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HELSINKI, Finland -- Reigning champion Russia lost for the second time in two days at the ice hockey world championships, going down 3-2 to Finland on Friday due largely to goalie Antti Raantas 34 saves. Greg Lloyd Steelers Jersey . Finlands Petri Kontiola scored at 3:22 and 17:21 in the first period. He has five goals and four assists in five games. Juhamatti Aaltonen made it 3-1 in a power play at 16 minutes in the second, on an assist by Janne Pesonen. Raanta was dominant after the Russians drew to within a goal when star forward Ilya Kovalchuk scored at 1:48 in the second period with his teams goalie pulled. Kovalchuk was ejected with a couple of seconds remaining after knocking down Pesonen with a right hook. On Thursday, Russia was beaten 2-1 by France in the biggest upset of the tournament. Bernhard Starkbaum made 42 saves before stopping all 3 shots in the shootout, and Austria beat 2012 runner-up Slovakia 2-1 earlier Friday. Austrias Thomas Vanek was the only player to score in a shootout ended by Starkbaums save to deny Miroslav Satan. Slovakia, France, Austria and Germany can all advance to the playoffs in Helsinki. In Stockholm, Zbynek Michalek and Jiri Novotny scored on power plays in the third period and the Czech Republic beat Slovenia 4-2. Jiri Hudler also found the net on a power play for the Czechs, tying the game at 2-2 in the second period with his fourth goal in five games. Czech goalie Ondrej Pavelec played for the second time and made 23 saves. Senquez Golson Steelers Jersey .com) - Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Roger Federer were easy first-round winners Tuesday at the Australian Open. Sammie Coates Steelers Jersey . -- Brandon Jennings made the most of his first game with the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night. http:///...ranco-Harris-Jersey/ . Emery skated the length of the ice and fought an unwilling Holtby during the third period of the Flyers 7-0 loss Friday night in Philadelphia. 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TORONTO -- While the Raptors were bouncing back for an impressive win against the Hornets in Charlotte on Friday, the New York Knicks were literally being bounced in Boston in a loss to the Celtics.The teams meet Saturday at the Air Canada Centre with the Raptors riding the high of two road wins over tough opponents and the Knicks merely trying to regain their composure after Carmelo Anthony and Brandon Jennings were ejected from the game in Boston.DeMar DeRozan continued his run of 30-plus point games with 34 against the Hornets, who used an 18-0 run to take a 10-point lead before the Raptors came back for the 113-111 victory.He has scored 30 or more points in seven of eight games this season.Anthony had 12 points when he was ejected in the second quarter of the 115-87 loss to the Celtics after he picked up two technical fouls. Jennings was tossed late in the game, also being assessed two technical fouls. The Knicks took six technical on the game overall.I was just frustrated, we were getting blown out, Jennings said. We were getting blown out. I felt we got punked tonight.I cant comment on that, but on some of those, I cant blame the guys, Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek said. When (Anthony) gets kicked out early like that, he was playing well, we were hanging in there and climbed back into the game, then KP (Kristaps Porzingis) gets a third foul. Its tough when those two guys are not able to play a full rotation.The Knicks, who are 3-5, will have a quick turnaround to figure things out on how to deal with the Raptors who welcomed back center Jonas Valanciunas Friday after he missed twoo games with a left knee contusion and forward-guard Terrence Ross after he missed a game with a sprained finger. Bud Dupree Steelers Jersey. Raptors coach Dwane Casey would not commit to playing both on back-to-back nights.Valanciunas scored 12 points and gathered eight rebounds in 21 minutes against the Hornets on Friday and Ross scored eight points in 20 minutes off the bench.DeRozan is not only scoring a lot of points, he is scoring them when it counts, in crunch time.Win, win, just win, he said after dominating down the stretch Friday. As long as I know Im out there trying whatever I need to do to win, Im fine with that. Thats just my mentality. Understanding teammates look to you, coaches look to you, and this is what you work for, to be in that position. I try to make the most out of them every time.Ive been watching (DeRozan) for a long time, but its honestly crazy what he is doing, Raptors reserve guard Norman Powell said. We are witnessing history. Its great to watch.Powell did not play during the first three quarters on Friday but was used defensively for 10 minutes late in the game when the Raptors tried to find ways to stop Kemba Walker.Its great that hes looking down the line when we need stops, or we need somebody to go in there and change the game up and he puts you in there, Powell said. I feel like Im building a little bit of trust in that, just waiting for my opportunities when they come, and just going in there and trying to make an impact when I play. Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '