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James Harden had 31 points and 10 rebounds and the Rockets extended their winning streak to a season-high seven games with a 107-91 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night. While Harden has missed just four games this season, fellow stars Chris Paul and Clint Capela have missed 15 and 19 games, respectively, with injuries. “I think it’s very obvious with Clint, Chris and James playing together and they’re all healthy and in rhythm we’re pretty hard to beat,” coach Mike D’Antoni said....

All five shots missed. James Harden shrugged it off and was more impressed with how well the Rockets spread the ball around, passing for 30 assists for the fourth time this season. Harden had 36 points and 10 assists, Houston had 26 3-pointers and the Rockets beat the Sacramento Kings 130-105 Tuesday night. Houston (50-28) moved a half-game ahead of idle Portland for third place in the Western Conference. It’s the fifth time in the six years that the Rockets have had at least 50 victories....

The Baroda youngster was hit during a net session and was subsequently released from the side to consult a specialist. Also Read: India vs England 2016: Sunil Gavaskar unhappy with Virat Kohli’s gestures Pandya was handed a maiden Test call-up for the on-going India-England Test series due to the absence of the other three key players. But he has been warming the benches. The 23-year-old’s selection in the Test team was a much-debated topic, with most people opining that the youngster was not experienced enough to play Test cricket....

World No.10 Harika, with a ELO rating of 2542, hardly broke into a sweat against her lower ranked opponent (ELO 2187) here on Saturday, according to a release. Seeded 36 for this event, Harika plays American Grandmaster So Wesley in the next round, who comes into the game on the back of a win over French Grand Master Brunello Marina. Wesley is ranked No.2 and has a high rating of 2794....

While there can be monetary benefits to permanently inking your favorite brand on your skin, like lifetime discounts, most do it because of a personal connection to the brand. Coupon and discount site, DealA looked at more than 50 of the world’s most popular brands to reveal which company inspired the most tattooed fans. The categories for the brands were media, gaming, automotive, food and drink, toys and fashion....

HarmonyOS is just part of Huawei’s solution to that problem. And in fairness, it’s also not really a wholly new operating system, as I discovered when testing the software out on the brand-new MatePad Pro tablet this week. Borrowed from the best Anyone who’s used one of Huawei’s recent Android phones or tablets – even those from the good ol’ days of Google support – will find the experience instantly familiar....

Speaking on the podcast BFFs with Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards, Harry Jowsey opened up on what happened between him and Julia Rose when they were together. Jowsey said: It turned out that Julie Rose spent time with Jake Paul later that night, cheating on Jowsey. In an odd turn of events, the triangular situation with Jake Paul, Julia Rose and Harry Jowsey was made even more complicated by the interference of MMA fighter Dillon Danis....

Gamers who will be able to experience the technical preview include many who have already signed up to the Halo Insider program, although not every Insider will get to play during this round of testing. 343 indicates that it hopes to give “every eligible Halo Insider” a chance to play during one of Halo Infinite’s test flights before the game’s launch later this year. The company also indicated that it is planning a livestream which will air before the technical preview and will walk potential testers through the test flight design....

The first LTM for Halo Infinite, the “Fracture: Tenrai” event, began this week. Along with 343 Industries showing its hand in how the developer will implement exclusive events moving forward, Fracture: Tenrai is also (potentially) a hint of what kind of content will come with future limited-time modes and special events. So far, the content itself has been well-received, but the method of acquiring the new samurai-inspired armor has basically disappointed all players....

Halo Infinite will have a bunch of replayable missions taking place in different biomes where the Banished, its main antagonistic race, have supposedly established themselves after the defeat of the UNSC. These objectives will range from regaining control of an enemy base to rescuing allies or defeating powerful enemies that pose a threat - very similar to games like Just Cause, Far Cry, and Assassin’s Creed. Halo Infinite’s PvE gameplay is also very reminiscent of what players can achieve in Just Cause thanks to the Grappleshot and environmental explosives....

The confirmation comes from Halo community manager John Junyszek. Junyszek responded to a wave of questions online on Wednesday with the intent of clarifying some confusion. His first point is the key one. Junyszek says that July’s Inside Infinite blog post on Halo Waypoint is about Halo Infinite’s test flighting. In other words, the first official details about Halo Infinite’s testing plans should be shared by the end of the month, of which less than ten days remain....

Score one for the peace process. By cracking down on Hamas, the new Jordanian king demonstrated not only his bold style but also his firm support for both Israel and Yasir Arafat’s Palestinian Authority. In reality, Abdullah had little choice: with Syria reining in its activists and many others jailed in the West Bank and Gaza, Amman was fast becoming the center of Hamas’s broad network and a haven for the region’s extremists....

Martinsville Speedway’s titan is inarguably Jimmie Johnson, the winner of the six races in the last seven years at the half-mile paperclip-shaped track. In those 13 Sprint Cup races, he finished inside the top five an incredible 10 times. In NASCAR.com’s Fantasy Live game, he costs a series-high $29, but he is worth every cent. Johnson ranks head and shoulders above his competition in track-specific Production in Equal Equipment Rankings (PEER) per MotorsportsAnalytics....

Jeff Amato is a professor of geological sciences at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces and, during an icebreaker with students, revealed his irrational fear—hammerhead sharks. In 2015, an Ipsos poll of 1,006 adults revealed that 51 percent of Americans are “absolutely terrified” of sharks, and 38 percent avoid swimming in the ocean because of this fear. Of those who admitted they were terrified of sharks, 55 percent were women, compared to 46 percent of men....

Bilic led West Ham to a seventh-placed finish last season but the London side have made a sluggish start to the new season, mired in the bottom three after losing four out of their five games. However, Bilic is optimistic that his side could emerge from their form slump, beginning with a victory at their new stadium on Sunday. “We have two massive games coming up and this is a great opportunity for us to get out of the trouble we are in,” Bilic told reporters on Friday....

Drugs That May Cause Hand-Foot Syndrome Hand-foot syndrome is most commonly associated with the drug Xeloda (capecitabine)*. Other drugs that are known to cause hand-foot syndrome include: 5-FU (fluorouracil)*Cytosar-U (cytarabine)Adriamycin (doxorubicin) - continuous infusionFUDR (floxuridine)Doxil (liposomal doxorubicin)Idamycin (idarubicin)Nexavar (sorafenib)Sutent (sunitinib)Zelboraf (vemurafenib)Inlyta (axitinib)Cabometyx, Cometriq (aabozantinib)Stivarga (egorafenib)Votrient (pazopanib) Keep in mind that not all people who take these cancer drugs will develop hand-foot syndrome. *Dihydroprimidine dehydrogenase deficiency (DPD) - having a different set of metabolic enzymes than normal - is the usual culprit for very serious and immediate HFS that occur with use of these drugs....

Jamal Khashoggi’s murder inside Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul belongs to a category one might have thought long forgotten, the category of “state crime.” Perpetrated by Saudi government thugs and planned at a political level that the trial in Riyadh is taking care not to reveal, it will leave an indelible stain on the regime unless all the consequences have demonstrably been accepted and acted upon. It is not enough for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to belatedly acknowledge “responsibility” because it happened “under my watch....

Where are you? I’m in Phoenix, Ariz. We’re actually just about to leave. We have a show in Austin later on today. Do you like touring? I like it. It makes me crazy, because you never know where you are, or where you’re going to be, or how long you’re going to be in one place for. Have you seen your movie yet? It’s really cool because I’ve always wanted to see our show....