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DALLAS -- Shawn Marion scored 24 points, Eddy Curry added 11 one day after he was claimed off waivers, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Charlotte Bobcats 99-82 on Friday night in the final preseason game for both teams. Peyton Manning Womens Jersey . Marion scored 10 of his 24 points in the second quarter to help the Mavericks pull ahead 61-43 at halftime. O.J. Mayo had 13 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists for the Mavericks, who finished 4-4 in the preseason. Byron Mullens, Charlottes leading scorer in the preseason, had 16 points and 19 rebounds. Gerald Henderson scored 17 points for the Bobcats, who shot just 30 per cent from the floor. The Mavericks claimed Curry off waivers Thursday after San Antonio cut him and he was in the starting lineup a day after being picked up. The 7-footer had seven rebounds and was 4 of 8 shooting, including a nifty layup to finish a break early in the third. Currys addition comes at a time when Dallas frontcourt is short-handed because of injuries. Dallas forward Dirk Nowitzki, who played just one preseason game, had right knee surgery last Friday and could miss up to six weeks. Centre Chris Kaman missed his fourth in a row with a right calf strain and his status for Tuesdays regular-season opener against the Los Angeles Lakers is up in the air. Forward Elton Brand was also rested Friday night by coach Rick Carlisle. Dallas Darren Collison had 12 points and rookie Jae Crowder chipped in with 11. The Bobcats, who finished 1-7 in the preseason, had a 7-59 record last season and the worst winning percentage in NBA history. Charlotte will look to snap a 23-game losing streak in the regular season when it opens at home next Thursday against the Indiana Pacers. The Bobcats missed 16 of their first 17 shots and fell behind by 18 in the first quarter. Charlotte closed the gap to 40-33 before the Mavericks went on a 16-4 run that was finished off by consecutive baskets from Marion, who also had 12 rebounds. Mullens hit a turnaround jumper that brought the Bobcats within 85-82 in the fourth quarter. The Mavericks scored the final 14 points of the game to close things out. Charlottes Ramon Sessions had 16 points and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, the second overall pick in this past summers draft, had 10 rebounds. Bobcats forward Tyrus Thomas missed his second straight game with a bruised right heel. Willis McGahee Womens Jersey . - Old master Kurt Warner and playoff newcomer Aaron Rodgers staged a passing duel to rival any the NFL has seen. Willis McGahee Jersey . -- Toon Van Lankvelt of Rivers, Man. http://www.denverbroncosfansprostore.com/champ-bailey-jersey . LUCIE, Fla. Demaryius Thomas Jersey . The 13-time Grand Slam champion will lead the Americans against Ukraine this weekend in the best-of-five playoff series on clay. But the Olympics, where Williams has won two doubles gold medals but failed to win anything in singles, are also on her mind. Champ Bailey Youth Jersey . 1 Victoria Azarenka and reigning titlist Petra Kvitova were a trio of opening-round winners Tuesday at The Championships, Wimbledon.(Sports Network) - The Toronto Blue Jays will send Ricky Romero to the hill tonight at the Rogers Centre looking to to slow down the surging Oakland Athletics, wholl be taking aim at their longest winning streak in nearly three years. In Tuesday nights 7-2 loss, Travis Snider and J.P. Arencibia each hit solo homers for the Blue Jays, who were coming off a three-game road sweep of Boston over the weekend. Starting pitcher Brett Cecil was solid in a tough-luck defeat, permitting just two runs and fanning eight batters over the first six innings. "In two innings tonight the third out was a little elusive," Toronto manager John Farrell said afterward. "The way Blackley was pitching, that was obviously too big a hole for us to come back. We contributed to that big inning in the seventh with some walks and it was too much to overcome by that point." The Blue Jays will try to bounce back in their first-ever encounter with rookie A.J. Griffin, one of the unexpected contributors to Oaklands outstanding run. Since being called up from the minors to late June to replace the injured Brandon McCarthy in the rotation, Griffin has pitched six innings in all five of his starts and surrendered three or less runs each time out. The young right-hander has registered an impressive 2.70 ERA to go along with a 2-0 record. Griffin notched his first big-league victory with six innings of three-run ball at Minnesota on July 13, then followed up by holding the Yankees to two runs with no walks through six frames to win again this past Thursday. Romero is currently saddled with a five-start losing streak in which hes recorded an subpar 8.33 ERA. Romero had appeared to be turning the corner after yielding just three runs over a 12-inning span in defeats to the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland on July 7 and 13, respectively, but the former first-round pick was hit hard by the Yankees a week ago to extend his winless drought. New York battered him for six runs and 12 hits through six innings that day, which raised Romeros season ERA to a concerning 5.22. The Blue Jays havent given Romero much support as of late, however, as Toronto has been shut out inn each of his last three assignments. Ronnie Hillman Jersey. Romero has put together a 5-2 record in nine Rogers Centre starts this year and does own a 4-0 mark with an excellent 1.70 ERA in six career outings against Oakland. He allowed two runs and struck out seven in a six-inning no- decision versus the As at the Coliseum back on May 8. The surprising As won the final five tests of a six-game homestand that concluded with a resounding 5-4 comeback victory over the American League East-leading New York Yankees on Sunday. An off day and a long trip didnt affect the red-hot club at all in last nights opener of this three-game set, as Travis Blackley threw seven strong innings and Yoenis Cespedes knocked in three runs to lift Oakland to a 7-2 triumph over the Blue Jays. Blackley limited Toronto to one run on five hits and struck out a career-high eight batters while walking just one to post his third straight winning decision. The left-hander, who hadnt pitched in the majors since 2007 prior to this season, now has a 2.69 earned run average in 13 games (9 starts) with the Athletics. "I didnt think (Blackley) was great the first two innings maybe," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. "But after that he pitched really well and mixed up his pitches really well. (Catcher Derek Norris) did a great job with him behind the plate, kind of recognizing what was working for him and sticking with that." Oakland was clinging to a 2-1 lead after six innings before scoring five times in the top of the seventh against the Toronto bullpen, highlighted by a bases- loaded single by Cespedes that brought in all three runners. Norris had a two-run homer earlier in the game and Jemile Weeks went 2-for-4 with an RBI triple for the As, who are an MLB-best 15-2 thus far in July and will be shooting for their first seven-game win streak since Sept, 14-20, 2009. The surge has moved Oakland into a tie with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for the lead in the AL Wild Card race. These teams split a brief two-game set in Oakland from May 8-9, as well as 10 overall meetings last season. The As have won in four of their last five visits to the Rogers Centre, however. ' ' '