sahith Theegala of Chino Hills, California, will face Australias Curtis Luck. In the lower bracket, Southern Californias Jonah Texeira of Porter Ranch, California, will play LSUs Luis Gagne of Orlando, Florida, and former Stanford player David Boote of Wales will face Oklahomas Brad Dalke of Norman, Oklahoma.CZECH MASTERSVYSOKY UJEZD, Czech Republic -- Englands Ryan Evans birdied the final hole for a 6-under 66 and the first-round lead in the Czech Masters.The 29-year-old Evans, winless in the European Tour, had a one-stroke lead over defending champion Thomas Pieters of Belgium and Peter Hanson of Sweden at the Albatross Golf Resort. Pieters was fourth last week in the Rio Olympics.John Daly opened with a 69, and Englands Lee Westwood had a 70. ' ' '