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HOUSTON -- Aaron Brooks had played just 15 minutes in his last six games and acknowledged he was a little shaky when he entered Houstons game against Minnesota late in the first quarter. It didnt take him long to settle down. Brooks scored a season-high 26 points to pick up the slack for the injured James Harden, and the Rockets beat the Timberwolves 112-101 on Saturday night. "When your All-Star goes out it takes a collective group to get it done," Brooks said. "Thats what we did -- everybody. Dwight (Howard) gave up a little bit of himself in scoring, passed it to others and we got the job done." Brooks, who entered the game averaging 2.8 points, had a big second quarter, making four 3-pointers and scoring 16 points. He finished with six 3-pointers. It was his most points since scoring 28 for the Rockets against Utah in April of 2010. Coach Kevin McHale talked about the challenge of Brooks stepping in when he hadnt been getting a lot of playing time. "Its very difficult," McHale said. "His second quarter was special. He really had it going. He was making shots. Aaron did a great job tonight." The Rockets led throughout, and Omri Casspi, Jeremy Lin and Brooks made consecutive 3-pointers in a 9-0 run to start the fourth quarter and extend the lead to 91-74. Harden, who leads the Rockets with 24.2 points per game, sat out with a sore left foot. Lin started in his place and scored 19, but it was Brooks who shined. "(Brooks) was amazing," Howard said. "Shot the ball well, played great defence ... (he) was a big reason why we won the game." Kevin Love had 27 points and 15 rebounds, and Corey Brewer scored 22 for the Timberwolves. "When you try to make runs they kept hitting 3s," Love said. "We showed fight, but in the end its really tough when the first three shots of the fourth quarter are from 3 and they hit three in a row." Brooks, whos in his second stint with the Rockets, is a crowd favourite and the home fans cheered wildly every time he entered the game. Brooks also had five assists, four rebounds and a steal. "Well, I coached him, so Ive seen him do that a lot," said Minnesota coach Rick Adelman, who coached Brooks in Houston from 2008-11. "It doesnt surprise me." Patrick Beverley had 17 points and made a career-high five 3-pointers, and Terrence Jones added 18 points and had 10 rebounds for Houston. Howard had 11 points and led the team with 13 rebounds. McHale loved the balanced scoring effort with Harden out, but was unhappy that his team had 23 turnovers to just 10 by the Timberwolves. "I told our guys we have to play more efficiently and a little bit smarter," McHale said. "Weve got to create more space for each other on the floor so we can attack." The Rockets led 82-74 entering the fourth quarter. The Timberwolves used a 15-4 spurt in the third quarter, fueled by three 3-pointers, to cut Houstons lead to 65-57. Love made a 3-pointer before a turnover by Chandler Parsons that led to a dunk by Brewer capped the run. An exasperated McHale put his hands on his head as he watched Brewers dunk and quickly called a timeout. McHales short pep talk must have gotten Houstons attention. The Rockets responded with a 10-5 run to extend their lead to 75-62 with about 3 1/2 minutes left in the third quarter. The Rockets led by eight points late in the second quarter before using a 9-2 run thanks to three straight 3-pointers, including two by Brooks, to stretch the lead to 52-37. Minnesota scored five quick points on a dunk by Kevin Martin and a 3-pointer from Brewer to close the gap. But Lin sunk a 3-pointer at the buzzer to extend Houstons lead to 55-42 at halftime. NOTES: McHale said Harden visited a doctor on Saturday and they are going to change his treatment plan. 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Namely, by passing up minor league hockey and making the huge leap from juniors to the NHL. Few players actually do it. But Despres appears to have the talent, the offensive tools, the puck-moving skills and the resume to go from starring for the Memorial Cup champion Saint John Sea Dogs to playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins, who are only two seasons removed from winning a Stanley Cup championship. "He might be ready," Penguins general manager Ray Shero said. Whats interesting is that Shero made the comment during last seasons training camp, when the 19-year-old Despres lasted until the final pre-season roster cutdown. So good, so soon, so close. Now, following a superlative season in which he further transitioned himself into a multi-dimensional player, it might Despres time. Even while expanding his game, he led Saint John of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League to a league-record 58 victories and the Canadian Hockey League championship. Winning the Memorial Cup has been called the toughest feat in hockey outside of raising the Stanley Cup. Despres didnt realize what an accomplishment it was until a few days after the No. 30 pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft wrapped up his final season in juniors. "I started to realize it was a big thing we did," Despres said Tuesday. "You start the season with almost 60 teams and everyone wants that trophy. At the end, we finished on top and it was a very special feeling." Still, Despres could celebrate for only about a month before he began offseason conditioning. This week, he is among the most-watched of the 28 players who are attending the Penguins yearly player development camp, which runs through Saturday. Despres and forward Eric Tangradi, who played in 17 NHL games last season, are the players taking part who are most likely to start the season with Pittsburgh in October. Not that Despres is about to get that far ahead of himself. "Winning the Memorial Cup finished off a very good junior career, and I think Im ready to take on my pro career," Despres said. "I really dont know what to think. Im going into camp thinking I want to make the team and I want to work hard to do that, but if I have to go to Wilkes-Barre (of the AHL) I wiill work that much harder just to get to the NHL.dddddddddddd." Despres, the Emile Bouchard Trophy winner as the QMJHLs top defenceman, already has shown the Penguins enough to make them think hes ready — now. During training camp a year ago, coach Dan Bylsma liked how Despres wasnt differential to stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, zipping the puck to them when they were open but not trying to force passes when they werent. "Hes just not handing the puck over," Bylsma said. While hes still a teenager – he wont be 20 until July 27 – Despres has been a closely watched prospect for years while growing up in Laval, Quebec, Montreals largest suburb and the hometown of NHL legends Mario Lemieux and Maurice "The Rocket" Richard. That ability to play under pressure from an early age may explain Despres uncommon poise and maturity. "I learned a lot just being in (the Penguins) camp last year," Despres said. "Im going to try to learn in this camp. All the staff is here watching and you want to be very professional and serious and show them youre ready to be a pro." Last season, the acquisitions of big-ticket defensemen Zbynek Michalek and Paul Martin may have been all that prevented Despres from making his NHL debut. Even after they returned him to his junior team, the Penguins were so convinced that he is nearly a finished product that they traded defenceman Alex Goligoski to Dallas for forward James Neal last season. Known primarily as an offensive defenceman early in his career, Despres displayed much-improved defensive and penalty-killing abilities last season even while accumulating 13 goals and 28 assists in 47 games last season. In the World Juniors, a tournament where deficiencies show up in a hurry, the six-foot-four, 205-pound Despres was relied upon primarily for his defensive skills. "I learned how to play defence — very good defence — and I worked on my nutrition. Youve got to be good off the ice, too, you just cant always go out and party," Despres said. "I knew I always had defensive abilities. My only issue before was confidence and I think Ive gained that." Now, hes out to gain an NHL job. And not necessarily in 2012 or 2013. "I think my style of game fits in with this organization," Despres said. "Hopefully (its this season)." cheap jerseys wholesale jerseys wholesale jerseys cheap nfl jerseys wholesale jerseys Mamadou Tounkara Jersey ' ' '
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