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LOS ANGELES -- Damian Lillard scored 12 of his 16 points in the third quarter to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 94-84 exhibition victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night. Lillard scored nine consecutive points in the period as the Blazers pulled away after trailing by a point at halftime. Nicolas Batum scored 14 points and Robin Lopez added nine points and 10 rebounds as Portland built a 17-point lead with less than 10 minutes left in the game. The Los Angeles bench, led by Darren Collison, cut the deficit to four points, but Portland finished the game on a 10-2 run. Collison led all scorers with 31 points and added six assists. Blake Griffin was the only other Clippers player to score in double digits, finishing with 18 points and six rebounds in 25 minutes. Chris Paul added seven points and four assists in 30 minutes. .J. -- While Martin Brodeur wasnt willing to say he stole one for the New Jersey Devils against the Columbus Blue Jackets, almost everyone else was. .com) - Marian Gaborik scored his sixth goal in the last four games to help the Los Angeles Kings top the Arizona Coyotes, 4-2, Saturday at Staples Center. . Jonathan Crompton led the team to a 40-9 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Crompton threw three touchdown passes - two to Duron Carter and one to Brandon London - and Sean Whyte connected on four field goals to power the Alouettes to the win. . He was signed to help with depth to the receiving corps because of the loss of Shamawd Chambers to the 6-game injured list. .com) - The Golden State Warriors have started another winning streak and theyll try to pad it Tuesday night when they head to Staples Center to face the Los Angeles Lakers.TSNs broadcast of Toronto FCs home opener on Saturday was a record-breaker, as overnight data from BBM Canada confirms that TFCs 1-0 win over DC United attracted a record average audience of 352,000 viewers, making it the most-watched MLS game ever on English television in Canada. * The previous high for an MLS audience on Canadian English-language television was for the Vancouver Whitecaps FCs only playoff appearance in 2012 (average audience of 335,000). Audiences for the home opener were up 18% compared to the TFC season opener last week in Seattle (299,000 on TSN). Overall, 1.6 million unique viewers tuned in to TSN to watch the networks exclusive coverage of TFCs home opener, which also featured the home debut of highly-touted new additions Jermain Defoe, Michael Bradley, Júlio César, and returning hometown star Dwayne De Rosario. Live MLS coverage continues this weekend with a prime-time doubleheader featuring the undefeated Vancouver Whitecaps FC takiing on Houston on Saturday (March 29) at 7 p.ddddddddddddm. ET/4 p.m. PT on TSN2. Defoe and the 2-0 Toronto FC take on Real Salt Lake at 9:30 p.m. ET on TSN2. Live streaming of all MLS games on TSN and TSN2 is available to TSN subscribers on TSN GO. TSN also has live coverage of the highly anticipated BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE Manchester derby featuring local rivals Manchester United and Manchester City tomorrow (Tuesday, March 25) at 3:30 p.m. ET. TSN platforms also deliver live coverage of the biggest weekend of the season thus far, as four of the top five teams face off against each other, with Arsenal vs. Manchester City on Saturday, March 29 at 1:30 p.m. ET and Liverpool vs. Tottenham on Sunday, March 30 at 11 a.m. ET. Both games air on TSN and are available for live streaming to TSN subscribers on TSN GO. *For electronic measurement data that dates back to 1994. Audiences prior to August 31, 2009 are based on BBM Nielsen Media Research Mark II meters. ' ' '
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