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Preseason statistics often can be misleading.That might not be the case with James Harden right now.After three preseason games, Harden has three points-assists double-doubles -- the most recent one Sunday in Shanghai, when he had 26 points and 15 assists to help the Houston Rockets beat the New Orleans Pelicans 123-117 in an NBA Global Games matchup.Were treating every game of preseason like the regular season in order to build good habits, Harden said. We dont take the preseason lightlyClearly not.The Rockets are 3-0 in exhibitions so far this fall, scoring 131, 130 and now 123 points in those games. Harden is averaging 23.3 points and 12 assists in those three games.And fans in China, where the Rockets are enormously popular anyway -- thanks in large part to Yao Ming -- have taken to Harden as well, with many sporting fake beards on Sunday to mimic his look.Great atmosphere, Harden said.Theyll be seeing even more NBA in China this season. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced Sunday an expansion of the NBAs partnership with BesTV, one that will see up to 1,300 games per season broadcast in China.Its a multimedia partnership that brings the very best in television and technology to the NBA in China, Silver said.---ROCKETS 123, PELICANS 117SHANGHAI -- Houston made 16 3-pointers, with Eric Gordon and Ryan Anderson combining to make 9 of 17 from beyond the arc.ETwaun Moore led New Orleans with 25 points, going 4-for-4 from long range.PELICANS: Anthony Davis scored 23 points and Omer Asik had 14 points and 14 rebounds for New Orleans. ... First-round pick Buddy Hield had 14 points, and Tim Frazier finished with nine assists.ROCKETS: Gordon scored 24 and Anderson added 21 for Houston. ... The Rockets committed 33 fouls, three more than the Pelicans in a game where the teams combined to shoot 71 free throws.UP NEXT: The Rockets (3-0) and the Pelicans (1-2) play again on Wednesday, with that installment of the NBA Global Games set for Beijing.---LAKERS 124, NUGGETS 115ONTARIO, Calif. -- Lou Williams scored 15 consecutive points for Los Angeles in the fourth quarter, doing so in a span of less than 3 minutes and leading the Lakers to their second preseason win.DeAngelo Russell scored 33 and Williams finished with 25 for the Lakers. Jusuf Nurkic had 21 points and grabbed 16 rebounds for Denver, while Danilo Gallinari scored 19.NUGGETS: Denver was down by 12 in the first half, then led by seven in the third. ... Emmanuel Mudiay had seven assists.LAKERS: Luol Deng sat out with a bruised left knee. ... Ontario is about 40 miles east of Staples Center, the Lakers home arena.UP NEXT: The Lakers (2-1) host Portland on Tuesday. 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Jon Montgomerys gold medal in skeleton at the Whistler Sliding Centre and his subsequent auctioning off of a pitcher of beer in the village square elevated him to folk-hero status. RENTON, Wash. -- Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin said Monday that hes had substantive talks with members of law enforcement and Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson after Baldwins call for a review of training tactics used by police.Baldwin first spoke out three weeks ago following police shootings in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. At that time, Baldwin called for all 50 state attorneys general to review policies and training policies for police and law enforcement to eliminate militaristic cultures while putting a higher emphasis on de-escalation tactics and crisis management measures.Since then, Baldwin has had talks with law enforcement in the Seattle area in the effort to gather information that he hopes can change how police officers are trained.Were being very strategic with the people that we meet with, Baldwin said. Again, we dont want this to become a political thing. Were really just trying to find solutions.Baldwin has become a focal point in the conversation regarding interactions with police. He appeared on two different national television shows last week during the Seahawks bye after first making his request last month. The Seattle Police Department confirmed to The Seattle Times last week that some if its personnel had met with Baldwin.Baldwin said the goal for now is coming up with suggestions and solutions that could lead to change in the state of Washington and then look at the potential for spreading that to a broader group, Baldwin said.We have a lot of data thats coming in, a lot of data that were being given from different sources in terms of the research that were trying to put together, and its very compelling, Baldwin said.dddddddddddd So were trying to build that here, utilize that as a tool, as a model here, and then be able to present that to the other 49 states.Baldwin said most eye-opening in his research has been learning about policies and training that dont fully protect police and put them in a challenging situation. He also noted the difference in how the idea and process of de-escalation is interpreted by law enforcement and by the public.They are placed in these situations sometimes because thats what theyre taught, thats how theyre trained. And then its turned around and they get in trouble or they get prosecuted or looked at in a negative light because of the training that theyve gone through, he said. Their job is a very difficult job, obviously. They put their lives on the line every time they go out onto the street. So I dont understand how were not giving our law enforcement more tools, more training, more resources to go out there and protect themselves and protect the communities that they serve and then ultimately protecting their reputation. 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