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CLEVELAND -- Heres how Derrick Rose summed up his first night as a New York Knick: Thank God this is the first game.Rose and the Knicks fell to the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers?117-88 on Tuesday in their season opener. It was an ugly debut for the new-look Knicks, but head coach Jeff Hornacek saw some positive moments for Rose.He had that good explosion, Hornacek said of Rose, who scored 17 points (7-for-17 shooting) in 29 minutes. Hes just got to figure out all of the stuff that were doing, and hell be a big part of our team and really help us.Rose noted after the game that hes still getting acclimated to the Knicks offense. In particular, hes still getting used to the portions of the offense that employ the triangle, Phil Jacksons signature approach.Towards the end, when you saw us running it, it was just us trying to get used to it so its not that foreign, Rose said. We got a lot of room to make up on that side of the ball too.Rose, who missed two weeks of the preseason while attending a civil trial in Los Angeles, is optimistic that hell ultimately be productive in the offense.I got to find a way, and Im going to find a way, Rose said. Thats what being great is all about.Its worth noting, though, that Rose said he would prefer running pick-and-rolls throughout the course of a game. The pick-and-roll isnt run as often in the triangle as it is in most current NBA offenses.?That might be one of the biggest adjustments for Rose in New York.I got to find a way. Theres no way around it, Rose said of succeeding in the triangle.Carmelo Anthony was asked if he felt the Knicks needed to allow Rose to run more pick-and-roll early in the season, as he gets acclimated to what the Knicks are running.We want guys to feel comfortable with kind of who they are, Anthony said. We dont want to try to change anybodys game. If Derrick feels comfortable being up there in high pick-and-roll, thats his game. You cant take him away from that.You want to utilize guys strengths. Thats who he is, thats who hes always been. We want to rely on that. We dont want to take that away from him.The Knicks also had a tough time on defense Tuesday, allowing Cleveland to shoot 49 percent from the floor. Rose said he wouldve liked New York to be a bit more physical with the Cavs, particularly on fast breaks.We got to foul. Not put them down, but for sure, we have to foul them in the open court to make sure [they dont] get the crowd into the game, he said.Despite Tuesdays struggles, Rose is optimistic that the Knicks will be able to figure things out. Tuesday was the first game in which the Knicks starting five (Anthony, Rose, Joakim Noah, Courtney Lee, Kristaps Porzingis) shared the floor.It takes us coming together and learning from our mistakes, Rose said. We got so much room to improve. 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LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Two days before the release of a new report into Russian doping, the IOC on Wednesday extended the provisional sanctions imposed on the country over allegations of systematic cheating and cover-ups.The International Olympic Committee executive board said the measures imposed on July 19 have been extended until further notice.The sanctions, originally designed to apply until the end of this year, were put into place following the first report by World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren that alleged state-sponsored doping in Russia.Under the measures, the IOC will not organize or give patronage to any sports events or meetings in Russia. In addition, the IOC urges all Olympic winter sports federations to freeze their preparations for major events in Russia, including world championships and World Cups and to actively look for alternative organizers.Separately, the IOC also released its latest figures from this years retesting of stored doping samples from the 2012 London Olympics and 2008 Beijing Games, putting the total so far of positive cases at 101, with three new positives recorded since the 98 cases announced in July. Russian athletes and the sport of weightlifting were the worst offenders.IOC medical director Dr. Richard Budgett said he expects many more positives from the London Games to be confirmed in the coming weeks. To date, the retests have caught at least 27 medalists from Beijing and 16 from London, including five gold medalists.The IOC executive board released a statement that set out its position ahead of Fridays r release in London of McLarens second and final report into the Russian scandal.The Canadian lawyers first report, issued in July, led WADA to recommend Russias exclusion from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The IOC rejected the call, instead allowing international federations to decide which Russians could compete.Fridays report is expected to focus on evidence of organized Russian doping centered on the Sochi Games, including allegations that tainted samples of Russian athletes -- including medalists -- were swapped for clean ones through a concealed hole in the wall of the drug-testing lab.The IOC said the allegations go to the heart of the Olympic Games and are a fundamental attack on their integrity.The committee said due process must be followed, meaning McLarens evidence must be evaluated and those implicated -- including athletes and the Russian Sports Ministry -- have to be given the right to be heard.Once the investigations are complete, the IOC will take all the appropriate measures and sanctions, including disqualification of athletes from the games and exclusion of implicated officials, entourage or government officials from the Olympics, the statement said.The IOCs call for a freeze on major events in Russia has been calleed into question by Russias hosting of the 2017 world bobsled and skeleton championships in Sochi.dddddddddddd Some athletes have suggested they could boycott the event.IOC spokesman Mark Adams said the resolution did not cover events that were already planned.As it stands that event was planned beforehand and doesnt contravene the IOCs call as far as I understand, he said.Questions have also been raised over the recent decision to award the 2021 world biathlon championships to Russia in the Siberian city of Tyumen. International Biathlon Union President Anders Besseberg has said the event could be relocated if more evidence of state-backed doping emerges.Outside of the Olympics, international federations have the authority to sanction athletes and their entourage and potentially suspend national federations, the IOC said.McLarens report will be sent to two separate IOC inquiry commissions. One is looking into the allegations of Russian state involvement in doping, the other is investigating the athletes and the doping samples.Meanwhile, the IOC said it has so far sanctioned 79 athletes whose samples came back positive this year in reanalysis with improved techniques that can detect use of steroids going back weeks rather than days. The IOC stores doping samples for 10 years, allowing them to be retested when new methods become available.Budgett said the Beijing testing is now complete, while more samples remain to be reanalyzed from London.There will be many more (positives) to come in the future because the program is continuing, he said. In the coming weeks and months we should expect more from London.Budgett said McLaren is investigating samples for Sochi, and they will be turned over to the IOC for forensic examination and reanalysis. Sixty blood samples from Russian athletes have already been checked and did not produce any positive findings, he said.Russia has been by far the worst violator in the retesting program, with 16 of its athletes out of the 44 caught from Beijing, and 11 out of the 29 from London so far.Budgett said it would be speculation to conclude that the figures support evidence of an organized Russian doping program.It adds some substance to the debate but it doesnt actually tell us what goes on, he said.Weightlifting was the sport with the most positives -- 38 out of the 79 from London and Beijing, followed by track and field with 31.Many critics have called for weightlifting to be kicked out of the Olympics because of its doping record.I suppose you could say every sport is at risk, Budgett said. Weightlifting has got a good anti-doping program in place at the moment. Its a judgment as to what went on in the past and what they are doing now. ' ' '