, Malone said, and when you get tired, you start to make mistakes, mental mistakes.TIP-INSNuggets: Nikola Jokic scored 17 points. ... De

MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- Martin Truex Jr. vowed to win the remaining races this season once he was knocked out of the NASCAR playoffs.A pole-winning run Friday at Martinsville Speedway was a strong step toward fulfilling that goal.Truex turned a lap at 98.206 mph to take the top starting spot Sunday. It was the fifth pole of the season for Truex, who also won the pole last weekend at Talladega Superspeedway. A blown engine in his Toyota led to his elimination in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.He said after he was determined to win the final four races of the year, and took some solace in Fridays run. Truex has never won at Martinsville Speedway.It hurt a lot this week, Truex said. I thought about it every day and every night. I just kept telling myself, `Go win Martinsville.Joey Logano, winner of three straight poles, qualified second in a Ford. Logano won last week at Talladega to advance to the third round of the Chase, and was disappointed in missing out on the pole even though its his fifth consecutive front row start at Martinsville.So close to getting that fourth pole in a row -- it would have been pretty cool to be able to say you did that, Logano said. It gives us a good start to get a good rhythm into this long race and get our car tuned up to where we want to, and get the grandfather clock when were done.Were not in the business of getting poles, were in the business of winning races. A lot of times that takes winning the pole, but in general we want to win the race.Logano was followed by eight-time Martinsville winner Jimmie Johnson in a Chevrolet. Johnson is seeking his seventh championship, and has not been in this round of the playoffs since the elimination format was introduced in 2014.That is a great starting spot, great pit road pick, Johnson said. Definitely doing things and headed in the right direction.AJ Allmendinger qualified fifth, Chase Elliott was sixth and Tony Stewart seventh as three drivers not in the Chase had strong runs.If that thing will run as good Sunday as it did today, weve got a shot at this, said Stewart, who is retiring at the end of this season.Five of the eight remaining Chase drivers qualified inside the top 12. Joe Gibbs Racing swept spots seven, eight and nine, as Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch put their Toyotas in the top 10. Only Matt Kenseth didnt advance to the third round of qualifying for JGR, and hell start 17th.I look forward to Martinsville, its been a good track for us, Kenseth said. We dont have all the finishes to show for it, but weve done pretty well. I always look forward to the challenge, hopefully we can put together a perfect race and work our way toward the front and have a shot.Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch, teammates at Stewart-Haas Racing, are the only two Chase drivers starting behind Kenseth. Harvick will start 20th and Busch will start 23rd.Jeff Gordon qualified 10th for what is assumed to be his final race. Hes in the eighth and final scheduled race as replacement for Dale Earnhardt Jr., who is out with a concussion Gordon is a nine-time winner at Martinsville, and the defending race winner.Diogo Dalot Jersey . The Croatian served 21 aces and hit 42 winners against Sijsling, who double-faulted to give Cilic a 4-3 lead in the deciding set. "All the players, they know me and they were really happy to see me and they were really happy that this is over for me," Cilic said. Chris Smalling Jersey . 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Francis told several hundred members of the European Olympic Committees that when sport "is considered only in economic terms and consequently for victory at every cost .WASHINGTON -- The scoreboard wasnt working at the outset, when there were thousands of empty seats and the fans that did show up were quiet as can be, so the arena announcer pierced the silence Thursday night, telling the small gathering by just how much the mediocre Washington Wizards were trailing the Denver Nuggets, basket after basket.It was kind of, like, a gloomy feel, Denvers Wilson Chandler said.Eventually, the overhead electronic display began functioning, and when Wizards guard Bradley Beals airball led to a shot-clock violation with the hosts already down 12 and proud owners of seven turnovers and two made baskets, the till-then mum spectators mustered the energy to boo the home team.It was that kind of night for the Wizards until the second half, when it became that sort of night for the Nuggets. Washington erased a double-digit deficit and, thanks to Beals 26 points and Denvers season-high 29 turnovers, beat the Nuggets 92-85.Washington is 8-13. The Nuggets lost for the fifth time in six games, dropping to 8-15.This was not a marquee matchup, by any definition, and the atmosphere was apt. The announced attendance was 12,645 -- about 7,000 shy of a sellout. At tipoff, fewer were there. The scoreboard was stuck at 0-0 for several minutes, which kind of bugged us, Beal said.The place had all the verve of a library.You always want that sixth man, that disadvantage to the other squad, Beal said. But at the same time, were all grown men, were all NBA players, this is our job, and at the end of the day, we have to go out there and play the game ... if theres one fan or 30,000.John Wall scored only 15 points one game after a career-best 52, but nine came in the fourth quarter.With starting point guard Emmanuel Mudiay inactive because of a sprained right ankle, and leading rebouunder Kenneth Faried on the bench throughout, the Nuggets went 5 1/2 minutes without a point in the fourth quarter.dddddddddddd. In that period, they had 10 turnovers and shot 1 for 14 on 3-pointers.Washington coach Scott Brooks keeps lamenting no-effort defense from his team, which allowed 124 points in a loss to Orlando on Tuesday.We were disappointed in ourselves last game. All of us, Brooks said. Its only one game, but we did play better defense.Nuggets coach Michael Malone attributed his teams 12-point fourth quarter mainly to fatigue on the second game of a back-to-back.Not taking anything away from their team, I thought a lot of our turnovers were self-inflicted, Malone said, and when you get tired, you start to make mistakes, mental mistakes.TIP-INSNuggets: Nikola Jokic scored 17 points. ... Denver led 22-8 in the first quarter and 52-47 at halftime. ... Previous season-high was 25 turnovers.Wizards: Wall drew a technical foul for hitting Jusuf Nurkic with a forearm in the third quarter. ... Washington is 6-6 at home, 2-7 on the road.DENVERS CHANGESMudiay missed a game for the first time all season. Hes fourth on Denver in scoring (13.1), second in assists (3.8). He went out and tried to warm up before the game, Malone said. Just wasnt feeling right. Farieds minutes, declining recently, went to zero Thursday. By no means is Kenneth Faried out of our rotation or not going to play for us, Malone said.LEADERSHIPAsked who takes care of holding teammates accountable when things dont go well, Wizards F Markieff Morris replied: Wall is the voice and Im like the muscle.UP NEXTNuggets: At Orlando on Saturday night.Wizards: Host Milwaukee on Saturday night. ' ' '