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ATLANTA -- New Orleans coach Alvin Gentry doesnt want to overwork Jrue Holiday as he gets back in full game shape, but there is no question about what the point guards impact has already been for the Pelicans.New Orleans was 2-10 without Holiday. They are 2-0 with him going into Tuesdays game against the Hawks in Atlanta.Holiday, who had been away from the Pelicans during his wifes health crisis, had 21 points and seven assists in 23 minutes in his first game Friday against Portland, then came back Saturday with 22 points and nine assists in 30 minutes of the overtime victory against Charlotte.Anthony Davis, who averages 31.7 points and 11.3 rebounds, scored 38 against the Hornets, including the basket that forced overtime and eight points in the extra period. The Pelicans, though, need Holiday, as their start to the season showed.Huge difference, offensively and defensively, said Davis, who also had 16 rebounds against the Hornets. He brings a presence to the team, energy and effort. When he is on the floor, we play very well.While the Pelicans, who started the season 0-8, have their first winning streak, the Hawks have lost two in a row after a six-game winning streak.Atlanta, which is still atop the Southeast Division at 9-4, lost at Charlotte on Friday, when Dwight Howard was ejected for a fourth-quarter elbow, and on Sunday at New York when Dennis Schroder had his worst game since taking over this season as the starting point guard.Howard had 18 points and 18 rebounds against the Knicks, but Schroder was pulled for good in the third quarter after missing all eight of his shots.Just trying to find something at the point guard spot that would give us a better chance, coach Mike Budenholzer said of Schroders benching.Guys are going to struggle. There are 82 games in a season, said Paul Millsap, who led the Hawks with 19 points in New York.Schroder will need to bounce back against New Orleans, when he will be matched up with Holiday.Despite his long absence from the team, Holiday made 17 of 31 shots in his first two games, including 4 of 9 from behind the 3-point arc.He was also playing for the first time wearing goggles to protect an orbital bone that was fractured last season, ending his year.Holiday was with his wife, former soccer star Lauren, in North Carolina as she gave birth and then had surgery to remove a brain tumor.I think it was just a good time to come back, said Holiday, who came off the bench in his first two games.Atlanta was 2-0 last year against New Orleans but Davis, who scored 43 points in the first meeting, and Holiday missed the second contest.The game against the Pelicans is the only one at home in an eight-game stretch for the Hawks. They play at Indiana on Wednesday, then head to the West Coast for four games.Thabo Sefolosha, a key part of the Atlanta bench, missed the past three games with a knee sprain but should be available against the Pelicans.Buddy Hield, taken sixth overall in the draft, averaged 9.2 points in 20 minutes to start the season with New Orleans but played just 13 minutes combined in the Pelicans weekend victories.Langston Galloway got the extra time and responded, hitting six 3-pointers and scoring 23 points against Charlotte. Adidas Falcon Sverige . As he recorded his 23rd and 24th points of the evening, a segment of the sellout Air Canada Centre crowd expressed their appreciation for the Raptors point guard with a smattering of MVP chants. Adidas NMD R2 Sverige . -- New England Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis is retiring after a 16-year career to become the goalie coach for the Los Angeles Galaxy. http://www.nmdsverige.com/stan-smith-adidas-skor.html . Rob Manfred, baseballs chief operating officer, testified last week during the grievance filed by the players union to overturn Rodriguezs 211-game suspension. A person familiar with the hearing, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press on Saturday that Manfred testified the sport wasnt concerned whether Bosch distributed performance-enhancing drugs to minors because MLBs interest was his relationship with players under investigation. NMD Skor Butik . Louis. To which I would say two things: 1. Where there is smoke, there is or perhaps has been a little fire. Or, in other words, the two teams would appear to have at least spoken. And spoken is defined as one calling the other to inquire, no more, no less. Adidas Superstar Dam Sverige . -- The boos poured down on Tom Brady and the New England Patriots at the end of a horrible first half. ATLANTA -- Angel McCoughtry scored 37 points and the Atlanta Dream beat the Seattle Storm 94-85 on Wednesday night in a single-elimination WNBA playoff game.McCoughtry scored seven straight points -- on a 3-pointer, bank shot and pull-up jumper -- to cap Atlantas 19-5 run to start the fourth for an 85-71 lead. She collided with Breanna Stewart on Seattles next possession and stayed on the ground before being helped to the bench by the Atlanta staff. She later returned.Bria Holmes added 21 points for Atlanta, which will face the Chicago Sky on Sunday. Atlanta was without its second leading scorer Tiffany Hayes, who was serving a one-game suspension after picking up her seventh technical foul. The Dreams second leading rebounder, Sanncho Lyttle, did not play due to a foot injury.ddddddddddddcCoughtry, who picked up her fourth foul early in the third, made two free throws with 1:11 left in the quarter to give Atlanta a 66-64 lead -- its first since 21-20.Jewell Loyd scored 24 points and Stewart added 19 points in their first career playoff games for Seattle. Stewart had 15 points in the first half and Loyd scored 12 as Seattle held a 45-37 halftime lead.Prior to the game, Atlanta forward Elizabeth Williams was named the WNBAs Most Improved Player.The game was played at Georgia Tech, where the Dream will play for the next two seasons. ' ' '