Former NBA star Steve Blake has enjoyed a winning start to his NBL career, helping the Sydney Kings to a hard-fought 87-78 win over Brisbane on Sunday.A crowd of 6,519 at Qudos Bank arena welcomed the ex-Los Angeles Lakers point guard, who was rushed into starting line-up after captain Kevin Lisch pulled out pre-game with a leg injury.But he showed why he spent 13 seasons in the NBA, shaking off a slow start to finish with a handy 12 points off 4-11 shooting to go with four assists and four rebounds in 36 minutes.With his team up by five points in the fourth quarter, he also hit a timely three-point bomb and showed a jolt of emotion after coming up with a key defensive stop on the next play.But while most of the spotlight was on the NBA veteran, it was Brad Newley who stole the show with arguably his best outing in Kings colours.The former Boomer scored a game-high 29 points, including a 17-point first half effort that negated a strong shooting night from Bullets guard Torrey Craig.Craig paced Brisbane with 22 points and 14 boards but received little help from his teammates, save for Cameron Bairstows 13 off the bench.The victory extends the Kings winning streak to five - the first time theyve put together that many victories since 2008 - and consolidates their spot atop the table, while the Bullets have now lost three of their past four.Brisbane jumped out of the blocks hot with four unanswered layups to force rookie Kings coach Andrew Gaze to burn a timeout barely two minutes into the game.But any early nerves were gone upon resumption as the Kings went on a 13-3 run, with Newley going toe-to-toe with Craig in a ding-dong individual offensive battle.Craig fired off a 13-point first half but Newleys intent, together with the Kings signature swarming defence, propelled his team to a seven point lead at the break.After sinking just one of his first six shots in the first half, Blake got going early in the second, and their advantage hit 12 points on a Jason Cadee three.The visitors refused to buckle and cut the deficit to two midway through the fourth but the Kings held on to exact revenge from their only loss of the season to the Bullets in round one. Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping . It was Kerbers third final of the year after losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in Monterrey in April and to Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic in Tokyo two weeks ago. The 10th-ranked German improved her record in finals to 3-5. Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys China . Booth picked up 65 caps after making her national team debut in 2002 at the age of 17. She most recently played for Sky Blue FC of the National Womens Soccer League. "It just felt like it was my time to move on," she said in a phone interview from her hometown of Burlington, Ont. http://www.wholesaleauthenticjerseys.us/ . Each of Houstons starters scored in double figures as the Rockets improved to 2-0 against the Spurs this season, with both victories coming on the road. They also moved within 3 1/2 games of San Antonio (22-7) for the lead the Southwest Division. Cheap Authentic NFL Jerseys . Gather a group of friends, or find a league to join online, draft your team, set your lineup and compete in a number of different formats. China NBA Jerseys Authentic . The quest begins with what is supposed to be an easy one, although Germany has traditionally been a stubborn opponent to Canadian teams at international tournaments. Stanford defensive lineman Harrison Phillips will not need surgery on the knee he injured during Fridays win over Kansas State, but he will likely miss the Cardinals next game against USC on Sept. 17.It should be a little bit of time, but theres no ligament damage, Stanford head coach David Shaw?said after Mondays practice. Its much better news than it could have been. Hes excited, and his family is very excited.Fifth-year senior Jordan Watkins, who recorded his first two career sacks against Kansas State, will likely start at nose tackle in Phillips place.During his first game back since he tore his ACL in last years season opener against Northwestern, Phillips went down in the second half. He hurt the knee that was not surgically repaired this offseason. Phillips walkedd around the sideline with ice on his knee and later limped out of Stanford Stadium.dddddddddddd Shaw said hell have a clearer idea of Phillips return date next week.In other injury news, Stanford expects running back Bryce Love,?Christian McCaffreys speedy sidekick in the backfield, to be ready for the USC game. Love, who suffered an unspecified lower body injury during training camp and had to wear a walking boot, is running again and is expected to resume cutting this week.Hes making very good progress, Shaw said. He looks good for USC ... Well know for sure when we get back on the field Monday night next week.Stanford is off this weekend. ' ' '