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Rookie coach Andrew Gaze is on track to give the Sydney Kings a shot at the NBL title after leading his team to their second best start in franchise-history.New NBA recruit Steve Blake racked up 12 points on debut as Gazes Kings toppled Brisbane 87-78 in Sydney on Sunday to claim their fifth straight win and cement top spot on the ladder.It is their most successful start to a campaign since legendary coach Brian Goorjian led the Kings on a seven-game winning streak to open their 2002-03 championship-winning season.Goorjian went on to claim two more titles in a memorable three-peat.The Kings exacted revenge on the Bullets at Qudos Bank arena with a nine-point victory, just four weeks after losing their only game of the campaign in the season-opener.They next take on Cairns on Saturday, beginning a tough stretch of four games in eight days.Cairns are tough. We played them third game and they were in a position to win. We lost Kevin (Lisch) in that game for the second half. We had to dig deep, Gaze said.Its going to be a tough little home and away battle that weve got coming up. We drop all those four and were back in the middle of the pack, which is not inconceivable.Gaze is confident of having Lisch back, the reigning MVP and captain ruled out of the Bullets game with a calf strain.His availability will be huge a fillip for a Kings team forced to play Blake for all but four minutes.The rotation I can envisage between Steve, Jason (Cadee) and Kevin, where theyre not playing 37, 38 minutes and they can play at a higher intensity and get through that, thatll be better for them as well, Gaze said.I think theres a lot to like about our team, but its very early days yet.With two-time NBA champion Josh Powell also coming off the bench for the Kings, Bullets coach Andrej Lemanis was envious of the teams ability to spend big on their squad.Asked of his initial reaction to Blakes signing, he said:First reaction, they must have lots of money given the other talent they have on the roster.Obviously its a great luxury for the Kings to be able to bring two NBA guys, veteran NBA guys off the bench. 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But when Snyder unleashed her rallying cry, everyone knew what had to happen.She yelled, This is the U.S. womens eight! And we rallied, said Kerry Simmonds, who rowed in seat No. 2.Snyder, always playing down her role as the coxswain -- the only person in the boat without oars -- said she told the crew to trust your fitness, and trust the plan and trust your teammates.But what about the tradition of the U.S. womens eight -- a dynasty that stands out in team sports?I did say that, she said, bashfully. I think it was in the third 500 (meters). And everyone was going together. I was going with them and they were going with me.Meghan Musnicki, who also rowed the eight in London, said Snyders call referred to the entire womens team, including the rowers who were cut inn the fierce competition to make the Olympics.ddddddddddddIts an honor to be part of such an amazing group of women and feel like every single one of them is rooting for you and has your back, Musnicki said.Tom Terhaar, head coach of the womens rowing team since 2001, said the big pool of rowers fighting for a spot in the eight helps account for the U.S. success.If one has a bad year they dont make it. Which is hard, but sport is hard, he said. Fortunately weve been able to figure out the top crew pretty consistently.The U.S. crew won the race in 6 minutes, 1.49 seconds. As Canada faded after its aggressive start, Britain took the silver and Romania the bronze.It was the first U.S. gold medal in the rowing regatta and second overall, after Genevra Stones silver in the womens single sculls.Britain had never medaled before in the womens eight. Jessica Eddie, whos rowed in Britains eight since 2005, hopes the silver will inspire younger rowers to challenge the U.S. winning streak.Ive been here getting beaten by the Americans for the past 11 years, Eddie said. I hope this will trickle down and that women who will now be coming into the sport for the next four, eight, 12 years can believe they can do it. ' ' '