Australian Open champion Jordan Spieth believes his playoff win at Royal Sydney is the exact pressure test he needed to push on into 2017 and take his game to another level.While it was two clutch par putts that saw Spieth join locals Cameron Smith and Ashley Hall in a three-way playoff on Sunday, a perfect tee- and second shot at the first extra hole pleased the American far more as he lifted the Stonehaven Cup for a second time.With two wins earlier in 2016, Spieth had already enjoyed the kind of season any touring professional would be proud of.But he knows what a second triumph in Sydney could mean after he took the momentum of his 2014 Australian Open victory into the Hero World Challenge where he recorded a 10-stroke win, and then powered to one of the most memorable seasons on record.I hope to take this into a couple of weeks from now, improve on areas that need improvement and sustain what was solid, Spieth said Sunday evening.From there, then address what the goals are for the next year. Im not exactly sure yet, thats normally what we do in the month of December is figure out what were looking forward to in 2017.But I think a lot can be drawn back on 2014 into 15. So its really nice to, again; the way we played the playoff I think is going to do wonders for me. Ive been in a little bit of a stall hitting shots when they mattered.[At] Colonial, I saved myself with a lot of putts...to hit those two shots in there right where I wanted to hit them. And then to make the putt with it is really big going forward, and its something I can draw on all next year is look back on the way this one was finished out.Spieth has been constantly reminded of his meltdown at The Masters since it occurred back in April, and he was again asked about it after his victory at Royal Sydney.While he didnt buy into talk the fashion in which the win came could help bury his Masters capitulation, Spieth said it augured well if a similar situation arose down the track.Yeah probably, its kind of old news. Until I get back there [Augusta] again, Im sure it will come back to me again there, Ill get plenty of questions about it then, he said.Yeah I still had clutch swings, I just had one bad one. I didnt hit the ball at all well that week and was still leading by four or five shots with nine holes to goBut to answer your question, its been kind of something that, its very difficult to do. I mean you cant practice for being very nervous; you cant get on the range and say, okay, get nervous -- it doesnt work that way.It just comes through experience and it just seemed that my tendencies were always to get underneath the ball and miss it right. And so I just committed to my swings the last couple of times today, in that playoff, and that is tough to do when the lefts trouble because you think youre going to hit it left - its uncomfortable. But they went right on line.Now I know that and I think thats going to do wonders going forward. Nike Zoom Sale . The Montreal Canadiens announced on Friday that the veteran forward will return to the teams line-up on Saturday night when the Habs visit the Nashville Predators. Nike Blazer Sale . -- Devin Hester is done returning kicks in Chicago. https://www.wholesaleshoesforcheap.com/ . Irving scored 23 points, Tristan Thompson had 20 points and 10 rebounds and the Cavaliers beat the Denver Nuggets 117-109 on Friday night. 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The New Zealand Breakers have avenged last years four-match losing streak to the Illawarra Hawks with a scrappy 100-85 win in Auckland on Friday.The Breakers, who led by as much as 25 midway through the second spell, had to fend off a third-quarter revival from the visitors before they secured their sixth win from 10 starts this season.The victory was anchored by an outstanding first quarter, won 33-16 by the Breakers, and provided an encouraging welcome for new signing David Stockton.The American point guard top-scored for the Breakers with 17 while former Hawks shooting guard Kirk Penney and Tom Abercrombie chipped in with 16 apiece.Corey Webster and Alex Pledger each contributed 14 to a strong all-round New Zealand shooting performance.Rotnei Clarke led the way for Illawarra with 17 points, while Marvelle Harris and Andrew Ogilivy each added 16.The Breakerss dominated the offensive boards, opening out to a 12-0 lead before the Hawks finally found their range.ddddddddddddIllawarra improved their damage control in the second quarter, but the Breakers were still finding plenty of space on the shot and extended their lead to 57-38 at halftime.Illawarra lifted their defensive intensity to launch a spirited comeback in the third stanza, taking the spell 31-23 to reduce the Breakers lead to 80-69 at the three-quarter mark.Harris led the way with an 11-point haul in the third quarter, while Kenny White underlined the Illawarra comeback with an emphatic three-pointer on the buzzer.But the Breakers maintained their composure to outscore the Hawks 20-16 in the closing spell and secure the win. 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