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CHICAGO -- Jon Lester is all set for Game 1 of the NL Championship Series on Saturday night. The rest of the Chicago Cubs rotation depends on the health of Kyle Hendricks.Hendricks left Game 2 of the Division Series against San Francisco when a comebacker went off his right forearm in the fourth inning. He had a bullpen session Thursday, and the Cubs are waiting to see how he feels before confirming the major league ERA leader for Game 2 on Sunday night.Just find out where Kyle is. Just making sure that hes healthy, manager Joe Maddon said. He threw today. You always wait a little bit to find out if theres any after-effect of that and then you make your determination. But thats about it, just health.Hendricks is coming off a breakout season, going 16-8 with a 2.13 ERA this year that included a 9-2 record and 1.32 ERA in 15 home games.Assuming Hendricks comes through the bullpen session just fine, he likely would be followed by Jake Arrieta in Game 3 and then John Lackey. The four playoff starters combined for 64 of Chicagos major league-leading 103 wins this season, and it sounds as if the Cubs feel they will be OK no matter how it shakes out.I have a lot of faith in our guys. Theyve been doing it all year, Maddon said on a brisk day at Wrigley Field. Theyre absolutely rested going into this moment, so I feel very strongly about our starting pitching.The only major question for Chicago is its NLCS roster. The Cubs were waiting for their opponent before the Dodgers 4-3 victory over the Nationals in Game 5 of their NL Division Series on Thursday night, so they were planning to have more detailed roster discussions on Friday.We debated 11 pitchers versus 12 a lot before that last series, and Im sure thatll be the same debate, general manager Jed Hoyer said before Los Angeles win. Which way we end up going Im not sure. There was parts of the last series that pushed for both, really. There were moments that you were glad you had the extra position player. There were moments you wanted the extra pitcher.Chicago was nearly pushed to a decisive Game 5 by San Francisco, but the Cubs rallied for four runs in the ninth inning of their series-clinching 6-5 victory on Tuesday night. Asked how much he had watched that ninth inning, a chuckling Hoyer responded a lot.It was great. I thought the purpose of our guys at-bats was really wonderful, Hoyer said. They all had a plan.Before that rally, the Cubs had been mostly shut down by Giants pitching. They hit just .200 for the series, and their pitchers drove in six of their 17 runs. Anthony Rizzo, one of the top contenders for NL MVP, and starting shortstop Addison Russell each went 1 for 15 in the first round.We look at it as `Ws and losses. Thats how we all look at it, right fielder Jason Heyward said. We all understand its not going to happen every time at the plate. We understand sometimes youre going to face good pitching.The Cubs also made it to the NLCS last year and then managed just eight runs and 21 hits in a sweep by the New York Mets. But they are hoping momentum from the rally against the Giants, their experience from last year and home-field advantage will lead to a different result this time around.I do have a lot of faith in our guys, Maddon said. Id like to believe that just getting to this next moment might chill everybody out even a little bit more.---Jay Cohen can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/jcohenap Air Max 270 Prezzo Basso . Miller reached right to deflect Mikhail Grabovskis attempt with just over 2 minutes remaining in regulation, and then made two more saves in the shootout Sunday to give the Sabres a 2-1 win over the Washington Capitals. Air Max 270 Offerta . -- The Magic have their first victory of the new year. http://www.airmax270outlet.it/ . It was just business as usual for the Thunder at home. 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Jared Sullinger and the Toronto Raptors have struck a one-year deal believed to be in the $6 million range, league sources tell ESPNs Marc Stein.?On Monday afternoon, Sullinger broke the news himself by tweeting WE THE NORTH#0 and changed his Twitter avatar to a Raptors logo.The Celtics rescinded a $4.4 million qualifying offer to Sullinger last week in order to clear the necessary cap space to sign Al Horford to a four-year, $113 million contract.Sullinger could potentially start alongside center Jonas Valanciunas in Torontos frontcourt next season.The Raptors, who are coming off a franchise-best season in which they won 56 games and advanced to the Eastern Conference finals, had been seeking to upgrade at the power forward spot for a while.Toronto lost Bismack Biyombo to Orlando in free agency and did not possess significant salary-cap space after locking up cornerstone DeMar DeRozan to a five-year, $145 million deal.Sullingers scoring and playing time both dropped last season. He averaged 10.3 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists over 23.6 minutes per game. Bostons crowded frontcourt and penchant for small- ball lineups limited Sullingers playing time, but the decreaased minutes suggested the Celtics did not have confidence in leaning on Sullinger, who endured a rough postseason against an athletic Hawks front line.ddddddddddddCeltics coach Brad Stevens said Sunday that he believed Sullinger would find another home quickly.I think Jareds a really good player, and I think Jared will continue to be a really good player, Stevens said. Obviously when we got Al [Horford], that made us make hard decisions. And the thing that stinks about that is having to move on and move forward, both for him and us. But hell do great. Jareds one of the more talented guys being able to get the ball off the glass, and hes got a beautiful touch and hes a good guy, and so I think hell do well.Im hopeful this move will benefit him as well, and I think it will. 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