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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Harry Douglas is correct in his argument that his low hit on Chris Harris Jr. is permissible. Hes mistaken in his contention it was clean.Tennessees journeyman wide receiver -- known now in Denver as the Titans goon -- was blocking toward his opponents goal line, not away from the ball. And the play was still live, albeit nowhere near where Harris was standing.So, legal, yes.But also dirty.I have never had a player try to end my career like that, Harris said. That was dirty and he should be fined. Thats not football.The one facing a fine is Aqib Talib, who jumped on Douglas on the next play, scuffling around in what quickly became a scrum on the Tennessee sideline. Talib lost his helmet and was penalized for unnecessary roughness when an ejection might have been in order.So, Talib stayed in the game and Harris returned and played the rest of the way, which Denver lost 13-10, but Talib was just as angry after the game .It was a dirty play by a sorry player, Talib said, adding they have the same agent, so when I see his ass in Atlanta, Im going to beat his ass.Talib said Monday hed moved on to the Patriots upcoming visit, but he didnt back off having his teammates back.Were going to play for each other, Talib said. Thats what we do every day. Thats why we play the game. We play for our checks and we play because we love to be around each other.Broncos coach Gary Kubiak watched the cringe-worthy play on film and said, First off, Im just so thankful Chris is OK. ... I disagree with the play. But Ill take my opinion to the league and deal with it from that standpoint.Kubiak said he understood Talibs reaction.First off, weve got a strong team. Weve got each others back. Youd better have each others back in this business, in what we do, Kubiak said. But you also got to be smart and you cant hurt your team.Douglas decision to take out Harris right knee was one of the worst moves of Week 14.Other calls backfired spectacularly, like San Francisco coach Chip Kellys decision to go on fourth-and-2 at the Jets 37 in overtime, only to watch Carlos Hyde -- who had run for a career-high 193 yards -- get stuffed. The Jets then drove for the winning score.Kelly said the 49ers were 3 yards shy of kicker Phil Dawsons range -- hed already missed two field goals -- and he didnt want to punt.I didnt want to give the ball back to them, Kelly said. I thought with a yard that we had a shot the way Carlos was running.Colts tight end Dwayne Allen had a double-whammy, failing to stop Jadeveon Clowney from a sack-strip of Andrew Luck at the Houston 5-yard-line, then compounding the problem by trying to pick up the ball instead of pouncing on it like the Texans did.The NFL saved face by reversing itself and allowing the Browns and Titans, who were off last week for the leagues My Cleats, My Cause campaign, to go ahead and wear their customized cleats in Week 14.Speaking of cleats, if Harris doesnt pull his right leg back just after contact, his knee, and maybe his career, gets cratered.Douglas, a ninth-year pro who had one catch for 10 yards Sunday, vigorously defended his low block.First of all, thats a clean play, Douglas argued. It was a run play with me and him looking at each other and I cut blocked him.Just because what he did was legal doesnt mean it was clean, suggested NFL Network analyst Steve Mariucci.When the corners lined up in front of you, you can block them down there, Mariucci said. It just appeared to be kind of a cheap shot at the knee and the way it hit, it couldve affected Harris season and career.Thats a cheap shot, NBC analyst Rodney Harrison said, mincing no words. And I understand why Aqib Talib is so frustrated right now. But in the same respect, you have to keep your poise.Harris, who missed Super Bowl 48 with a torn ACL in his left knee, stayed down for a couple of minutes and slowly walked off the field. He said afterward he was sore and in pain.Harris sent a series of tweets Sunday night:Thank God for covering me cuz I thought my knee was gone.Cant get open so lets just take 25 out of the game.Douglas set his Twitter account to private after the game.Von Miller said even if Douglas actions were within the rules, they broke the unwritten rule of risking another mans livelihood. Miller pointed to the NBA as a league where players look out for one another, like when they forego a hard foul on a dunk.Theyre playing hard and the superstars are going to be superstars, but theyre always taking care of each other, Miller said. Theres never crazy, hard fouls that can lead to somebody getting hurt. That stuff happens in basketball, but its never intentional.In basketball, they take care of each other. Football is a more physical sport. But weve got to start doing that. Weve got to take care of each other to continue to make our game great.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---AP NFL Writer Teresa M. Walker and AP Sports Writer Josh Dubow contributed.Follow Arnie Melendrez Stapleton on Twitter: http://twitter.com/arniestapleton Cheap Marlins Jerseys .2 billion agreement with Rogers Communications for the leagues broadcast and multimedia rights. Authentic Custom Marlins Jersey .Y. -- Canadas Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse have another World Cup gold medal after winning the two-women bobsled race on Saturday in Lake Placid, N. http://www.custommarlinsjersey.com/custom-andre-dawson-jersey-large-70o.html . - Chris Tierney snapped a tie with a power-play goal late in the third period as the London Knights rallied from a 3-0 deficit to beat the Erie Otters 5-3 in Ontario Hockey League action on Wednesday. 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DeMar DeRozan appeared in there of those games and averaged 21.3 points on 50 percent (22-for-44) shooting.DeRozan scored 24 points and grabbed five rebounds and nine assists in the Raptors last game, a 115-102 victory at Houston Wednesday that snapped a two-game losing streak.Sixteen of those points came in the third quarter, including one stretch when he scored 11 in a row.Guys did a great job of screening for him, and he got into the DeMar mode and went to work, Toronto coach Dwane Casey told reporters after the game. Were running some of his familiar plays that we were running for him, giving him some screens and some switches that we wanted him to have, and he did a good job. He carried us in the third quarter when they made a run.He comes into the game third in scoring with 30.5 points per game this season but DeRozan has scored those points in a somewhat unconventional game for the modern NBA. Hes just a 27 percent shooter on 29 attempts from 3-point range but from mid-range, where hes taken 25 percent of his shots this season, hes shooting 46.3 percent.He gets it the old-fashioned way, Casey told The Washington Post. His midrange game is impeccable, and hes probably playing right now with the most confidence hes had in his entire career.DeRozan will have to work for those shots Friday against a Bucks defense, which has held opponents to a respectable 43.3 percent per game from the flloor but is giving up 102.dddddddddddd6 points per game this season.Milwaukees defense has looked especially good down the stretch in its last two games against Golden State and Orlando as the Bucks switched to a smaller lineup that moved Giannis Antetokounmpo -- essentially serving as the Bucks point guard this season -- into the center position.Having Giannis, Jabari (Parker), (Tony) Snell and me out there, were four guys that can switch anything, Mirza Teletovic said. You dont have to be tactical about anything. You just switch it and try to guard your man one-on-one.Coming off a 93-89 victory Monday over Orlando, the Bucks are trying to win consecutive games for the first time in nearly a month and just the second time this season. While Milwaukee has shown improvement on the defensive end of the floor, the Bucks offense is still a work in progress and prone to lengthy scoring droughts at times, forcing them to play from behind.They showed flashes of progress against the Magic, picking up 25 assists on 35 makes while Antetokounmpo recorded his first triple-double off the season and Parker knocked down a career-high five 3-pointers.That just shows what sharing the ball can do, Bucks coach Jason Kidd said. Catch-and-shoot is one of our strengths. We didnt over-dribble and we shared the ball. Thats how we got back in the game. There in that first quarter, we lost a little of our pace and our identity by just trying to do it by ourselves offensively instead of sharing the ball.Sharing the ball is the way were going to have to play if were going to have any success. ' ' '