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OAKLAND, Calif. Adrian Peterson Vikings Jersey . -- Mark Jackson received a congratulatory text message from Hall of Famer Reggie Miller that might have seemed a bit strange after his Golden State Warriors grinded out a win against the Western Conferences worst team. Big or small, no Warriors win goes unnoticed or is insignificant these days. David Lee had 26 points and nine rebounds, Klay Thompson scored 19 points and Golden State brought its surprising road run home with a 103-96 victory over the struggling New Orleans Hornets on Tuesday night. "He congratulated us on the win, but he also said how impressive it was because of the first game being back at home after success for a young team," Jackson said of Miller, a longtime NBA friend and former broadcasting colleague. "For us, it couldve been a setup game. But Ive got a different group in there. They deserve a whole lot of credit." After going 6-1 on the seasons longest road stretch, the Warriors built a 14-point lead in the second quarter and held off the Hornets late. Golden State (17-8) is off to its best start since the 1991-92 season, when the team began 21-8. A franchise that has missed the playoffs 17 of the last 18 seasons is suddenly starting returning to its winning ways. "One of the hardest games in the NBA to play is your first game back at home after a road trip," Lee said. "Ive been through too much losing to be disappointed in a win." Ryan Anderson scored 28 points off the bench and Anthony Davis had 15 points and 16 rebounds in his first start in a month for the Hornets, who lost their eighth straight to fall to 5-19 this season. Carl Landry and Jarrett Jack each scored 16 points to help Golden State hold off their former team, with each making a pair of free throws in the final minutes. New Orleans sent Jack to Golden State as part of a three-team deal with Philadelphia, and Laundry signed a free-agent deal with the Warriors. While Jack called facing the Hornets "just another game," Landry laughed off that notion. "Not for me. And I dont think it was for him. Not at all, man," said Landry, who added nine rebounds. "Jarrett was extra amped-up and I was too, man. We didnt need a 5-hour (energy drink), we didnt need a speech, we didnt need nothing like that. We were ready to play yesterday." The Warriors hadnt played at Oracle Arena since Dec. 3 and treated fans to a video montage of the road trip during pregame introductions. They controlled the pace for most of the game, but the Hornets almost erased all the good vibes with a frantic fourth quarter rally. Davis caught a half-court pass from Greivis Vasquez and converted a layup over Landry for a three-point play that capped a 14-4 Hornets run to tie the game at 92. Landry answered with two free throws, Stephen Curry made a pull-up jumper and Jack added another pair from the line to put the Warriors ahead 98-92 with 1:24 remaining. "Its just a tough loss for us, especially when you tie it up, you have a chance to win. All you need is a couple stops and a couple of buckets," Hornets coach Monty Williams said. "We just havent found that closing mentality, a couple guys who can knock down a shot or even get to the free throw line." The Warriors extended the momentum from their East Coast trip -- which included a win at defending champion Miami -- and added some style points, too. Currys left-handed pass off the dribble split two defenders en route to rookie Festus Ezeli, who tapped the ball to Lee for a dunk. And on the last play of the first quarter, Charles Jenkins brought an announced sellout crowd of 19,596 roaring to its feet with a buzzer-beating baseline jumper. Landry kept the surge going in the second quarter when he started a three-point play with a reverse layup over Roger Mason. He flexed his biceps in celebration and made the free to give Golden State a 38-24 lead. Williams had restructured the Hornets starting lineup in hopes of shaking the losing streak. Anderson came off the bench and Robin Lopez moved from centre to power forward to make room for Davis. Davis, the top pick out of Kentucky in Junes draft, started for the first time since Nov. 17 at Milwaukee. He had come off the bench the previous four games after sitting out 11 games with a left ankle injury. The result remained the same. "They just had some great plays at the stretch," Anderson said. "We were getting stops but we made some mistakes down the stretch, and we werent running the plays right at the end. Just little things, a little slippage." NOTES: Lees streak of consecutive double-doubles ended at seven games. ... Williams said hes still not sure when PG Eric Gordon will return from a right knee injury that has sidelined him all season. For now, hes trying to stay patient. "My pastor taught me something a long time ago called present discomfort for future gains," Williams said. "And thats what were kind of going through as a team." ... A moment of silence was held before the game for the victims of the Connecticut elementary school shooting last week. Jared Allen Authentic Jersey . The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Wednesday it expects to rule "in approximately six weeks" on an appeal filed by the International Cycling Union. Christian Ponder Youth Jersey . The Stamps meet the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Thursday at Ivor Wynne Stadium in a CFL match-up featuring the first meeting between veteran quarterbacks who switched spots in the off-season. http://www.vikingsfansroom.com/adrian-peterson-jerseys . 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White, 24, was tendered a qualifying offer on Monday by the Canadiens and he was set to become a restricted free agent on Sunday.BERLIN -- Defending champion Borussia Dortmund was held to a 3-3 draw by promoted Eintracht Frankfurt on Tuesday, while Bayern Munich set a Bundesliga record for the best start to a season after a 3-0 win against Wolfsburg. Dortmund defender Lukasz Piszczek scored in the 24th and set up Marco Reus four minutes later, but Frankfurt pulled level in the second half with two goals in three minutes. Takashi Inui set up Stefan Aigner in the 49th and then equalized in the 51st with the visitors still reeling. Dortmund substitute Mario Goetze scored three minutes later, only for Frankfurt defender Anderson to level in the 73rd. Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp was sent to the stands in injury time "It was a deserved draw in a spectacular game," Klopp said. "It was a lot more spectacular than we wanted." Also Tuesday, Schalke beat Mainz 3-0 and Fortuna Duesseldorf won 2-0 at Greuther Fuerth. Bayern set a new league record with 17 goals scored and only two conceded in winning its first five matches. Former Bayern coach Felix Magath, now at Wolfsburg, could do little to stop his former sides blistering start, with the hosts forcing five corners inside the opening 10 minutes. Franck Ribery crossed for Bastian Schweinsteiger to open the scoring at the third attempt in the 24th -- the Germany midfielder having already twice hit the post. Bayern dominated the first half, with 15 efforts on goal compared to the visitors one. "It wasnt easy against Wolfsburg even if we dominated," Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes said. "The deal was only done after the second goal." Bayern forward Mario Mandzukic settled the issue against his former side with two goals within nine minutes. Xherdan Shaqiri did brilliantly to pick him out for his first in the 57th, before Philipp Lahm set up the Croats next. "We definitely could have scored more goals," Heynckes said. Bayern substitute Claudio Pizarro came on with 11 minutes remaining for the Peru strikers 337th Bundesliga appearance -- a record for a foreign player, one more than Ze Roberto of Brazil and Levan Kobiashvili of Georgia. Dortmunds 31-game unbeaten run was ended at Hamburger SV on Saaturday, and Klopps side was eager to make amends at Frankfurt, the first promoted side to win its opening four Bundesliga games. Christian Ponder Womens Jersey. . Piszczek scored first when his shot was deflected by Bastian Oczipka and then Brazilian defender Anderson beyond the helpless Kevin Trapp in goal. Piszczek then cut the ball back behind the penalty area for Reus to crash his shot in off the post. "Theres an iron rule that says you dont concede on a counterattack when youre winning 2-0. Yet it happened to us," Klopp said. The outstanding Inui led the move, with Aigner cutting infield from the right and unleashing an unstoppable inside the left post, before poor defending allowed Inui to equalize with a header. Goetze, who replaced the injured Reus at the break, showed all his class to elude Anderson and poke the ball inside the far post. He had a great chance to put Dortmund 4-2 up, only to be denied by Trapp. Anderson blocked Kevin Grosskreutzs effort after Goetze had played the Dortmund winger through, and Anderson then equalized with a header from Oczipkas cross. In other close attempts: two Frankfurt defenders combined to keep Robert Lewandowski out, Goetze almost found a way through, and then Dortmund had the ball cleared off the line in the last minute. Klopp was sent to the stands as Frankfurt threatened to score a dramatic winner from a corner. "Dortmund were clearly the better team in the first half," Frankfurt coach Armin Veh said. "We were a little anxious. Id hoped that wed be a little cheeky. In the second half it was completely different, we played with unbelievable passion." Jefferson Farfans first-half penalty opened the scoring for Schalke, which had to wait until the 81st before Lewis Holtby finally sealed the result. Teemu Pukki came on with five minutes remaining to add some gloss to the score with his first goal of the season in the 89th. "Three points, wipe the mouth, we go on," said Schalke coach Huub Stevens. Unbeaten Duesseldorf remains the only side yet to concede a goal this season, and it claimed its second win of the campaign through first-half goals by Oliver Fink and Ken Ilso. ' ' '