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He sat out the following game, a 108-107 win Saturday in Portland, before coming back to help send the Nuggets to their seventh consecutive loss. Discount Nike Sneakers Canada . The Americans, skipped by John Shuster, seized the advantage in the eighth end by scoring five points for a 7-3 lead. The Czechs pulled two back in the ninth, but Shusters team of third Jeff Isaacson, second Jared Zezel and lead John Landsteiner ended with another point to secure the last Olympic berth on offer. http://www.discountsneakerscanada.com/ .Y. -- Paul Byron and Matt Stajan scored as the Calgary Flames started a five-game road trip with a 2-1 overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday afternoon. Cheap Sneakers Canada . After Mondays hard-fought loss, the wait seemed longer than usual. Getting set to go their separate ways for a short Christmas break, the Raptors coach credited his team for their effort on a seemingly impossible three-game road trip, urging them to build on that success when they get back to work at the end of the week. Wholesale Sneakers Canada .com) - The Calgary Flames aim to bounce back from their first regulation home loss of the campaign on Friday night when they host a Detroit Red Wings club that they swept in three meetings a season ago.MADISON, Wis. -- With big men who can pass and a veteran guard who can get on a roll from 3-point territory, Wisconsin has the tools to shred a zone defense.Syracuse learned the hard way on Tuesday night.Ethan Happ had 24 points and 13 rebounds, zone-busting guard Bronson Koenig scored 20 points and the 17th-ranked Badgers defeated the 22nd-ranked Orange 77-60.Nigel Hayes added nine points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists.Shared the ball extremely well, were very unselfish. Made good adjustments, coach Greg Gard said. Just a group thats getting closer and closer together, and as we get closer and closer together, the chemistry gets better.Koenig, the seasoned senior, was 6 of 9 from 3-point range, and the Badgers (6-2) shot 48 percent overall (11 of 23) from behind the arc against the Oranges 2/3 zone.Coach Jim Boeheim said his team was still learning the intricacies of the zone early in the season.Our defense was not good the whole game, and our offense slipped in the second half, he said. But we just didnt cover the shooters.Wisconsin led by as much as 17 in the second half before Syracuse (4-2) went on a 6-0 run capped by John Gillons layup with 11:25 left. Two Wisconsin turnovers in that span with Koenig on the bench gave Syracuse the opening.Gard inserted Koenig back in the game and the Badgers went on a 7-2 run to retake a 16-point lead with 9:24 left.Andrew White III led Syracuse with 14 points, but went scoreless in the second half after Gard assigned 6-foot-8 Hayes to defend the 6-7 sharpshooter. DaJuan Coleman added 12 points.With deft ball-handlers Happ and Hayes up front, Wisconsin gave Syracuses zone fits.The 6-foot-8 Hayes found open shooters working from the high post. Happ expertly maneuvered around defenders in the low post for trademark baseline layups. Koenig softened up the zone from the perimeter.BIG PICTURESyracuse: White kept his team in the game early after the Orange trailed by 14 midway through the first half. The transfer from Nebraska has fit in nicely as a go-to scorer from the perimeter, and his 6-7 frame is well-suited for Boeheims zone. White was 4 of 6 from 3--point range in the first half, and Syracuse was able to chip away with Hayes and Koenig on the bench with two fouls apiece to get within 43-39 at halftime.ddddddddddddWisconsin: Gard preaches ball movement and the importance of making the extra pass, both keys to playing the zone. A senior-laden starting lineup also has the experience of facing different looks and pressure situations.LOCKDOWNSix-3 guard Zak Showalter had the initial defensive assignment on White before the Badgers switched to Hayes after halftime.I wanted to make sure that I tried to get at least one steal where I just knocked it out of his hands, Hayes said. That way hell shield the ball when he comes off a screen. It makes it a little harder for him to catch and shoot it if hes got the ball on his back hip trying to keep it away from me.LYDON DOWNSyracuse star Tyler Lydon finished with nine points, but was just 1 of 2 for two points in the second half. The 6-9 Lydon is starting at small forward.Its a little harder for him at the 3. Hes more effective offensively at center, Boeheim said. Hes being covered by a 6-4 guy and hes not really a post-up player. That guy is taking away his 3s out there.POLL IMPLICATIONSSyracuse: The Orange lost their second straight game after falling to South Carolina in New York on Saturday. They fell to their first ranked foe, albeit in a tough road environment. It could knock Syracuse down a spot or two in the next poll next week.Wisconsin: The Badgers picked up their first win over a ranked opponent, though how they fare in the next poll will be determined by whether they can beat Oklahoma on Saturday.UP NEXTSyracuse: Returns to the Carrier Dome on Saturday to host North Florida following a two-game swing away from home.Wisconsin: A tough early-season schedule continues when the Sooners visit Madison on Saturday.---For more college basketball: http://collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25---Follow Genaro Armas at: https://twitter.com/GArmasAP ' ' '