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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Golden State Warriors have made another move in hopes of finding a reliable backup to point guard Stephen Curry. The Warriors acquired Steve Blake from the Los Angeles Lakers for reserve guards Kent Bazemore and MarShon Brooks on Wednesday night, adding a veteran ball-handler to their beleaguered bench. Word of the deal started to spread just before the Warriors played in Sacramento and the Lakers hosted Houston, with the three players involved saying goodbye to teammates and coaches in the locker room. Both teams confirmed the trade before halftime of their games. "We think this just bolsters the bench and gives us some more options, some more weapons and a player when you give him the ball you know you can trust him," Warriors general manager Bob Myers said during intermission in Sacramento. "We just think it was a chance to improve our roster and that was our justification." The trade gives Golden State a savvy veteran off the bench without sacrificing any of its core players or moving into the leagues luxury tax. The Warriors used a $4 million trade exception they got in the deal with Denver that landed free agent Andre Iguodala last summer. The team is about $400,000 under the luxury tax, Myers said. The Warriors were hoping Blake would be uniform when they host Houston on Thursday night in Oakland. Blake, who is making $4 million in the final year of his contract, averaged 9.5 points and 7.6 assists while starting all 27 games he played for the injury-depleted Lakers this season. The Warriors are counting on the 33-year-old veteran to improve a bench that has been searching for a solid ball-handler since Jarrett Jack left for Cleveland in free agency last summer. The Warriors acquired Jordan Crawford and Brooks from Boston in a three-team trade on Jan. 15. Golden State sent struggling backup Toney Douglas to Miami in that deal. Crawford has been, at times, a prolific scorer but is still learning how to be a better distributor and playmaker on a Warriors team that has plenty of shooters. He entered Wednesday averaging 6.3 points and 2.2 assists in his first 13 games with the Warriors after starting for the Celtics while Rajon Rondo was injured. "We like our core, and I think our core likes each other. I think its a core that can win," Myers said. "And our bench, for whatever reason, struggled early on. Anything we could do to fortify it, we tried to do without removing what we consider our core." The Lakers received some salary cap relief and a pair of young and unproven players in the deal. Brooks appeared in just seven games with the Warriors and never caught on in Mark Jacksons rotation. Bazemore, best known for his animated cheering on Golden States bench, also struggled in limited action the past two seasons. 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Weve believed in this since the very start.Malmo reached the final in 1979 when the competition was known as the European Cup, but this year is the first time the Swedish club has reached the group stage since it became the Champions League in 1992.All four clubs in the group now have three points from two games, with Atletico beating Juventus 1-0 in the other match.Olympiakos controlled possession but couldnt beat Malmo goalkeeper Robin Olsen, who didnt concede a single goal at home in the qualifying rounds.Luka Milivojevic and Giannis Maniatis had good chances for Olympiakos in the first half but saw their side fall behind in the 42nd after Alberto Botia failed to contain Rosenberg.The 32-year-old striker snatched the ball from Botias feet, poked itt at Olympiakos goalkeeper Roberto and then slotted the rebound into an open goal.ddddddddddddOlympiakos wanted a penalty 10 minutes into the second half but referee Sergei Karasev booked Maniatis for diving after a clash with a Malmo defender in the area.The Greek side pressed for an equalizer and came close with attempts from Kostas Mitroglou, Maniatis and second-half substitute Jimmy Durmaz, a former Malmo player.Meanwhile they looked vulnerable to Malmos counterattacks and could have gone down 2-0 down when Isaac Kiese Thelin headed Magnus Erikssons cross straight onto Roberto and then failed to get the rebound on target.Malmo clinched the win after Thelin flicked the ball to Pawel Cibicki, who found Rosenberg in the area. The Malmo striker didnt get a clean shot away a€” but the ball still found its way into the far corner via the post.Three points in the group stage here in the Champions League, thats huge, Rosenberg said. Even if they had the ball a lot, it was mostly in their own half. In our half, they didnt have a lot of possession.Malmo lost its opening match 2-0 away to Juventus while Olympiakos beat Atletico Madrid 3-2 at home. Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys Wholesale Authentic Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Wholesale China Jerseys Wholesale Wholesale NFL Jerseys Stitched NFL Jerseys China Womens NFL Jerseys ' ' '

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