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In Houston’s 111-105 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Friday, the 29-year-old dropped a career-high 61 points, including nine-of-13 shooting from beyond the arc. Harden now holds all five of the Rockets’ best single-game scoring performances. His 61 points match the Rockets’ record he set on January 23 against the New York Knicks. He also sits third, fourth and fifth on the list with games of 60, 58 and 58 points, all played since the start of the 2017-18 season....

A broad-shouldered, tall and strong fast bowler, Hardus Viljoen is an excellent pacer who is only getting better as he ages. The brutal bouncers that he unleashes without any prior indication is considered to be one of his biggest strengths. He has got a lot more variations in his armoury which often outfoxes the batters. Apart from all of these, he is an absolute miser with the ball and bowls extremely economical spells which is great for T20 cricket....

Date: 20 June 2021 Tournament: Noventi Open 2021 Round: Final Venue: Halle, Germany Category: ATP 500 Surface: Grass Prize money: €1,318,605 Match timing: Not before 2 pm local time, 12 pm GMT, 8 am EST Andrey Rublev vs Ugo Humbert preview A new champion will be crowned at the Noventi Open on Sunday when two first-time finalists Andrey Rublev and Ugo Humbert clash for the title. Rublev, the fourth seed, was the first to book his spot in the summit clash....

Halo 2 also stands as one of the most beloved entries in the Halo series. It was no surprise then, that the game was chosen to be remastered for release in Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Featuring reworked visuals and HD CGI cutscenes, Halo 2: Anniversary was received positively by fans. RELATED: Halo Infinite Last Spartan Standing Battle Royal Rumors Explained Halo: The Master Chief Collection was not only a collection of all currently released main series Halo games, however....

[HTML1] 343 Industries is continuing to prove that the wide variety of multiplayer locations being cooked up for Halo 4 need more than just a name to convey style or in-stage mechanics. The newest multiplayer arena to receive the walkthrough treatment is Adrift, a map that could end up being a favorite among the most competitive Halo fans. Taking a far more industrial style than we’ve seen with Ragnarok, or even Longbow, Adrift is once again creating a brand new foundation for interesting (if frantic) multiplayer action....

The gameplay footage showed off Halo Infinite’s beautiful new graphics running on the Xbox Series X, showing Master Chief taking on a slew of different enemies, using a wide range of different weapons. One of the more exciting parts of the demo was seeing Master Chief take advantage of some of his abilities, both new and old. He used classic turret guns, vehicles, and more. But one of the new features showed off in Infinite’s demo was a grappling hook mechanic, which is a first f0r the series....

There are two helmets that should be making an appearance in “Lone Wolves.” Both of the helmets are for the Mark VII armor, which can be unlocked quickly by leveling up any of Halo Infinite’s multiplayer game modes. These helmets will be joining the multiple helmets already available for the Mark VII armor, and will presumably be added alongside a family of other gear. RELATED: Halo Infinite Reveals Season 2: Lone Wolves...

Halo Infinite’s delay to an unannounced point in 2021, a result of development issues due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, was revealed earlier this week alongside the official November release window of the Xbox Series X. Even so, Monster Energy put out a Tweet today cheekily remarking that despite public gatherings being cancelled, its Halo Infinite promotion will still be happening. RELATED: Halo Infinite Double XP Offered Through Monster Energy Drinks...

The campaign of Halo Infinite offers the most openended experience in the franchise, allowing the player to explore Zeta Halo to their heart’s content. While they can surely go straight for the main mission marker and continue the story, there are a ton of additional collectibles and side-missions the players can pursue like Spartan Cores to improve Master Chief’s stats, and Mjolnir armor caches that unlock multiplayer cosmetics. RELATED: Xbox Series X Update Will Improve Quick Resume...

Today, Microsoft announced the “first wave” of this content plan, confirming that it will include Halo developer 343 Industries. The developer will “bring future Halo experiences into mixed reality,” said Microsoft technical fellow Alex Kipman. Although Kipman declined to share specifics of the Halo VR project, “it is going to be a lot of fun to work with them.” At this point it’s unclear this the Halo VR experience may be an entirely new release or whether the next game in the Halo series will just include some VR-only features....

In the latest weekly blog post on the 343 Industries site, the developer took a moment to answer a number of questions fans had following the most recent beta test. One of the big questions the developer received was whether or not a map editor would be coming inside of the retail package as well. Unfortunately for fans, there are no current plans to include a map editing or creation tool, similar to what Warcraft III or StarCraft II offer players on the PC....

The Hamburg based club, who have never been relegated to the second tier of German football so far, currently lie 16th in the Bundesliga and need to gain five points to keep them in the top flight for another year. The club have not given up hope yet and have brought in healer Joseph Kuhnert to ward off any negativity that may be blocking Hamburg’s chances of survival. ‘I bring body, soul and spirit back into harmony and accommodate the four elements,’ he said....

Hamilton won his fifth drivers’ championship last year, easing away from Sebastian Vettel over the course of the campaign. But Vettel and Ferrari had initially been in scintillating form in pre-season, regularly running the fastest car in testing at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona. However, a seemingly dominant test took a turn on Wednesday when Vettel hit the barriers due to a mechanical issue that kept the car off the track for several hours....

SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton will have to dig deep to overcome the heartbreak of Malaysia as he heads into Sunday’s Formula One Japanese Grand Prix needing a third straight win at the Suzuka circuit to revive his flagging title prospects. The triple world champion’s hopes of claiming a fourth title were dealt a heavy blow on Sunday at the Sepang circuit when he was forced to retire with a blown engine while holding a comfortable lead with 16 laps remaining....

SPIELBERG, Austria (Reuters) - Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton said he still had “the utmost respect” for Formula One title rival Sebastian Vettel after accepting a public apology from the Ferrari driver on Thursday. Speaking to reporters at a crowded Austrian Grand Prix news conference, the two men addressed a “road rage” controversy that has dominated the headlines since the June 25 race in Azerbaijan. “I still have the utmost respect for him as a driver and will continue to race him hard through the rest of the season,” declared Hamilton, who said at the time that Vettel had “disgraced himself” by driving into him in Baku....

Hamilton was subjected to boos on the podium after he and Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas dominated proceedings at Monza to complete the most routine of 1-2s, with Vettel only able to claim third. The Briton now holds an advantage over Vettel in the drivers’ standings for the first time this year, having moved three points clear of his main rival. And Hamilton could not resist winding up the thousands of fans who had turned up hoping to see a Ferrari victory on Sunday....

The JGR newcomer will have Darian Grubb, who won the title as a lame duck crew chief with Tony Stewart in 2011 and almost repeated that feat in 2014 with Denny Hamlin. The Grubb-Edwards pairing could produce stout results. But it would be wrong to overlook the impact of the move of Dave Rogers to crew chief Denny Hamlin. When talking about who got the best of the JGR moves, it could very well be Hamlin....

Arsenal, the visitors, are in the midst of a malaise that is coinciding with a bright new era at Chelsea under an exciting manager in Antonio Conte who keeps his side moving forward as their rivals go backwards. Chelsea and Arsenal 3/1 to draw The Blues have had their ups and downs since becoming the first - and still only - London club to win the Champions League, in 2012, but the Gunners have been in a steady decline ever since reaching the final in 2006....

Isco scores twice as Madrid thrash Granada However, this time is different. Zinedine Zidane’s side showed no signs of malaise as they kicked off 2017 with a resounding 3-0 win at home to Sevilla in the Copa del Rey on Wednesday and against Granada on Saturday, it was another emphatic display. Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated his fourth Ballon d’Or before kick-off among an array of former stars - Paco Gento, Luis Figo, Zidane and Michael Owen among them, with video messages from Kaka and Fabio Cannavaro too....