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NEW ORLEANS -- The decision to go for a two-point conversion with less than a minute to play on the road against the?Saints?was not up for debate on the Oakland Raiders?sideline.Not even when considering that settling for the safer extra point attempt could have tied the game, while missing on the two-point conversion likely would have lost the game.?I was thinking that were here to win; lets win it right now, Raiders coach Jack Del Rio said.So with 47 seconds remaining, Oakland quarterback Derek Carr dropped back and lofted a fade pass to the left side of the end zone to receiver?Michael Crabtree, who was being covered by undrafted Saints rookie cornerback Ken Crawley. Crawley was?in the game because Delvin Breaux was knocked out earlier with an ankle injury.Crabtree came down with the ball, and the Raiders had a 35-34 lead over the Saints that would hold up for a come-from-behind,?season-opening victory after Saints kicker Wil Lutz missed a 61-yard field goal attempt as time expired.Saints quarterback Drew Brees called it a ballsy move by the Raiders, while coach Sean Payton said the call wasnt unexpected and on the road, in a game like this, I probably would have done the same thing.Del Rio later poked fun at an ESPN Stats & Information tweet that compared the Raiders win probability had they kicked the PAT versus attempting the two-point try.?Del Rio gave his instructions to go for two before the Raiders started their 75-yard game-winning drive, which culminated when Carr threw a 10-yard touchdown strike to Seth Roberts.And I just said, OK, no problem, Carr explained. When I got the call, I took a deep breath, made sure my footwork was right and just lobbed it up for Crab. ... I say lob it up, but obviously trying to put it in a certain spot where he can make a play.For Crabtree, it was sweet redemption in the Superdome.It was just over three years ago when Crabtree could not catch three straight fades in the opposite end zone from Colin Kaepernick?--?any of which, had they been completed, would have given the San Francisco 49ers a Super Bowl victory over the Baltimore Ravens.Crabtree, who signed as a free agent with the Raiders last offseason, admitted he had trouble sleeping Saturday night with a game in the Superdome on the horizon.I mean, we practice that so much it becomes routine, Crabtree said. Last play, you know, ended bad [in the Super Bowl]. This time, the last play ended good. Kirk Gibson Jersey . Marincin has played in two NHL games so far this season with two penalty minutes. 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Manning was the only unanimous choice for the 2013 Associated Press NFL All-Pro team Friday. On a day India managed to get just one wicket in 47 overs despite having a more threatening attack than New Zealands and on a more difficult pitch than the one they batted on, a glaring statistic stood out: R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja bowled just two maidens between them.More importantly, though, the most continuous deliveries that Ashwin got at one batsman was six. Jadeja managed to keep one batsman on strike for longer, but not with telling effect. He had Martin Guptill facing for nine straight deliveries, but was hit for two boundaries. That meant no pressure was built. He then had Kane Williamson on for nine straight deliveries, but this time Williamson managed to avoid pressure with a couple.It was the next string of 12 deliveries that Jadeja bowled in a row at Williamson that resulted in two close calls. This was around the tea interval where India felt New Zealand began to slow the game down. The crux, though, is that in the unbeaten 117-run partnership between Tom Latham and Williamson - their sixth century stand in just 24 innings together - the right-left duo didnt let the Indian bowlers bowl at them for long periods of time.It was down to Indias in-and-out fields as well as the enterprise of Latham and Williamson. Teams nowadays, especially on turning tracks, prefer to operate with in-and-out fields, knowing the batsmen are not patient enough to keep picking singles. Then theres the knowledge that modern bats are good enough to send half-hits over the infield. Williamson and Latham, though, showed the patience and skill to keep picking those singles and turning the strike over. Every time they did so, the bowlers had to change their angle and their plans.That is one of the keys, New Zealand batting coach Craig McMillan said. You dont allow Ashwin or Jadeja to bowl 12 or 15 balls at one person. You have to find a way a way to get down the other end and both those guys did that really nicely today.Their discipline [stood out], they stuck to their game plans and when the Indian bowlers missed, we jumped all over it. I thought the way they rotated the strike with that left- and right-hand combination throughout the partnership was crucial. They just worked really hard, and showed how hard it is out there. This surface is still playing pretty well, but there is a few balls taking off and turning. All in all the self-discipline from both those guys throughout the partnership was crucial.Withh the pitch deteriorating significantly from the opening day, but the turn being slow, there was a likelihood of them getting beaten often but equally there were chances of edges not carrying, especially with Williamsons soft hands.dddddddddddd It will be crucial to not let these extraordinary deliveries affect you as long as they dont dismiss you.Thats part of playing in India, McMillan said. We are confronted with two very good spinners who know the conditions well and are going to challenge you at different times. Mental [focus] plays a big part, not getting flustered, being comfortable in those conditions and being comfortable with the ball beating the outside edge and not letting that worry you. Both guys soaked that up really nicely throughout that partnership and whenever they got a scoring opportunity they made the most of it.One of the basics of playing spin well is to pick the length early, something McMillan thought both Latham and Williamson did well. Weve done a lot of work in terms of using the feet and getting deep in the crease, theyre all key things to playing spin well, he said. You watch the best players of spin around the world and they dont get caught on the crease. They are either forward or back.All our guys have done a lot of work on that, and everyone does it differently. Everyones technique is different, and it is important you dont just try and play the same way. You have to use what works for you, and weve done that really well. Both players today used the depth of the crease really well. The key to that is picking up the length early. If you do that you can go forward or back.As India batting coach Sanjay Bangar pointed out, New Zealand were in similar position to that of India before they collapsed: 150-plus for 1. This is a pitch where one can bring many. Also New Zealand might have to bat last on this pitch unless they can show similar skill till they reach 500. McMillan knows there is a lot of hard work to do still, and with the bat that has