Day 14 of BBC Sport's advent calendar looking back at the sporting decade features the latest teenage tennis sensation to announce herself at Wimbledon.

In 2019 Coco Gauff, 15, reached a Grand Slam main draw for the first time and defeated five-time Wimbledon singles champion Venus Williams in the opening round.

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Lunch Australia 0 for 1 (Warner 1*) and 416 (Labuschagne 143, Head 56, Wagner 4-92, Southee 4-93) lead New Zealand 166 (Taylor 80, Starc 5-52) by 251 runs

Mitchell Starc just kept doing what he always does in Australia, whether the ball is red or pink or white. He runs in and goes whang. In the course of that, he picked up his 13th five-wicket haul - seventh at home - to wrap up New Zealand for 166 and secure a lead of 250.

That gave Australia the chance to enforce the follow-on but it was hardly ever a realistic option with Josh Hazlewood out of the game with a hamstring strain. The ease with which Tim Paine and his men managed that - an injury to one of their best weapons to a pink ball - was remarkable. Of course, it must have helped that they had 416 runs in the bank and the batsmen they were targeting already had been in the field for nearly 150 overs.

It tells a great deal of the faith Australia have in their fast bowlers that they went out to the field on Saturday and immediately settled into a short-ball plan. Starc and Pat Cummins were the only ones left standing. The heat was in the 40C range again. New Zealand were already five down, but their lower-order rarely ups and folds like a deck chair. There was a chance it could have gone all wrong, that the two big quicks would be bowled into the ground and Ross Taylor, who was well past fifty, could have marshalled the resources he had left to some semblance of safety.

But what really happened was, after swaying out of the way of a ball that was coming for his nose, BJ Watling was slow to get in line with the follow-up delivery and was bowled. A man who had come into this game with scores of 77, 105*, 205 and 55 had been one-twoed by Cummins' ruthless precision.

Taylor took on the short ball with varied degrees of success - some zipped past him while others zipped to the boundary - but his biggest test came at the hands of Nathan Lyon. The offspinner's first over included a ball that skipped through the gap between bat and pad and nearly bowled Taylor. Ever since then, he began to look unsure of his scoring options because he was unsure how much the ball will spin. Eventually, a beautifully tossed up offbreak took Taylor's outside edge as he played inside the line and he was caught for an otherwise flawless 80.

MIAMI -- Facing a Miami Heat team with an unblemished record at home, the Los Angeles Lakers' road winning streak looked to be in jeopardy Friday night because of a disastrous first half from LeBron James.

"Well, we were down today because of me," James said, referring to a Miami lead that swelled to as big as 14 as James turned it over seven times and missed seven of his 11 shots in the first half. "I was reckless."

The Lakers were a different team and James was a different player after the break. L.A. was able to rally to win 113-110 to become the first visiting team to leave AmericanAirlines Arena with a victory, extending its road win streak to 13, largely because of James, who pumped in 17 of his 28 points and dished out nine of his 12 assists in the second half.

And James was able to rally personally thanks to a little help from his friends, namely Lakers big men Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins.

"My teammates got on my ass," James told ESPN's Israel Gutierrez during a walk-off interview on the game broadcast. "They told me you're playing too passive, thinking about the game way too much instead of read and reacting and doing what you do. ... [Davis] got on me, Boogie Cousins got on me and they told me to just be me. So I was like, 'Thank God we have two halves in a basketball game,' where I can flush the first one, and then come back and try to help us win."

It didn't start off smoothly after the pep talk. Jimmy Butler intercepted a James pass on the first possession of the second half, tossing it ahead to Kendrick Nunn to put the Heat back up by double digits.

"Jimmy was the one who got his hands on it again," said James, whose all-time record against Butler evened up 17-17 with the Lakers' win. "But I knew what was happening, and I just read it wrong. And I was able to make the right reads after that."

L.A. completely turned the tables on Miami from there, climbing out of the 10-point hole and building an 11-point lead of its own.

"Second half, he definitely picked it up everybody all around," Lakers guard Danny Green said. "Turn the ball over less and got some good shots, got it going, got our rhythm going."

It's a rhythm the Lakers have mostly kept intact since an opening-night loss to the LA Clippers, now owning a 23-3 record, tied with the Milwaukee Bucks for the best in the league.

In a testament to their team makeup, it was Cousins in street clothes and Davis, eight years James' junior, holding the Lakers' star accountable.

And after he, along with Davis' night of 33 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks, was so instrumental in the Lakers' second-half comeback, it was James distributing the credit all throughout the roster.

"In the second half, I got back to myself. Playing my game and we all fed off of JaVale [McGee]. Especially in that third quarter, he was blocking everything at the rim," James said. "AD got it going. Danny [Green] got it going, [Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, too], and I wanted to fill in and just try to help us close that gap, and we did that."

And afterward there was appreciation shared for James' open ears as much as there was for his closeout play.

"We all have respect for each other and have the confidence to go up to whoever and try to get them going," Davis said. "The fact that he listens and everybody on the team accepts constructive criticism from our guys is what makes us so good."

MELBOURNE, Australia -- The caddie for Patrick Reed was involved in an altercation Saturday at Royal Melbourne that a source said involved him punching a fan after a Presidents Cup match.

Kessler Karain, who is the brother of Reed's wife, Justine, went into the crowd after Reed and partner Webb Simpson lost their four-ball match 5 and 3 to Hideki Matsuyama and C.T. Pan.

In a statement to ESPN's Michael Collins, Karain admitted to shoving a fan, who he said was just a few feet away from Reed and him as they were riding a cart and told the U.S. player, "You f------ suck."

"As a caddie one of your jobs is to protect your player. And unlike several other sports, in golf fans can get pretty close to Athletes," Karain said as part of his statement. "We have been known for having fun with some good banter, but after hearing several fans in Australia for 3 days some had taken it too far, I had enough. And this gentleman was one of them.

"I got off the cart and shoved him, said a couple things, probably a few expletives. Security came and I got back in [the] cart and left. I don't think there's one caddie I know that could blame me."

Karain told Collins that many fans have been using vulgar language at Royal Melbourne with no response or repercussions from security.

The PGA Tour said it was looking into Saturday's incident.

Reed has been the subject of considerable taunting and verbal abuse this week in the wake of a rules violation last week at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. During the third round of that tournament, Reed was assessed a two-stroke penalty when he played a ball from a sandy waste area and was determined to have improved his lie or line of play. Video showed Reed moving sand in his backswing while taking practice swings. He did it twice, the video went viral, and the seven-time PGA Tour winner and 2018 Masters champion has faced accusations of cheating since.

Reed accepted the penalty but said he told PGA Tour rules officials that the camera angle did not properly convey how much space there was behind his club.

"If you make a mistake maybe once, you could maybe understand but to give a bit of a bull---- response like the camera angle. ... that's pretty up there," Australian Cameron Smith, a member of the International team, said earlier in the week.

Smith noted that he expected spectators to taunt Reed over the incident.

"I hope so,'' Smith said. "I don't have any sympathy for anyone that cheats. I hope the crowd absolutely gives it to not only him, but everyone [on the American team].''

It hasn't helped Reed that he performed poorly with Simpson for three days. They lost their first match 1 up to Pan and Matsuyama on Thursday, then were hammered by Abraham Ancer and Marc Leishman 3 and 2 on Friday. On Saturday, Reed did not make a single birdie in his best-ball match with Simpson, who made just one in the loss to Pan and Matsuyama.

Neither Reed nor Simpson has been made available for interviews after their matches.

On Tuesday, Reed addressed the rules issue by saying he felt the cheating accusation was unfair.

"It's not the right word to use,'' Reed said. "At the end of the day, if you do something unintentionally that breaks the rules, it's not considered cheating, but I wasn't intentionally trying to improve a lie or anything like that. If I was, it would have been a really good lie and I would have hit it really close.''

Reed seemed to be frustrated on Friday when he mockingly made a shoveling motion on a green in response to jeering from spectators.

PHILADELPHIA -- On Thanksgiving Day, early in the afternoon, New Orleans Pelicans forward Derrick Favors took the time to write out a thoughtful social media post to his mother, Deandra Favors.

He thanked her for being a strong, hardworking presence in his life. He thanked her for the sacrifices she made in raising Favors, his older sister and his younger brother. He ended it by telling her Happy Thanksgiving and that he loved her and punctuated the post with three heart emojis.

A screenshot of the post is pinned atop Favors' Twitter page. It was his way of communicating his feelings as he went through his first holiday without his mother, who passed away suddenly just three days before on Nov. 25.

Deandra Favors used to talk to her son before and after every game. In fact, on the day she died, the two had a conversation about whether or not she was going to go on the Pelicans' four-game Christmas road trip that ends in a Christmas night game in Denver.

It made the phone call he received on Nov. 25 all the more devastating.

In the last home game Favors had played in, back on Nov. 14 -- a night in which the 10-year veteran had his first 20-point, 20-rebound game of his career -- his mother was in attendance. They walked out of the arena side by side.

After her death, Favors was shaken. He didn't know how long it was going to take before he was ready to play basketball again. While his teammates were playing games, Favors was making funeral arrangements.

"A couple weeks ago, basketball was probably the last thing on my mind," Favors said on Friday night.

The Pelicans allowed Favors as much time as he needed, and after a week and a half, he returned to the team on Monday before the Pelicans' game against Detroit.

His teammates supported him the best ways they could. Center Jahlil Okafor, whose mother died when he was 9 years old, told Favors to remember the good times and did his best to lend a listening ear to the player whose locker is next to his.

Favors, who also had missed five games with a back injury before his mother's death, warmed up before the game but wasn't ready to take the floor just yet. He traveled with the team to Milwaukee for Wednesday's contest, but something still wasn't right.

"I felt like I just needed to get back to playing but in Milwaukee, I wasn't right mentally," Favors told ESPN on Friday morning.

During his almost two weeks away from the team, Favors said he barely picked up a basketball. He tried to go to the gym, but he had to keep searching for a reason to be there.

"I couldn't. I went to the gym a couple times but mentally, I just wasn't there," Favors said. "The motivation wasn't there. It wasn't the right timing. When I got back to New Orleans, started working out, in Milwaukee, started working out, but (Thursday) when I was working out I started feeling better. Body was feeling good. It's time to come back."

He finally made that return on Friday night in the Pelicans' 116-109 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. Favors took his usual spot in the starting lineup and played exactly 15 minutes, which was the plan according to Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry.

Favors had eight points and eight rebounds in his return even as his minutes were monitored.

"I felt pretty good. My body felt good. My wind felt great," Favors said after the game. "I thought I was going to be a little more tired than what I was. Physically, I felt great out there. I did a lot of good things. I still have to get some rust off, but I think I did a lot of good things out there."

New Orleans attempted to get Favors involved early on. On their first possession, the Pelicans tried to get the ball to him in the middle of the lane only to turn it over. Favors' first shot attempt at the 10:36 mark clanked off the rim. He didn't make a basket until a little over three minutes later.

His impact was felt more on the defensive end, an area where the Pelicans have struggled this season. Gentry and players talked about the need for more communication on that end of the floor after the loss to Milwaukee and Favors helped in that area.

"I think especially from a veteran point of view, you get to see how he thinks and how he quarterbacks everything on the basketball floor," Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram said. "He was big for us, especially on the defensive end in the minutes that he played. He was communicating with everybody. He was doing the right coverage with everything."

Favors posted a team-best 96.9 defensive rating, one of just two Pelicans under 107 (Jaxson Hayes was the other at 97.6), and he did so playing the majority of his minutes against 76ers center Joel Embiid.

But as tough of a matchup as Embiid is, that wasn't Favors' focus heading into the game.

"He's a really good player, but I wasn't really thinking about that," Favors said. "With me, it was more mental. After what happened with my mom passing, I was just like I need to get back. I just need to get back to my routine, get back to playing basketball."

Favors sat the final 17:24 against the Sixers as he rested on the Pelicans' bench with a heating pad wrapped around his back.

It gave him some time to reflect on his return to the game, and he felt he made the right choice in waiting instead of rushing back.

"Early, I thought it wouldn't have been 100% there," Favors said. "Mentalwise, I probably would've been somewhere else. I had to take that time off just to get my mind back refocused and just talk to my family and be around my family so I can feel that love and support."

NAPLES, Fla. – Harold Varner III and Ryan Palmer shot a 17-under 55 on Friday in the QBE Shootout to match the scramble record since the event moved to Tiburon Golf Club in 2001.

Varner and Palmer eagled the par-5 17th and had 15 birdies and two pars in the first round. They tied the scramble record set by Greg Norman and Steve Elkington in 2005 and matched by Jason Day and Cameron Tringale in 2014.

''We're going to go back and talk about those two holes,'' Palmer joked about the pars. “We had a little mental lapse. We brought it back hard.''

Jason Kokrak and J.T. Poston were two strokes back after a 57. The teams will play a modified alternate shot Saturday and close with best-ball on Sunday.

''Hopefully, we'll both hit good tee shots and then go from there, but the way he's putting and the confidence I have in my iron play, I think that will be the idea,'' Palmer said. ''Hit a lot of good iron shots, put the putter in his hand.”

Rory Sabbatini-Kevin Tway and Charley Hoffman-Kevin Kisner opened at 58. Billy Horschel-Brendon Todd and Charles Howell III-Bubba Watson shot 59.

''Old guy with a thoroughbred,'' Sabbatini said. ''I'm just trying to let this guy run.''

Defending champions Brian Harman and Patton Kizzire had a 62.

Lexi Thompson and Sean O'Hair were 11th in the 12-team field after a 64.

MELBOURNE, Australia – Captain America traveled to Australia and lost his superpowers.

Patrick Reed wrapped up a winless record (0-3) in team play for the second consecutive year as he and Webb Simpson lost, 5 and 3, to Hideki Matsuyama and C.T. Pan. Neither Reed nor Simpson are playing in Saturday afternoon foursomes.

Last year at the Ryder Cup in Paris, Reed lost his first two team matches with Tiger Woods before winning his singles match.

Not only did Reed and Simpson lose all three matches here at Royal Melbourne, only one was particularly close, a 1-up defeat in Thursday fourballs to C.T. Pan and Hideki Matsuyama.

Reed and Simpson have only led in one of the 49 holes that they’ve played this week.

“They just ran into some guys that played well, made crucial putts at certain times,” U.S. captain Tiger Woods said. “Today, they just didn’t play well, and that happens. But the last two matches, it just comes down to a crucial putt here and there.”

Reed’s Ryder Cup career got off to a blazing start, going 6-1-2 in his first two appearances, teaming mostly with Jordan Spieth, which helped ignite the Captain American nickname. That moniker began to stick when Reed topped Rory McIlroy, 1 up, in the opening match of Sunday singles at the 2016 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine.

Reed’s Presidents Cup record was 4-3-2 in two previous appearances, so he was a combined 10-4-3 in both cups before going 1-2 last year in the Ryder Cup and 0-3 so far this year at the Presidents Cup, with Sunday singles looming.

MELBOURNE, Australia – A difficult week became even more unsavory for Patrick Reed on Saturday at the Presidents Cup.

Following Reed's 5-and-3 loss alongside Webb Simpson in the morning fourball session, Reed's caddie, Kessler Karain, was involved in an altercation with a fan at Royal Melbourne, according to Golf Channel’s Steve Sands. 

"[Reed] was really hearing it from the fans, and it got a little out of control there," Sands said during the telecast.

While no other details from the incident were available, officials were meeting to discuss the situation.

Shortly after the news broke, Karain spoke with multiple media outlets, including ESPN.com, to explain what happened. In a statement, Karain said his emotions boiled over after three difficult days.

"After hearing several fans in Australia for three days, some had taken it too far," Karain said. "I had had enough."

Karain said that a fan came up to Reed while he was sitting in a golf cart and shouted, about 3 feet away from him, "You f------ suck."

"I got off the cart and shoved him, said a couple things, probably a few expletives," Karain said. "Security came and I got back in cart and left. ... Unless his bones break like Mr. Glass, the most harm done was a little spilled beer, which I'm happy to reimburse him for."

Reed has been the target of the home fans all week in Australia after his rules violation at last week's Hero World Challenge prompted allegations of cheating. International team members, including Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith, urged their fans to bring the heat.

"I don't have any sympathy for anyone that cheats," Smith said. "I hope the crowd absolutely gives it to not only him, but everyone (on the American team) next week."

The fans listened, greeting Reed with boos in Thursday's opening session and then cheering as Reed's first tee shot found a bunker.

"You're really going to make your caddie carry 14 clubs and a shovel?" one fan shouted.

The heckling continued Friday, prompting Reed to respond by pretending to shovel, a reference to him being penalized two shots in the Bahamas for twice brushing away sand from behind his ball with his club.

Reed also reportedly had a run-in with Smith during Thursday’s four-ball session. Smith and Reed crossed paths between the fifth and sixth holes in a moment one report called a “love tap.”

“Yeah, I'm not really sure what it was about to be honest,” Smith said. “I mean, I haven't said anything wrong. I just don't want to really talk about it anymore. I think it's all said and done. I've said my bit. He's said his bit. Let's just get on with our job and try and play the Presidents Cup.”

U.S. captain Tiger Woods said before the week that he wasn't worried about Reed being a distraction.

“Whatever Patrick has put out there, he’s focused like he is in every Cup, he just goes out and gets his point," Woods said. "Next week will be no different.”

After losing a third straight match alongside Simpson, Reed is 0-3 this week at Royal Melbourne and was benched by Woods for Saturday afternoon's foursomes.

Hobart Hurricanes

Captain: Matthew Wade

Coach: Adam Griffith

Overseas players: Qais Ahmed (Afghanistan), David Miller (South Africa)

Full squad Qais Ahmad, George Bailey, Scott Boland, Jake Doran, Nathan Ellis, James Faulkner, Jarrod Freeman, Caleb Jewell, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Simon Milenko, David Miller, David Moody, Tom Rogers, Clive Rose, D'Arcy Short, Aaron Summers, Matthew Wade

Last season: 3rd

The Hurricanes dominated the regular season and looked unbeatable at times, but then stumbled at the semi-final stage. They won ten games in the regular season. Their opening combination of Wade and D'Arcy Short set all sorts of records with their monotonous consistency. They had a great bowling combination to back their openers up.

What's changed for the season?

The loss of Jofra Archer and Tymal Mills changes the dynamic of the attack significantly. They no longer have a pace battery and will need a little more variety. David Miller's inclusion adds some real quality to the middle order and gives the batting some depth.

Australia impact

They will be impacted heavily as any team with Wade's rise back to Test ranks must. He is unlikely to be available for the first six games and may miss a seventh. But then, when he returns, Ben McDermott could head to India with the ODI squad. Short is less likely to be in the frame but it's not out of the question. Riley Meredith is also on the Australian selectors' radar after playing for Australia A and if he has a big start to the BBL and the Test quicks get rested from the ODI tour, then the Hurricanes could be shorn of their strike weapon.

Player to watch

Riley Meredith has bowled well in Sheffield Shield and Marsh Cup cricket this season. Provided his body holds up, and in the absence of Archer, he will be the main man for the Hurricanes attack with the new ball and at the death.

Key stat (Gaurav Sundararaman)

Wade and Short lit the tournament up last year with their opening stands. They averaged 58.07 and contributed to 50% of the team's runs.

Melbourne Renegades

Captain: Aaron Finch

Coach: Michael Klinger

Overseas players: Harry Gurney (England), Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan), Richard Gleeson (England - first eight games)

Full squad: Cameron Boyce, Dan Christian, Tom Cooper, Zak Evans, Aaron Finch, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Richard Gleeson Harry Gurney, Sam Harper, Marcus Harris, Mackenzie Harvey, Jon Holland, Shaun Marsh, Joe Mennie, Mohammad Nabi, Kane Richardson, Will Sutherland, Beau Webster, Jack Wildermuth

Last season: 1st

The Renegades stole the title last season from cross-town rivals the Melbourne Stars in the most extraordinary final in BBL history. The Stars collapse wasn't all self-inflicted with the Renegades attack and tactics being well planned over the course of the season to produce the result.

What's changed for the season?

The biggest change is off-field, with the loss of experienced title-winning coach Andrew McDonald. Untried coach Michael Klinger steps in but, if anything, he inherits a stronger squad than what McDonald had. Aaron Finch will be available for more games than last season and they have acquired Australia's most in-form domestic player in Shaun Marsh to add further top-order experience. The attack is the same with the exception of losing Chris Tremain. After some last-minute switches, with Faheem Ashraf and Usman Shinwari withdrawing, Harry Gurney will be available for the full tournament.

Australia impact

They will lose Finch for a chunk of games in mid-January due to Australia's ODI tour of India and more-than-likely they will also lose Kane Richardson for that tour.

Player to watch

Shaun Marsh has rarely had the chance to play a full BBL tournament. He has been player of the tournament in an IPL. He was man of the match in the Marsh Cup final with an unbeaten century for WA. He also has two Shield centuries, including a double, this season. He could have a huge tournament.

Key stat (Gaurav Sundararaman)

The Renegades won the league last season thanks to their bowling unit. They had a tournament economy rate of 6.81 and averaged 23 runs per wicket, which was the best in the league. Harry Gurney was their best death bowler conceding 7.28 runs per over in the last four overs - the league's second-best behind Jofra Archer.