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They finished the night with 17.CJ McCollum scored 28 points and Damian Lillard had 27 for the Blazers.PACERS 91, CLIPPERS 70INDIANAPOLIS -- Glenn Robinson III and Myles Turner each scored 17 points and Indiana beat Los Angeles Clippers, handing the Clippers consecutive losses for the first time this season.Al Jefferson added 16 points and eight rebounds to help Indiana win two straight for the second time this season.Blake Griffin had 16 points and nine rebounds for the Clippers. They dropped to 14-4.KINGS 122, NETS 105NEW YORK -- DeMarcus Cousins had 37 points and 11 rebounds, Rudy Gay added 22 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, and Sacramento route Brooklyn.Darren Collison added 18 points for the Kings in their first first first in Brooklyn.Sean Kilpatrick scored 22 points, Brook Lopez had 17 and Bojan Bogdanovic added 13 for the Nets, They have lost seven straight games.The Kings Matt Barnes was ejected for a flagrant foul 2 on Kilpatrick with 9:34 left.LAKERS 109, HAWKS 94LOS ANGELES -- Lou Williams scored 13 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter, Jordan Clarkson added 18 points and Los Angeles overcame the absence of two injured starters to beat Atlanta.Julius Randle and DAngelo Russell missed another game due to injuries, but the Lakers compensated for the absence of two starters with a balanced offensive effort.Kent Bazemore scored 21 points and Dwight Howard added 19 points and nine rebounds amid constant boos for the Hawks. 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The Olympic champion curler and TSN curling analyst immediately went online to look at the Halls long list of honoured members. Thats when the enormity of the honour sunk in.RIO DE JANEIRO -- Holding the Olympics in Rome in 2024 would send a message of defiance to terrorists trying to cower people into a life of fear and rob them of their sporting and cultural identity, Italian Premier Matteo Renzi said Friday.Renzi came to Brazil to attend the opening of the Rio de Janeiro Games and promote Romes bid for the 2024 Olympics.Citing the recent deadly attacks by extremists in European cities, Renzi said the Olympics in Rome would answer those using violence to achieve their political aims.This is a crucial moment, Renzi said in an interview with two international news agencies, including The Associated Press. Terrorist attacks on the world, particularly in Europe, are focused to destroy the life of the people. If they dont achieve the result of killing the people, the second best goal for these crazy men, women, terrorists (is to) give us a life of fear, force us into the homes without possibility to live.Renzi said the Olympics would reject the fundamentalists (who) forbid soccer, music, sport.`If they hate music, we will invest more money in music, he said. If they hate soccer or other sports, we believe this is our identity. This is the problem of Europe today, searching for a new identity. This is the time sport could be the answer.Rome is competing against Paris, Los Angeles and Budapest, Hungary. All four cities have leaders in Rio to observe the games and pitch their bid to Olympic officials. The International Olympic Committee will select the host city in September 2017.I think our dossier is the best, Renzi said. It is better than our friends of Paris and other cities. I dont know if its correct to say that, but its my view.Renzi has thrown his full support behind the bid, only a few years after Rome was forced to drop its candidacy for the 2020 Olympics when the government of Mario Monti refused to provide financial backing for the games during the economic downturn.The 41-year-old Renzi, a former mayor of Florence who became premier in 2014, said the economy has improved and nearly 600,000 jobs have been created under his administration.The situation is better than four years ago, but I think the decision oof Mario Monti four years ago was a mistake, he said.dddddddddddd. One year ago nobody thought Rome could be in the best position for a candidature. One year ago, 12 months ago, nobody in Italy believed it possible to create a very good dossier. Now the feeling in Italy about the Olympic Games is totally different.The latest bid, however, faces opposition from Romes new mayor, Virginia Raggi. The capitals first female mayor has repeatedly said the city has bigger social and economic priorities to deal with at the moment. Without the citys support, its difficult to see the bid going the distance. Its uncertain whether Raggi will push for a referendum.I think the new mayor has just arrived, Renzi said. We respect the decision the new government will bring in the next few weeks. We are ready to work with the new mayor, not only for the Olympic Games. We are not worried.Renzi said Italy enjoys more cross-party cooperation than during the days of political infighting under former Premier Silvio Berlusconi.If you think back four years ago, nobody could imagine an under-40 becoming prime minister of Italy or a woman under 40 becoming mayor of Rome, he said. This is a new page in the political history of Italy.Italian Olympic Committee president Giovanni Malago said he spoke with the Raggis office before coming to Rio and both sides agreed to meet again after the games to discuss the bid.The bid race comes during a turbulent political period, with the U.S. presidential election in November and French elections next year.Asked whether a victory for Donald Trump would hurt Los Angeles bid chances with IOC members from the rest of the world, Renzi didnt hide his own political preference for Hillary Clinton.I respect every vote of our American friends, he said. I will host the G7 in Taormina, Sicily, in May 2017. Obviously as a democrat I hope I can host the new president -- whoever shell be.---Follow Stephen Wilson on Twitter: www.twitter.com/stevewilsonap. His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/stephen-wilson ' ' '