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They have under-performed at home with a record of 12-10 and for this season to take off in a positive direction again the assertive play must reappear. To have a really nice season you hang around .500 on the road which theyve done and you take no prisoners at home. The schedule has turned with no more than two games in a row on the road the rest of the way. Time to get it done. They are more than capable of doing it. 3. GORAN DRAGIC (Suns): You see his numbers (27 points and six assists) since he was snubbed from the West All-Star team. The man is on a mission. Without Eric Bledsoe he has kept his team at a high level. Hes wonderfully skilled but what Ive seen of late as well is a little nasty streak like hes got even more to prove. Good for him. Hes doing it. 4. TAJ GIBSON (Bulls): He has been given the opportunity to start and play more minutes and hes delivering. Love his energy and second effort. 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"That was a difficult skate for Megan and I. We knew we couldnt win the gold but another goal of ours was to reach the Grand Prix final," Radford said. "We fought for our lives out there to make it happen. Were incredibly proud of ourselves to make the final with the pressure we put on ourselves today." Duhamel hopes to finally win in Paris one day. "Ive got two bronze and two silvers here and I want to win the gold, so hopefully theyll invite us back," she said. Olympic runners-up Pang Qing and Tong Jian won the pairs at the Trophee Bompard for the first time. Cam Newton Panthers Jersey. The veteran pair posted the best score in the free skate to secure a total of 193.86 points. "I was very excited because we got the gold medal," the 34-year-old Tong said. "This gold is very important for us because its our final season." Americans Caydee Denney and John Coughlin took the bronze medal with 184.01 after overtaking Russians Vera Bazarova and Yuri Larionov, who were third after the short program. "Were very excited with our skate," Coughlin said. "I didnt realize how noisy it would be, it was like a soccer crowd out there." Later, three-time world champion Patrick Chan, defending champion Ashley Wagner and ice dance Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir were set to defend their overnight leads. ' ' '