LA PLATA, Argentina -- Argentina easily beat Slovenia 2-0 in its last World Cup warmup with goals from Ricardo Alvarez and Lionel Messi on Saturday.
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first half with a shot from the edge of the penalty area. Messi, Sergio Aguero
and Angel Di Maria came on in the second half and combined elegantly to double
the lead in the 67th minute. Aguero headed down a pass from Di Maria to set up
Messi, who calmly slotted the ball past Slovenia goalkeeper Vid Belec.
Argentina, which is set to travel to Brazil on Monday, faces Bosnia-Herzegovina
in its Group F opener on June 15. "We are in good shape. We are a strong group,
which is what weve been hoping to become from the start when (coach) Alejandro
(Sabella) came in," Messi said. Sabella took over the national team in 2011.
"Little by little, as we played well, we gained confidence," Messi said.
Slovenia didnt qualify for the World Cup and was no match for Argentina even in
a sleepy first half, when Sabella rested his top players. Belec saved the
visitors from a bigger deficit, stopping two attempts by Maxi Rodriguez before
halftime. Slovenias best chance came in the second half as Milivoje Novakovic
spun around in the area and fired a shot straight at Argentina goalkeeper Sergio
Romero. The hosts were not seriously challenged after that and came close to
making it 3-0 in overtime when Messis free kick went just wide.
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save percentage to help the Blue Jackets (35-26-6) gain five of a possible six
points last week. He capped the week by making 32 saves and stopping 2-of-4
shootout attempts in a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday.MIAMI --
Extra pass, easy win. Its a tried-and-true formula for the Miami Heat. LeBron
James scored 25 points, Chris Bosh added 24 and the Heat beat the winless
Washington Wizards 103-93 on Sunday night to snap a rare two-game slide. Dwyane
Wade scored 20 points for Miami, which hasnt dropped three straight
regular-season games since Jan. 10-13, 2012. The Heat (2-2) had 32 assists on 37
field goals, including on all nine of their baskets in the third quarter. "Thats
what we do," James said. "We understand that its easy for everyone when we move
the ball, share the ball and we play like that." Including playoffs, the Heat
are now 100 games over .500 at home since the start of the 2010-11 season --
127-27. And when collecting at least 25 assists in the Big Three era, they are
58-5. Of the 10 Heat players who played, nine scored, nine got at least one
assist and all 10 grabbed at least one rebound. "The intensity was better and
the consistent ball movement was better than its been," Heat coach Erik
Spoelstra said. Bradley Beal scored 19 points for the Wizards. Marcin Gortat
finished with 15 points and 11 rebounds for Washington (0-3), which shot 43 per
cent and allowed the Heat to convert 21 turnovers into 25 points. "I thought we
battled well," Beal said. "We still had a few breakdowns on defence and didnt
make a lot of shots on offence. But we did a great job moving the ball. We just
have to knock down shots and limit our turnovers as much as possible." Miamis
last three-game slide was against Boston in the 2012 Eastern Conference finals,
a series the Heat won in seven games. With two defeats in three games to open
this season, Sunday marked only the second time since James, Bosh and Wade
teamed up that they took the court with a losing regular-season record. The
other was after their first game together in October 2010. "You can feel it, and
its special when it happens," Wade said of having so many assists as a team. "It
just makes the game so much easier." Washingtons Trevor Ariza got hot to start
the fourth, as the Wizards turned what looked like a runaway into a game again.
Ariza missed all eight of his shots in the first three quarters, thenn had four
baskets -- three of them 3-pointers -- in the first 4:48 of the final period as
the Wizards got within 91-80.
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James back into the game. The Wizards kept chipping away, with Beal scoring and
getting fouled with 41.3 seconds left to get his team within 100-93. Beal missed
the free throw, it stayed a three-possession game, and the Wizards let 15
seconds run off the ensuing Miami possession before fouling Bosh. By then, the
outcome was clear. Mario Chalmers had eight assists for the Heat. Ariza and
Martell Webster each scored 13 points for Washington, which got 11 points and
nine assists from John Wall. "This is how weve got to play," Wizards coach Randy
Wittman said. "Nobody wants to lose but I thought we took a good step in the
right direction." Before the game, Spoelstra said the early struggles this
season were simply a matter of Miami not clicking at times. That wasnt an issue
Sunday. James got it going early for Miami, scoring 14 points in the first
quarter and connecting on all three of his 3-point tries in that period. All
five Miami starters got into the scoring act early, and the bench added 12
points in the second quarter as the Heat extended the lead. About all the Heat
could really complain about in this one was the opening minutes, in which they
found themselves in a 9-2 deficit, continuing a trend of falling behind early.
Miami trailed 9-2 against Chicago at home in the season-opener, then 19-0 (and
26-4) at Philadelphia, then 11-3 at Brooklyn. Sundays deficit didnt last long. A
14-2 run over a 5-minute stretch of the opening quarter put the Heat up by five
and the margin grew throughout, starting with 33-27 after 12 minutes, 61-48 at
halftime and 87-64 entering the final period. "We know what works for us," Wade
said. "Sometimes we just dont do it." NOTES: James ran his double-digit scoring
streak to 499 straight regular-season games, going back to January 2007. His
teams are 363-136 in those games. ... Wizards F Nene (left calf strain) did not
play. ... The Heat are 75-11 in their last 86 regular-season home games. ...
Ariza was whistled for a flagrant foul in the third quarter.
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