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DETROIT (1-1) at GREEN BAY (1-1)Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, FoxOPENING LINE -- Packers by 7 1/2RECORD VS. SPREAD -- Detroit 1-1, Green Bay 1-1SERIES RECORD -- Packers lead 98-68-7LAST MEETING -- Packers beat Lions 27-23, Dec. 3, 2015LAST WEEK -- Lions lost to Titans 16-15; Packers lost to Vikings 17-14AP PRO32 RANKING -- Lions No. 21, Packers No. 9LIONS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (6), RUSH (9), PASS (7).LIONS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (26), RUSH (20), PASS (23).PACKERS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (29), RUSH (19), PASS (31).PACKERS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (11), RUSH (1), PASS (19).STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- First meeting between teams since QB Aaron Rodgers threw 61-yard touchdown pass to TE Richard Rodgers with no time left to win Thursday night game last season ... Lions 2015 win at Lambeau Field snapped 23-game regular-season road losing streak against Packers. ... Lions WR Anquan Boldin joins former NFL WR Terrell Owens as only players to have at least 1,000 receptions and touchdown catch with four teams. Boldin has also played for Arizona, San Francisco and Baltimore. ... QB Matthew Stafford looking for fourth straight game against Packers with two or more touchdown passes. ... DE Devin Taylor had two sacks and forced fumble in last meeting between teams. Taylor had 1 1/2 sacks against Titans last week. ... Lions defense worst in league in red zone, allowing scores on 100 percent of trips. ... Lions held Packers to average 57 yards rushing in two games last season. ... First time since strike-shortened season in 1982 that Packers have not played in Green Bay until Week 3. ... Rodgers hasnt had QB rating over 100 since Week 6 last season against San Diego. ... RB Eddie Lacy averaging 99.5 yards rushing in last two home games against Detroit. ... LB Clay Matthews with at least one sack in each of first two games for third time in career (also 2010, 2012). ... League-best run defense allowing average 1.63 yards per carry. ... Fantasy Tip: WR Jordy Nelson has touchdown TD catches in each of last two games in spite of Packers slow start in passing game. Nelson has six TDs in past seven NFC North games.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFLCheap Nike Shoes UK .Y. -- Paul Byron and Matt Stajan scored as the Calgary Flames started a five-game road trip with a 2-1 overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday afternoon. Cheap Puma Shoes UK Outlet . William Carrier opened the scoring for Cape Breton (6-4-2), but Andrew Ryan tied the game and Brent Andrews put the Mooseheads (8-6-0) in front for good with a short-handed goal at 13:49 of the second period. http://www.pumasaleuk.com/ . During the athletes parade, the 23-strong Ukrainian team was represented by a lone flagbearer in an apparent protest at the presence of Russian troops in Ukraines Crimean peninsula. Clearance Puma Shoes UK .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. Wholesale Nike Shoes UK Fast Shipping . After a lengthy wait, persistent rain finally forced the postponement of the Nationals game against the Miami Marlins on Saturday night. The teams, and a few thousand fans, waited nearly four hours from the 7:05 scheduled start time before an announcement was made shortly before 11 p.INDIANAPOLIS -- Myles Turner walked onto center stage Wednesday night -- and looked as comfortable in his starring role.The Indiana Pacers second-year center scored 30 points, tied his career high with 16 rebounds, blocked four shots and made a 3-pointer in overtime that started the decisive 8-0 run in his first opening night start.If Turner keeps this up, the Pacers could be celebrating a lot more than just a 130-121 season-opening victory over the Dallas Mavericks.I was talking to some of my friends about and they were saying `Take it easy on Dallas tonight, Turner said. It was cool to go out like that against my hometown team. After the final buzzer sounded, everything hit me. It was just like, `Wow, I just did that.Before the game, new coach Nate McMillan told reporters he expected NBA teams to defend Turner differently this season and said his budding 20-year-old star would have to adapt. He looked just fine against the Mavs.In a game that was supposed to be all about the Pacers revamped roster and new up-tempo style, Turner stole the show by making 13 of 19 shots, coming up with big play after big play and overshadowing All-Stars Paul George and Dirk Nowitzki.George added 25 points, including another 3 with 55 seconds left to seal Indianas fifth season-opening win in six years.I loved the fight our guys showed in that overtime, McMillan said.Deron Williams led Dallas with 25 points. J.J. Barea and Nowitzki each had 22 as the Mavs lost their fifth in a row in the series.Dallas only led twice all night but managed to force overtime when Harrison Barnes open 3 tied the score at 115 with 2.3 seconds left.Turner could have won it in regulation with a long buzzer-beating 3, but the shot bounced off the back of the rim.He did a little bit of everything to hurt us, Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said of Turner. It was not just one thing he did. He was active and he got the ball in the basket.TIP-INSMavericks: Barnes and Andrew Bogut, the two formmer Golden State Warriors, finished with 19 points and six points, respectively, in their Dallas debuts.dddddddddddd ... Nowitzki didnt make his first basket until almost two minutes into the second quarter. ... Barea played despite being listed as questionable with a sprained left elbow. ... Team owner Mark Cuban attended the game.Pacers: All five Indiana starters scored in double figures, including Jeff Teague, who had 20 points and eight assists in his first game with his hometown team. ... Indiana had 10 assists in the first quarter and finished with 30. ... The Pacers also had a 52-49 rebounding advantage despite going with their new, up-tempo style. ... The Oak Ridge Boys sang the national anthem.1, 2, 3, REPEATDallas finished the game 18 of 48 from 3-point range, one short of its own franchise and NBA single-game record set in March 1996 against the New Jersey Nets. Six different players attempted at least six 3s for the Mavs. Indiana, in contrast, was 10 of 19 on 3s and no player attempted more than five.WELCOME BACK, COACHMcMillan was just as anxious as his new players to get started. McMillan had been the head coach previously in Seattle and Portland, but spent the previous three seasons as Frank Vogels top assistant in Indiana. I was surprised he was away from that position as long as he was, Carlisle said. Hes a great coach, and I know him well, personally, too. Hell do a great job.UP NEXTMavericks: Dallas hosts a longtime rival in Houston on Friday night. It is the second of three meetings between the Texas teams during a 12-day span in October. They already played once in the preseason.Pacers: Forward Thaddeus Young returns to his previous home when the Pacers visit Brooklyn on Friday night. Indiana won three of the four meetings with the Nets last season and is 4-3 all-time at the Barclays Center. ' ' '