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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. --?Patriots quarterback Tom Brady told Westwood One radio that he has spent the first week of a four-game NFL suspension by staying in shape, spending time with his family and picking his children up from school, and said he is flattered by the large banner of him that the team placed on the lighthouse at Gillette Stadium.I think it was a very cool gesture by Mr. Kraft and the team, Brady told Jim Gray in an interview leading up to Thursday nights NFL opener. Ill be excited to be back out there in October, when Im there for real, but it was a really cool thing to do, and I was certainly very humbled and flattered to see it.Brady, who again will be a weekly guest on the pregame show with Gray, said he has seen quite a bit of the banner on social media but has yet to see it in person.He laughed during a discussion of remarks made by teammate Julian Edelman, who recently said Bradys suspension was like one of your buddies going to jail.Not quite jail, but I feel like I dont have the opportunity to do something I love to do, Brady told Gray. Thats the hard part about the situation were in. Like I said, Im going to try to be positive about that and spend some quality time with my family and pick my kids up from school and do some things that I wont have the opportunity to do in October, November and December, and hopefully for the years to come. Hopefully I can keep playing football for a long time and I dont have to ever sit out a September for as long as Im playing.Brady also was asked about his helmet not having an NFL decal on it during the two preseason games in which he played, which sparked speculation that perhaps he removed it.No, I didnt, he said. I dont even pay attention to whats on my helmet. I just hope the helmet is functional. Thats all Im trying to get the helmet to be. I dont pay attention to the stickers, or whatever else is on there. I certainly didnt remove anything.Brady also dismissed any thought that there is a rift between him and backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo.I think theres obviously a lot of things that are said over the course of a season to try to divide our team, he said. Thats never been what our team has been about. I want all the players on our team to do great. Certainly, Jimmy, I know him really well. Hes really done a great job preparing himself, and Im excited to see how he makes the most of his opportunity.Brady told Gray that he will watch all of the Patriots games, and hopes it makes him a better player.Im a pretty positive person, Brady said. I use all these different situations in my life as learning experiences and Ive certainly learned a lot about myself, about my support system, about the people that care about me, my teammates, my friendships.And I look forward to going out there and playing when I have the opportunity to do it. Sometimes when youre not out there, you gain a different perspective, and you gain maybe more appreciation for what you do. I did have that chance in 2008 under different circumstances when I got injured and had a chance to sit back and watch from afar. Unfortunately Ill be doing that again for these four weeks and hopefully I can gain maybe a deeper perspective and maybe one I couldnt have gained if I was out there playing. 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Esa Lindell and Rasmus Ristolainen replied for Finland (1-1-0) Lindell opened the scoring for Finland just 41 seconds into the game, but the hosts quickly regained their composure and tied the score less than four minutes later on Wennbergs first of the game.SAN ANTONIO -- Hours away from drawing the toughest defensive assignment of his two-year career with the San Antonio Spurs, Kawhi Leonard wasnt feverishly taking mental notes of how to guard LeBron James. The second-year pro was simply relaxing at home Monday night, watching Miami rout the Indiana Pacers 99-76 to set up a showdown with San Antonio in the NBA Finals. Seeing how Paul George and Lance Stephenson defended James wasnt as important to Leonard as the outcome. "I was just laying (down), seeing who we were going to play," he said. Leonard means no disrespect. He is just happy to know who the Spurs will play after a weeks wait following their sweep of the Memphis Grizzlies in the Western Conference finals. The 6-foot-7 Leonard will draw the primary defensive assignment against James, the reigning NBA Finals MVP and two-time league MVP who is averaging 26.2 points, 7.3 rebounds and 6.4 assists in the playoffs. James is also shooting 51 per cent overall and 39 per cent on 3-pointers. "Its just a great challenge for me to try to help my team win by playing good defence on him," Leonard said. "I just accept the challenge and am ready to play." Facing a player on a hot streak isnt new to San Antonio this post-season following showdowns with Golden States Stephen Curry and Memphis Zach Randolph. After averaging 24 points and 10 assists in an upset of the Denver Nuggets, sweet-shooting Curry was held to 18.2 points and 6 assists against the Spurs -- excluding a 44-point, 11-assist effort in a Game 1 loss by the Warriors. Randolph averaged 18.4 points and 10.8 rebounds while bullying the Oklahoma City Thunder in the paint, but was limited to 11 points and 12 rebounds against the Spurs. His production included a two-point, seven-rebound effort in a Game 1 loss to San Antonio. In some respect, the Spurs are facing a hybrid of Curry and Randolph in the 6-foot-8, 250-pound James. "Hes great on offence and defence," said Leonard, who has a 7-3 wingspan. "He can pass, he can shoot the ball, gets offensive rebounds and defensive rebounds and he can guard the best player on the other team." While Leonard will be James primary defender, the Spurs will attempt to move him toward defensive help in the hope he gives up the ball. Its a strategy that helped San Antonio limit opponents to 44.2 per cent shooting, which was eighth in the league. But James isnt the only player the Spurs know they will need a group mentality to defend, starting with All-Stars Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.dddddddddddd "Theyve got more than just the big fella," San Antonio guard Danny Green said. "They are a great team. There is a reason they won last year, and they also added some pieces this year. On paper they have a really good team. Obviously they havent been playing as well as of late, but they have so many shooters surrounding the Big 3 they are a mismatch problem for any team." There was speculation that Miami was vulnerable considering Wade was battling a knee injury and Bosh was struggling offensively, leading to a Game 7 against a young Pacers team. Spurs forward Tim Duncan was stunned by that assertion. "I dont know how to answer that question," Duncan said. "I will know that when they stand in front of us if that be the case, but as of right now they are still the defending champs and the best team in the regular season." Wade dismissed a lot of those notions with 21 points and nine rebounds Monday night to lead Miami to its third consecutive NBA Finals. "Hes an All-Star," Green said of Wade. "I dont think it surprises anyone what hes capable of doing. He obviously hasnt been shooting as well, and neither has Chris bosh, but we know what theyre capable of. Any given night they can come out and give a game like that. "Good players do big things on big stages. We expected them to do that last night and we expect them to come out in the Finals and be playing their best basketball." The Heat swept the regular season series with the Spurs, but both games dont mean much. San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich sent Duncan, Green, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili home rather than have them travel to Miami to play the second night of a back-to-back on Nov. 29. The Spurs were fined $250,000 by the NBA for the decision. Miami returned the favour by sitting James and Wade on March 21 in San Antonio. Still, the Spurs could have a leg up on the advance scouting against James and the Heat since the Pacers have a similar roster and defensive strategy. "Its basketball, so its not grossly different," Popovich said. "There are some things that we might emphasize or not emphasize as much as Indiana did just because were a different team. 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