SHANGHAI， Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- James Harden scored 26 points and dished out 15 assists as the Houston Rockets beat the New Orleans Pelicans 123-117 in the 2016 NBA Global Games held at Mercedes-Benz Arena here on Sunday.


Houston Rockets received warm welcome when they appeared on the court in the city where Rockets legend Yao Ming was born. Such a motivation helped them take early lead in the first period 36-30 and 68-65 after the first half.


Yao Ming， who was sitting alongside men's 110m hurdle Olympic champion Liu Xiang during the match， joined Gary Payton， Dikembe Mutombo in the NBA care demonstration during the halftime break.


The Pelicans managed to fight back in the third quarter， outscored Rockets 30-25 to lead by two points. Nene， who troubled Anthony Davis in the paint， was fouled out in this quarter.


Houston was 112-116 down with 2:36 to go， but they pulled off a 11-1 run to the cheers of Chinese fans to win this year's first NBA Global Games in China.


Eric Gordon and Ryan Anderson， who transferred from the Pelicans to the Rockets this summer， respectively contributed 24 and 21 points.


Moore had team-high 25 points for New Orleans. Anthony Davis recovered from his knee injury to add 23 points and Omer Asik had a double-double of 14 points and 14 rebounds.


"We had couples of the chances to win the game at the time. We just need to get to the basket， but we missed couples of open shoots， we ran into each other so those are the kind of things I think you can correct， those are the kind of things happened in the preseason，" said Pelicans' head coach Alvin Gentry.


Both teams will move to Beijing for their second pre-season game in China on Oct. 12. Enditem

Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark celebrates her victory over Japan's Naomi Osaka in their final match at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Former world No.1 Caroline Wozniacki overpowered Japan's Naomi Osaka 7-5 Air Max 90 Sale Outlet , 6-3 to capture the Pan Pacific Open on Sunday, her first tournament victory since February 2015.


The Dane, who has battled back from a wretched run of injuries this year Air Max Sale Outlet , weathered an early storm from her teenage opponent before running out a comfortable winner, claiming a second Tokyo title and the 24th of her career.


"I'm very proud to win the tournament," Wozniacki told reporters.


"Somebody just told me I've won a tournament every year since 2008. That's a nice little streak and hopefully I can keep it going and keep moving forward."


Wozniacki Nike Air Max 95 Sale Online , the Pan Pacific champion six years ago, survived a health scare after dropping serve to go down 4-3 in the first set.


After feeling a twinge in her left thigh, she left the court for treatment and returned with her leg heavily bandaged.


But it appeared to have little -adverse effect as Wozniacki took complete control Nike Air Max 90 Sale Online , ripping a fierce backhand down the line to take the set.


Wozniacki, who reached the US Open semifinals earlier this month to signal her return to form, roared into a 5-0 lead in the second as -Osaka's game unraveled in the -Tokyo sunshine.


Playing with the roof open -after a week of typhoon rains Nike Air Max Sale Online , Osaka paid for her youthful exuberance, her strategy of attempting to hit the fur off the ball on every shot backfiring badly against a vastly more experienced opponent.


The 18-year-old, who called a medical timeout of her own for a sore right shoulder after losing the first set Air Max 95 Sale Online , produced some spirited resistance to avoid the dreaded "-bagel," but it was too little too late.


Wozniacki completed victory with a crisp backhand which forced Osaka into yet another wild shot, giving the 26-year-old her first title since Kuala Lumpur last year.


"I hurt my groin a little bit in the first set Air Max 90 Sale Online , but I tried to stay aggressive and stay calm," said -Wozniacki, who had seen her world ranking plunge to 74th after suffering wrist and ankle injuries.


"To be honest I was just trying to fight for every point. It was tough at the end but I was just -happy to close it out."


The Dane is set to climb to No.22 or No.23 in the new rankings when they are released on Monday.


Osaka will break into the top 50 -after her fairytale run.


TIRANA Air Max Sale Online , Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) has already completed half of its Albania onshore route works, TAP representatives here informed Tuesday.


"The TAP project implementation is well on track to kick off the offshore section as scheduled," they told local media while making an overview of works progress.


This means that construction of the TAP's offshore section will start in 2018.


TAP pipeline will bring gas from Azerbaijan fields to Europe while the first gas deliveries are expected to kick off early 2020.


The pipeline starts near Kipoi on the border of Turkey and Greece while its Albania onshore section traverses the cities of Korca in southeast Nike Air Max 95 Womens Sale , and Berat and Fier in central region, according to a press release issued by TAP.


The TAP is considered as the largest and most strategic foreign investment in Albania.


Albanian authorities expect the project to inject over 800 million euros in foreign direct investment in Albania while it is also foreseen to enable Albania's gasification.


According to the government, TAP will turn Albania into a focal point in terms of gas distribution and make it an important player in the gas market.


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