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ACCRA, Ghana - New Ghana coach Avram Grant opened the door for Kevin-Prince Boateng and Sulley Muntari to return to the national team on Thursday after they were banned indefinitely for indiscipline at the World Cup. Masahiro Tanaka Jersey .The pair was excluded by former coach Kwesi Appiah following the problems at the World Cup, when both were thrown out of Ghanas team camp.Boateng was sent home for insulting Appiah at a training session and Muntari was thrown out for hitting a Ghana Football Association official.When being presented as coach, Grant said the Europe-based stars were welcome back, but they need to show that they want to come.Its open for every player that is willing to give everything for his country and to understand that with all the developments in football, money ... the main competition is for the national teams, Grant said. Any player that will be proud to wear the national jersey and give all his passion to the team ... the doors of the Black Stars is open to him.Former Chelsea coach Grant has agreed a contract with Ghana until after the 2017 African Cup of Nations, and takes over two months ahead of next years African Cup.His reconciliatory comments could convince Schalkes Boateng and AC Milan midfielder Muntari to make themselves available for the Cup of Nations campaign in Equatorial Guinea in January and February.Ghana reached the World Cup quarterfinals in 2010 but hasnt won the continental title in over 30 years, losing a final and three semifinals in the last four editions.Appiah left in September after a World Cup in Brazil marred by a dispute over player payments and the incidents involving Boateng and Muntari. Ghana slumped to a first-round exit and didnt win a game, but held eventual champion Germany to a 2-2 draw, the only game the Germans failed to win.I think there is a big potential here, the 59-year-old Grant said. You saw even at the World Cup, though the results werent good you could see the potential is here. Aaron Judge Jersey . Unfortunately for the Cleveland Cavaliers, James Harden was in the building. Gary Sanchez Jersey . PETERSBURG, Florida – Its been almost seven years since the Blue Jays last won a series at Tropicana Field. https://www.cheapyankees.com/2591g-wade-boggs-jersey-yankees.html . Even that couldnt slow them down against the New Orleans Hornets. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook scored 31 points apiece and the Thunder overcame injuries to two key backups to beat New Orleans 101-93 Monday night for their 10th straight home win.SAN ANTONIO -- Faced with the possibility of having a second straight season end with a Game 7 loss, the San Antonio Spurs played with emotion and let Tony Parker have some fun. Parker scored 32 points and the San Antonio led by as many as 31 on its way to a 119-96 victory over the Dallas Mavericks, closing out a stressful first-round series Sunday in seven games. The finale featured Tim Duncan diving into Dallas bench to save a ball and the Spurs reserves continually on their feet to celebrate baskets. But no one had as much fun or hit the floor more than Parker. The All-Star point guard was 11 for 19 from the field and 10 for 13 on free throws as Dallas was unable to keep him from attacking the lane, despite a series of hard fouls. "I just knew that I had to be aggressive if we wanted to have a chance to win the game because of the strategy that the Mavericks chose," Parker said. "They just dared me to score." Manu Ginobili scored 20 points, Danny Green added 16 points and Tim Duncan and Kawhi Leonard had 15 points apiece for San Antonio. Dirk Nowitzki had 22 points and nine rebounds to lead Dallas. Last season ended for the Spurs with a Game 7 loss in the NBA Finals against the Miami Heat. Facing a much earlier end, San Antonio rode a raucous home crowd and overwhelmed Dallas. San Antonio advances to face the fifth-seeded Portland Trail Blazers, who upset the Houston Rockets in a six-game series. The series opens Tuesday in San Antonio. The Spurs got off to a quick start as they had done at home all series, but the Mavericks were unable to respond as they did in winning Game 2 on the road. Leonards 16-foot jumper gave San Antonio an 18-7 lead 6 minutes into the game and the lead swelled to 29 with 2 minutes remaining in the first half. "We gave ourselves a chance but today we got hit by a tidal wave early," Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said. "They had their best game today and we just werent able to do quite enough to stay in it early. "Its hard when you get hit with an onslaught early the way the guys did." Nowitzki struggled through much of the series, but the Mavericks pushed the Spurs to the brink of elimination behind strong post-season performances from Monta Ellis, Vince Carter, Devin Harris and DeJuan Blaiir. Adonis Rosa Jersey. "On the court what confounded us was that theyve got shooters all the way around," San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said. "Dirk Nowitzki gets a crowd, if you double him you, you leave a lot of other open shooters. So we played him pretty much one-on-one, so we could stay at home a little bit better. That and the ability to shoot it; spread the floor, run the sets that Rick does and the speed of Harris and Ellis was tough for us to handle." Dallas also played a physical series. There were two technical fouls and two flagrant fouls in Game 7 and two more flagrants reversed upon review. Parker was assessed a technical with 31.6 second left in the first quarter after making a layup on and jawing with former teammate Blair as the two ran down the court. The two had been talking to each other all series and Parker was clearly frustrated at times with the hard fouls committed by Blair on his drives earlier in the series. But Parker said it was all in good fun. "I was just laughing with DeJuan," Parker said of the technical. "Thats why it was so funny to get a technical for that, because I was not even cursing at him. DeJuan played four years (for the Spurs). He lived for a year at my house. I love DeJuan." Blair was later assessed a flagrant foul for elbowing Ginobili in the face on a drive. After the foul, Blair stared down Popovich, who was screaming at officials over the severity of the foul. The flagrant foul energized the Spurs, who went on a 14-2 run to take a 51-27 lead with 8 minutes remaining in the first half. "Everybody was active and kind of focused," Duncan said. "We had very little mistakes." San Antonio never led by less than 14 points in the second half. NOTES: The Spurs were 7-0 in games decided by three points or less during the regular season but were 0-2 against Dallas in such games in their first-round series. . Sundays game between Dallas and San Antonio was the 50th post-season game this season. It was also the fifth Game 7 of the first round. "I think its great for basketball and for the fans," Popovich said. "It drives all the coaches crazy. (But) for the game and everybody, its been a wonderful thing. " ... Blair was booed heavily each time he entered the game or committed a foul. ' ' '

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