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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 20
points, Andre Drummond added 15 points and 16 rebounds,
and the Detroit Pistons beat the Milwaukee Bucks 94-80 on
Thursday night in a preseason game.Former Pistons Khris
Middleton (13 points) and Brandon Knight (11 points,
seven assists) led Milwaukee, which turned the ball over
23 times for 26 Detroit points.Caldwell-Pope had 18
points off the bench in Detroits overtime win over
Chicago on Tuesday, while Drummond added 13, but both
players had their defensive performances criticized by
Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy. Against the Bucks,
Caldwell-Pope moved into the starting lineup when Jodie
Meeks was sidelined by back spasms, while Drummond was a
reserve as Van Gundy experiments with his post rotation
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After making his All-Star debut in Fridays Rising Stars
Challenge, the Raptors sophomore centre wont be sticking
around for the duration of the weekends festivities,
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Raiders expect to have starting right tackle Tony Pashos
back for Sundays game against the Houston Texans.BUFFALO,
N.Y. - Zemgus Girgensons feels a little sheepish
discussing how fans back home in Latvia have clicked and
quadruple-clicked his name so often that the Sabres
forward is running away with the NHL All-Star Game
vote.The second-year player appreciates the overwhelming
support hes received from the Baltic nation. And yet the
20-year-old Girgensons doesnt consider himself worthy of
being included among the leagues elite.Its a little bit
embarrassing and funny at the same time, Girgensons said,
before the Sabres hit the road for a two-game swing that
concludes Tuesday at Detroit. It came out of nowhere. I
know people know me back home, but I didnt think it was
going to go that far. Thats like crazy far.As of Tuesday,
Girgensons has a league-leading 1,291,186 votes, with
about 80 per cent coming from Latvia.The only limit on
voting is fans can use the same device no more than 10
times a day.Chicagos Patrick Kane (815,990 votes) is
second among forwards, followed by teammate Jonathan
Toews (803,034).Blackhawks players hold down the three
other remaining spots eligible to be selected by vote.
Chicagos Duncan Keith (790,922) and Brent Seabrook
(641,736) lead defencemen, and Corey Crawford (714,471)
leads goalies.With voting set to close Jan. 1, Girgensons
is on the verge of clinching a spot to play in the All-
Star Game at Columbus on Jan. 25.If I have to, its
awesome said Girgensons, the only Latvian currently
playing in the NHL. Itll be satisfaction to the fans,
really.Selected in the first-round of the 2012 draft,
Girgensons has established himself as a skilled two-way
forward, and part of the rebuilding teams young
core.Girgensons leads Buffalo (13-18-3) with nine goals
and is second with 18 points.That puts him well off the
league-leading pace. Dallas centre Tyler Seguin is first
with 25 goals, while Philadelphias Jakub Voracek tops the
pooints list with 44.ddddddddddddabres coach Ted Nolan
said Girgensons has nothing to be ashamed of.I wouldnt be
embarrassed at all, Nolan said. The whole nations
cheering for him, which is great to see. So he should
feel a lot of pride.Nolan knows plenty about Girgensons
and Latvia. He spent the previous four years coaching
Latvias national team, which included Girgensons.Hes come
a tremendous long way in a very short period of time,
Nolan said.In an email, Latvian Ice Hockey Federation
media manager Maris Gorbunovs wrote the support Latvians
have shown Girgensons has been spontaneous, and a
reflection of their passion for hockey and a native
son.Canada and USA has many NHL players but Latvia at the
moment has only one, Gorbunovs wrote. It is not an
initiative of some separate group or segment. It is an
achievement of all Latvian fans.Gorbunovs estimated at
least 11,000 Latvians travelled to Minsk, Belarus, to
attend last years World Championship tournament. Former
Latvian NHLers include goalie Arturs Irbe, now a Sabres
assistant, and defenceman Sandis Ozolinsh.Growing up in
Riga, Girgensons was a fan of the Kontinental Hockey
League team based in the Latvian capital.Girgensons was
15 when he moved to North America to play for the former
Vermont-based Green Mountain Glades of the Eastern Junior
Hockey League. He then spent two seasons with Dubuque of
the U.S. Hockey League, before committing to play at
Vermont.Girgensons turned down a college career for the
chance to play pro after being drafted by Buffalo.I never
would have said at age 20 that Id be in my second year in
the NHL, Girgensons said.Soon enough, he might be an all-
star.Girgensons laughed when reminded that Latvia, a
country with a population of about 2 million people,
accounts for about 1 million of his vote total.Yeah,
Girgensons said, smiling. Only half like me.
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