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LOS ANGELES -- Another chapter of storylines unfolds when the Los Angeles Lakers tip off their 2016-17 campaign Wednesday night.Last season, it was Kobe Bryants final year that grabbed the headlines, punctuated by a 60-point performance in his last game and a rare Lakers win.This time its Luke Walton stepping into the spotlight as he begins his first season as coach when the Lakers face the Houston Rockets at Staples Center in the season opener for both clubs.Walton replaces Byron Scott, who was dismissed after a franchise-worst 17-65 run last season. While Scott was known as a taskmaster and clashed with players, Walton brings a laid-back approach that the Lakers believe suits his young club well.I like leading by love, Walton said, according to the L.A. Times. But I had hippie parents so thats to be expected. Its the way I was raised.Walton, formerly the top assistant at Golden State under Steve Kerr, rose as a hot coaching property last season by guiding the Warriors to a 39-4 mark and winning an NBA-record 24 in a row to open the season as interim coach during Kerrs absence for health reasons.Walton already was on the radar of up-and-coming assistants destined for NBA coaching jobs, but that successful stretch expedited his elevation.Obviously, the Lakers job has major challenges. Walton will attempt to mix a crop of young talent (DAngelo Russell, Julius Randle, Jordan Clarkson, Larry Nance Jr. and rookie No. 2 pick Brandon Ingram) and blend it with a core of veterans (Lou Williams, Luol Deng, Jose Calderon, Timofey Mozgov and Nick Young).Theres no better guy to lead a franchise and teach a franchise from a youthful perspective that he brings to the game with maturity and knowledge, Phoenix Suns coach Earl Watson told the Orange County Register recently. He sees the game on a different level. Theres so many levels at this game. Theres so many games within a game. Few can see it with substance the way that he does.Mike DAntoni will return for the first time as a head coach since he quit the Lakers job after the 2013-14 season because the club refused to extend him a long-term deal.James Harden, the NBAs second-leading scorer at 29 points per game last season, leads a Rockets team that will play for the first time in three campaigns without center Dwight Howard, who bolted to Atlanta as a free agent.I think everybody is excited, everybodys ready to get going. Weve had a good preseason, said DAntoni, whose club finished 5-2 in exhibitions. Weve got still a lot of growth thats got to going on and weve got to get a lot better, but I think were at a reasonably good point.The Rockets will play without guard Patrick Beverly, who underwent arthroscopic knee surgery Tuesday. 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The A-League is set to implement video replays before the finals series starts, meaning contentious incidents like David Carneys handball goal will no longer be missed.Head of the A-League Greg ORourke has revealed Football Federation Australias leading referees and video assistant referees (VARs) spent the weekend before last conducting tests of Hawkeye technology at Brisbanes Suncorp Stadium.It came after FFAs director of referees Ben Wilson travelled to Zurich late last month for workshops on VARs with FIFA, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) and 10 other participating countries.Australia is one of six leagues around the world approved to run the trials of VARs including Germanys Bundesliga and Americas Major League Soccer.FFA had already flagged the potential to introduce video replays in time for the start of the finals on April 21.But they are now aiming to do so a couple of weeks beforehand, providing theyve completed all the necessary testing required under FIFA rules.Its proceeding and were online for an April rollout, ORourke told AAP.The technology is right, that doesnt need to be questioned.The question now is how do we operationalise it in line with what FIFA want.Not everybody has agreed on how this will be commmunicated to fans and with broadcasters, whether or not it will be reviewed centrally like the NRL do or whether at each ground on each day.ddddddddddddOur aim is to have video assistant refereeing at every single A-League game to pick reviews around what we saw with Carneys goal.Melbourne Victory fans and coach Kevin Muscat were left aggrieved on Saturday night when Carneys equaliser for Sydney FC was allowed despite the ball making clear contact with his arm.The VAR system will only look at four areas: goals, penalty decisions, red cards and the rare occasion of mistaken identity.If the video assistant referee is to focus on red cards, penalties and goals then Saturday night would have been picked up on review, ORourke said.The interesting thing for me being at the game was that not one person in real time saw that handball.Not the opposition, not the commentators, none of the fans.It was only on replays that it became obvious.Thats where the VAR will come into itself.ORourke said that if for any reason the trial is put on hold FFA will use fifth and sixth officials for the finals series as they did last season. cheap falcons jerseys cheap ravens jerseys cheap bills jerseys cheap bears jerseys cheap bengals jerseys cheap cowboys jerseys cheap lions jerseys cheap texans jerseys cheap colts jerseys cheap jaguars jerseys cheap chiefs jerseys cheap rams jerseys cheap dolphins jerseys cheap vikings jerseys cheap saints jerseys cheap giants jerseys cheap jets jerseys cheap eagles jerseys cheap steelers jerseys cheap 49ers jerseys ' ' '