The NBA released its 2016-17 regular-season schedule?Thursday. As Washington Wizards fans peruse their teams schedule, here are the five games they should circle on their calendar:Oct. 27: Wizards at Atlanta HawksFollowing last years disappointing 41-41 season, the team and its fans hope the opener against the Hawks will be the beginning of an exciting season in Washington that leads the Wizards back to the playoffs. With Bradley Beal re-signing on a five-year, $128 million contract and 29-year-old free-agent center Ian Mahinmi joining the Wizards this offseason, the expectations for this years team will be playoffs or bust.?Nov. 11: Wizards vs. Cleveland CavaliersThe Wizards went 2-2 last year against the defending NBA champions, and the matchup between John Wall and Kyrie Irving will be one of the best point guard battles all season.?Nov. 30: Wizards at Oklahoma City ThunderThis will be Brooks first trip to Oklahoma City since he was fired after the 2015 season. Brooks led the team to the 2012 NBA Finals.?Dec. 19: Wizards at?Indiana PacersThis will be the first matchup for center Mahinmi since he signed a four-year, $64 million deal with the Wizards this past offseason. Mahinmi spent the last four years with the Pacers and averaged a career-high 9.3 points and 7.1 rebounds last season.?Feb. 28: Wizards vs. Golden State WarriorsIt will be Kevin Durants first visit to D.C. since he signed with the Golden State Warriors. It will also be Durants first game playing against Wizards coach Scott Brooks, who spent seven seasons coaching the superstar in Oklahoma City.? Miles Mikolas Cardinals Jersey . Just not the game. Kyle Palmieri scored two straight goals in the third period to rally the Anaheim Ducks past the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Tuesday night. Harrison Bader Cardinals Jersey . 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Everton manager Roberto Martinez says that keeping Baines at the club is a "massive boost and exciting for the future" because he brings "maturity and football knowledge in a very specialized position on the pitch" and an "infectious and positive influence to the rest of the squad.SAN DIEGO -- As nice of a game as Pedro Ciriaco had in his Petco Park debut, the San Diego Padres came up even bigger on defence in beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 on Thursday night. Second baseman Logan Forsythe, left fielder Chris Denorfia and centre fielder Alexi Amarista each had a great catch for the Padres, who won for the eighth time in 10 games and popped above .500 for the second time this season. "Those are three really great plays," manager Bud Black said. "You never know how a game is going to play out if another result happens. We talk a lot about defence as a group and what that means for our team, and the guys, they play their butts off on the defensive side." The Padres continue to play well even though shortstop Everth Cabrera, first baseman Yonder Alonso and rookie second baseman Jedd Gyorko are on the disabled list, and left fielder Carlos Quentin continues to be slowed by injuries. Ciriaco, obtained from Boston last Friday after Cabrera went on the DL, tripled in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning and hit a two-run homer in the eighth. The defensive gems stood out. The Padres had impressive catches against consecutive batters in the seventh. A retreating Forsythe made a sprawling catch of Mark Ellis blooper and Denorfia tumbled over the low wall along the line to catch a foul ball by pinch-hitter Elian Herrera. In the eighth, Amarista made a great diving catch of Juan Uribes sinking liner. "There were a lot of great plays made tonight," Forsythe said. "On that play, I just tried to get back there." Starter Jason Marquis called the plays "pretty special. Weve been making those plays all year, no matter whos out there. Thats one of the reasons weve been so successful this year -- not giving teams extra outs, making some spectacular plays and keeping guys out of scoring position. No matter whos out there, theyre doing everything they can to keep guys off the bases and it makes out job a lot easier." Even Dodgers second baseman Ellis, who committed an error in the two-run fifth, praised the Padres. "They play very good defence," Ellis said. "They did a very good job. They obviously played better defence than we did. Obviously my error was a huge part of the game. It changed the whole momentum of the game and gave them two runs there." Dodgers rookie Yasiel Puig homered on his first swing at Petco Park, giving him six overall and three against the Padres since his big league debut on June 3. The Dodgers, whove been in last place in the NL West since May 6, have lost eight of 11. It was L.A.s first visit to Petco Park since the teams brawled on April 11 after Zack Greinke hit Padres slugger Carlos Quentin with a pitch. Quentin rushed the mound and slammed into Greinke, breaking the pitchers left collarbone. Greinke is scheduled to start Saturday night. Ciriaco capped his big night with a homer to left off Peter Moylan with one out in the eighth for a 6-2 lead.dddddddddddd It was his first with the Padres and second overall. In the seventh, Ciriaco tripled into the gap in left-centre to bring in Yasmani Grandal, who reached on a leadoff, opposite-field double down the left-field line. The ball got caught behind padding on the fence and Grandal had to hold up at second. Matt Guerrier (2-3) opened the inning in relief of starter Stephen Fife and allowed the extra-base hits to Grandal and Ciriaco before making way for Paco Rodriguez. After Forsythe walked, Ciriaco was thrown out at home when first baseman Adrian Gonzalez raced in, scooped up Will Venables bunt and threw to catcher A.J. Ellis for the tag. Chase Headley, who struck out in his first three at-bats, singled up the middle to bring in Forsythe. Nick Vincent (2-0) pitched the seventh for the win. Puig, a 22-year-old Cuban defector, drove a fastball from Marquis an estimated 406 feet into the sandy play area beyond the fence in right-centre with one out in the first in his 58th big league at-bat. Marquis was much more careful against Puig after that, striking out the phenom on sliders his next two times up. Puig made his big league debut June 3 against the Padres, hitting two singles and making a strong throw from right field to first to complete a game-ending double play in a 2-1 Dodgers victory. The next night, he hit two homers and drove in five runs as the Dodgers rallied to beat the Padres 9-7. San Diego went ahead 2-1 in the fifth on consecutive RBI singles by Marquis and Forsythe. One run was unearned because of Mark Ellis fielding error. L.A. tied it in the sixth when Uribes sacrifice fly brought in Hanley Ramirez. A.J. Ellis homered off Huston Street in the ninth, his third. Both starters went six innings. Marquis, trying for his 10th victory, allowed two runs and seven hits, struck out five and walked one. Fife allowed two runs, one earned, and four hits, struck out six and walked one. "We havent seemed to be able to solve Jason Marquis," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "He continues to have our number. He seems to not give in and we kind of give in and chase a little bit and help him out at times." NOTES: Puig has 28 hits in his first 16 games, tied for fourth in big league history behind Irv Waldron (31) in 1901, Joe DiMaggio (30) in 1936 and Bo Hart (29) in 2003. The Dodgers arrived in San Diego at about 3:30 a.m. after splitting a day-night doubleheader at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday. They did not take batting practice. ... Quentin, San Diegos LF, missed his sixth consecutive game with a sore shoulder. ... San Diego 1B Yonder Alonso will visit a hand specialist Monday to examine his broken right hand. Alonso has missed 14 games since suffering the injury last month. Hes not expected back before the end of the month. ... Dodgers OF Scott Van Slyke (left shoulder bursitis) will begin a rehab assignment Friday at Albuquerque. ' ' '