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BIRMINGHAM, England -- British sailor Luke Patience has questioned the logic of allowing athletes to compete in the Olympics when the Games does not represent the summit of their sport.The build-up to next months Rio Games has seen a number of high-profile golfers withdraw, citing fears surrounding the Zika virus. Among those is world No. 1 Jason Day and No. 4 Rory McIlroy, who has denied his decision not to take part is?embarrassing for golf.Patience, a silver medallist at London 2012, has effectively had to qualify twice for Rio after his 470 teammate Elliott Willis was diagnosed with cancer at the end of 2015.He will travel to Brazil with realistic gold-medal ambitions having secured his place in Team GB alongside Chris Grube, and is unsympathetic to the concerns of athletes who do not hold the Games in the highest esteem.Possibly a controversial statement but I think if the Olympics isnt the pinnacle of your sport, I would question why the sport is part of the Games, he told ESPN. It should be the ultimate. There should be no harder feat than the Olympic Games for your sport.Aside from Zika there are fears over the water quality in Rio with an Associated Press report last December suggesting that athletes ran a very real risk of infection.However, World Sailing has since insisted that considerable progress has been made at the Marina da Gloria, where the Olympic sailing regatta will take place between Aug. 8-18.I have far bigger things to worry about, said Patinece. Is my boat ready? Have I understood the course correctly? Im far more concerned about that.Yes, theres Zika. Yes, the water pollution is bad, but what are you going to do? Thats not going to stop me going to the Games and it shouldnt stop anyone else.I just think Rio needs to start; [hold the] opening ceremony and let everyone forget about all of those things.Patiences fellow Team GB sailor Hannah Mills added that she would never skip an Olympics unless were told you cant because of x, y and z but explained the information passed on by British Sailing ensured she was confident the risk could be managed.The water obviously does [worry me], because for us its a huge deal; getting sick or not getting sick, she said. As a British Sailing Team weve spent a lot of time thinking about it and the support staff have been amazing in organising as much protection as we can against that.We feel in a very strong place in terms of all the other sailing teams, the protocols we have in place, which gives you confidence but obviously you can never completely guard against it. 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Dallas led by as many as 28 points, its largest lead in any game this season.The performance was even more impressive considering the Mavericks are without Dirk Nowitzki, Andrew Bogut and J.J. Barea. In their place, Dallas received big contributions across the board.Wesley Matthews tallied a team-high 25 points to go along with four rebounds and two steals in 32 minutes. Matthews has posted at least 25 points five times in his last eight games.Matthews is averaging 18.9 points per game over his last 15 games, and has connected on 47.3 percent (61-129) from 3-point territory in that span.My teammates are finding me and Im getting good looks, Matthews said. I put a lot of emphasis this year on working hard on my shot after practice. Im a product of energy and when we are playing the right way and we are locked in I feel like I can knock down shots.Harrison Barnes scored 18 and Deron Williams added 17 points. Rookie forward Dorian Finney-Smith, starting in place of Nowitzki, set or matched season highs in points (13), rebounds (nine), assists (three) and blocks (two) in 32 minutes. Justin Anderson and Seth Curry scored 11 and 10, respectively, off the bench.The Mavericks have been forced to rely on relatively inexperienced players such as Finney-Smith, Anderson, Curry and Salah Mejri due to injuries all season. Beating the Nuggets served as a needed confidence boost.Weve just got to keepp working and build off this win, Anderson said.dddddddddddd We wont go away. We are not going to get down we are going to continue to build off this.The biggest thing, it is a huge learning experience for all the younger guys. Going through these ups and downs in the NBA, and keep pushing to get better.The Pistons (13-13) took a step back in Sundays 97-79 home loss to Philadelphia. The 76ers opened the game on an 18-4 run and never looked back.Detroit coach Stan Van Gundy took blame for the loss and the team not being ready to play. He gave the team Saturday off and didnt hold a morning shootaround practice Sunday because of severe weather in the Detroit area.We just werent ready. We were just not ready, Van Gundy told reporters after the loss. Its not that they dont have some responsibility in that, no matter what the conditions. Youre an NBA player. Its your job to be ready to play. But I didnt do my job in getting them ready.Marcus Morris did score a season-high 28, and Andre Drummond recorded his seventh consecutive double-double with 14 points and 14 rebounds.Van Gundy experimented in the Philadelphia game with duo point guards Reggie Jackson and Ish Smith together on the floor with starting shooting guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope sitting out with a knee injury. Caldwell-Pope is expected to play against Dallas.That pairing didnt work well against the Sixers, but Van Gundy hope to try it again in an effort to manufacture more offense.The Pistons rank second in terms of opponents points per game, giving up just 96.1 points a game. Theyre also first in fewest turnovers per game, averaging just 11.6 turnovers a contest.Detroit went 1-1 against the Mavericks last season. The Pistons have lost six of the past eight games in Dallas, but have won the last two. ' ' '