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SALT LAKE CITY -- Life during Gordon Haywards absence may not be too difficult for the Utah Jazz to handle after all. Behind the inspired play of veteran point guard George Hill, the Jazz are proving to be a tough customer even while Hayward continues to heal from a broken finger.Hill is enjoying the finest start to a season during his nine-year NBA career. Through five games, he is averaging a team-best 21.4 points while shooting 54.8 percent from the field and 42.9 percent from 3-point range. Hill has been a steadying influence for Utahs offense, providing energy on critical baskets and timely assists.Im glad my teammates have confidence in me in controlling the tempo out there and trying to make plays, Hill said, after scoring a season-high 25 points to lead the Jazz to a 97-81 victory over Dallas on Wednesday night. Numbers or not, I just want to win.When the Jazz (3-2) acquired Hill in a trade with Indiana over the summer, it gave them a legitimate floor general at point guard -- something that Utah has sorely lacked in recent seasons. He has done everything the team hoped he could do -- and more -- since the trade.Handling the scoring load just comes with the territory of Hill showing Utah that the team made a wise decisionWe had a high opinion of George, thats why we traded for him, Utah coach Quin Snyder said. Thats the essence of who he is. Hes just going to do is asked of him and what he thinks that he needs to do to help us win games. Thats what hes done.San Antonio needs no introduction to how dangerous Hill can be on the court. He spent his first three years in the league with the Spurs, averaging 9.9 points and 2.4 assists in 231 games.Hill caused all sorts of trouble for San Antonio on Tuesday, scoring 22 points on 9-of-13 shooting and dishing out seven assists to lead the Jazz to a 106-91 victory. It marked Utahs first road victory over the Spurs since 2010. It also was the teams first victory over San Antonio since a 90-81 defeat in Salt Lake City on Feb. 23, 2015.The Spurs had no answer for the energy he generated and spread throughout the rest of the Jazz roster.They were aggressive the entire 48 minutes and we were in and out in that regard and it cost us, Spurs coach Greg Popovich said.The Spurs (4-1) will be shorthanded in their quest to avenge their only loss this season. Tony Parker and Danny Green will not play on Friday night. Parker is out with a sore right knee and Green is sidelined with a left quad strain.Their absence means Kawhi Leonard will have to deliver a big performance again for San Antonio. Leonard has led the team in scoring all five games this season and totaled 30 points against Utah. The 6th-year forward is averaging 28.4 points per game, which ranks 7th among NBA players this season.Leonard has increased his scoring average each of the previous five seasons. He also saw significant improvements in his field-goal percentage, free-throw percentage and 3-point field-goal percentage last season.San Antonio swept the season series with Utah a year ago, winning all four games between the two team by an average margin of 21 points. Mark Glowinski Jersey .R. Smith realized how easily basketball can be taken from him, and he wasnt going to take his place in the NBA for granted anymore. Nico Siragusa Jersey . 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Isaiah Johnson Jersey .Y. -- Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone has drawn on his Syracuse connections once again by hiring Rob Moore to take over as receivers coach. CLEVELAND -- At this point, whenever the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers meet, theres only one overriding topic: The Streak. Wednesday afternoon at Progressive Field, the two teams will play the final game of their three-game series, and it will be the Tigers last chance until September to halt their losing streak to Cleveland, which currently stands at 11 games.The Indians are 11-0 against the Tigers this season. Theyve outplayed us, said Detroit manager Brad Ausmus. We havent played that bad, but theyve played better than us, pitched better than us and hit better than us.In winning all 11 games between the two teams, the Indians have outscored the Tigers 77-24. So not only has Cleveland won every game, many of them have been blowouts. Among Clevelands 11 wins have been victories by scores such as 10-1, 9-4, 6-0, 9-3, and 12-1.Nevertheless, Ausmus says his players arent dwelling on their inability to beat Cleveland this year.You go into very game thinking anyone can win. Its just that weve lost the last 11 in a row, he said. But when we take the field tomorrow none of our guys will be thinking about the streak.Indians manager Terry Francona says the streak is a part of a bigger picture, which is what concerns him most.I dont spend a lot of time thinking about (the streak), Francona said. You just worry about playing the next game and trying to win.Making the streak even better for Cleveland and more miserable for Detroit is that the two teams are in the Central Division. So eeach outcome has added importance in the division race.dddddddddddd The first-place Indians currently lead the second-place Tigers by 7 1/2 games.In Wednesdays matchup, the Tigers will send impressive rookie Michael Fulmer (8-2, 2.17) to the mound. Fulmer may give the Tigers their best chance yet at halting the streak. The 23-year-old right-hander has allowed one or no runs in each of his last eight starts, which is the longest such streak by a Tigers starter since at least 1913. Over his last eight starts, Fulmer is 6-1 with a 0.53 ERA. Since May 21, Fulmer leads all major league pitchers with a 0.53 ERA and .133 opponents batting average.Cleveland will start right-hander Josh Tomlin, who can throw some impressive statistics onto the table as well. Tomlin is 9-1 with a 3.21 ERA. He leads the American League with an average of 0.9 walks per nine innings. Tomlin also leads the AL with 6.40 strikeouts per walk.Fulmer has only lost two of his 13 starts, but one of those losses was to the Indians. On May 5 at Progressive Field, the Indians beat Fulmer 9-4. In that game, Fulmer pitched five innings and gave up five runs and 10 hits.Nine of Tomlins 15 starts this season have been against AL Central teams. In those games, he is 7-0 with a 3.17 ERA. This will be Tomlins fourth start against the Tigers this season. In his first three, he was 3-0 with a 2.61 ERA.