Subject :Charlotte, NC (SportsNetwork. Colby Rasmus Astros Jersey .com) - Al Jefferson poured in 28 points wi
Charlotte, NC (SportsNetwork. Colby Rasmus Astros Jersey .com) - Al Jefferson poured in 28 points with 10 rebounds to lead the Charlotte Hornets to their first victory over the Miami Heat in over 4 1/2 years, a 96-89 decision at Time Warner Cable Arena. Including last years four-game sweep in the Eastern Conference quarterfinals, the Heat had won 20 straight meetings between the clubs since an 83-79 loss in Charlotte on March 9, 2010. The Hornets finally got some payback behind Jeffersons prowess in the paint and a strong defensive effort that limited Miami to a 39.0 percent performance from the floor and an off-target 4-of-22 rate from 3-point range. It just seemed like we could never get over the hump, Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra said. We didnt play with great energy. Kemba Walker delivered 18 points and seven assists to help Charlotte halt a three-game overall skid, with Cody Zeller chipping in 13 points and eight rebounds off the bench. To come back and bounce back against a team we havent beaten in a while in front of our crowd is something weve got to build off of, Jefferson said. Dwyane Wade scored 25 points and Chris Bosh netted 23 in the loss, the Heats second in a row since a 3-0 start to the post-LeBron James era. Bosh added 13 rebounds and Wade tallied seven assists. Charlotte began to draw clear midway through the third quarter, putting forth a 15-5 run over the last six minutes of the period to turn a tie game into a 72-62 lead. Zeller hit a pair of free throws and rookie P.J. Hairston buried a 3-pointer to put the Hornets up 67-60 with 2:34 left in the third, and Charlotte gradually increased the margin as the Heat continued to miss shots. Miami failed to record a basket over the final 6:37 of the quarter, misfiring on nine straight attempts to conclude the frame. We dont have that grace period like we had before, where we could make mistakes, not make the effort plays, and still find a way to win, Bosh said. We cant dig holes, especially on the road. The Heat did fight back down the stretch to get within striking distance, with Bosh draining back-to-back jumpers to ignite an 8-0 push capped by Shabazz Napiers cutting layup off a Mario Chalmers feed that cut the deficit to 88-85 with 2:17 left. Walker knocked down a clutch three on the ensuing possession, however, then later sank a pair from the foul line to keep Miami at bay and give the Hornets a 93-87 lead with 21.7 seconds remaining. The Heat were cold during the games initial stages as well, missing seven of their first nine shots from the field and falling behind 22-13 late in the opening quarter after a 9-2 Hornets run. Charlotte continued to hold a nine-point advantage early in the second quarter until Bosh and Chalmers led Miami on a 12-3 spurt that forged a 29-29 tie near the midway mark of the period. The score remained tight through the remainder of the half, with the Hornets taking a 46-44 edge into the break after Walker fed Gerald Henderson for a short jumper. Game Notes Miamis 16 straight regular-season wins in the series was tied for the longest active streak by one team over another and one shy of the franchise record for consecutive victories over a single opponent ... The Heat had made at least nine 3-pointers in each of their first four games ... Charlotte forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist missed a second straight game with a rib contusion ... Wade registered his 700th career block in the fourth quarter, making him only the sixth guard in NBA history to reach the milestone ... Former Charlotte fan favorite Josh McRoberts faced his ex-team for the first time since with the Heat over the summer. He finished with two points in eight minutes. Nolan Ryan Astros Jersey . The move - the latest twist in Greeces nearly three-year financial freefall -- is the first such action by any of the countrys major sports bodies. It immediately halts all domestic track and field competitions, including track meets May 12-13 in several Greek cities. Andy Pettitte Astros Jersey . -- Desperate to stop Tom Bradys latest comeback bid, the Miami Dolphins sought help from a reserve safety making his NFL debut after being signed Tuesday off the San Francisco 49ers practice squad. Every 30 seconds when a hurricane threatens, a U.S. Air Force Hurricane Hunter sends a burst of data to computers tracking the storm.
An Air Force C-130 was the first to signal that Hurricane Charley had become a category 4 powerhouse on Friday. The planes make multiple passes through the storms eye, dropping probes into the air to measure wind speed, barometric pressure, and the temperature of the air and the water below it.
But despite the technology available today, Charley proved how difficult the art of forecasting can be.
With hurricanes, each one has its own personality, said Lt. Col. Ron Marx, pilot of a hurricane hunter flight out of Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi. Even if we fly in the same one multiple times, every time we go its different.
Hurricane Charley was a stern reminder of that. As late as Friday morning, some forecasts said there was a good chance the storm would hit Tampa, Fla., directly. But at the last moment, it made a slight turn to the right.
The storms path only shifted about 50 miles, but to people in that path, those 50 miles were crucial.
I never thought it was going to come right straight across and hit us like this, said one storm victim.
‘Well Never Have a Perfect Forecast’
Forecasters themselves know better than to be surprised by the last-minute surprises every storm offers. They issued hurricane warnings for the entire west coast of Florida thee day before landfall. Roy Oswalt Jersey.
Hurricanes make these kinds of wobbles all the time, said Ed Rappaport, a meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Its another reason why the warning area is larger than the storm itself.
The hurricane hunters send data from the storms center, while satellites provide views from above. The information is analyzed by more than half a dozen different computer models.
In Charleys case, probes from the C-130s reported that the waters of the Gulf of Mexico were in the high 80s — unusually warm, even for August. That probably boosted the storms strength.
But a hurricane is infinitely complex. If it changes course or intensity, meteorologists with todays technology may never know why.
After 18 years of flying through hurricanes, your respect for these things continues to grow, said U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Valerie Hendry, a hurricane hunter weather officer.
The National Hurricane Center said its predictions improve by a few percent every year. Still, the best computer models tend to miss by 40 or 50 miles — 40 or 50 crucial miles.
Thats certainly our goal, to have a track forecast without error, said Scott Kiser, a meteorologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Of course, given the wills and wiles of mother nature, well probably never have a perfect forecast.
-- This embed didnt make it to copy for story id = 297.
Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China NFL Cheap Jerseys ' ' ' |