PHILADELPHIA -- For a half, Eli Manning looked to be heading to another storybook ending. Then reality set in for the New York Giants and their two-time Super Bowl winning quarterback back as the starter for the first time since Week 2.

Jones was starting in place of injured rookie Daniel Jones on Monday night. He threw a pair of touchdown passes in the first half while the Giants built a 14-point halftime lead, before stalling badly in the second half of a 23-17 overtime loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.

It was a disappointing ending to what could be one of Manning's final starts with the Giants. He's a free agent at the end of the season and Jones could return in the coming weeks from a high ankle sprain.

Manning's wife Abby even broke her own rule of not attending games in Philadelphia due to the rowdy crowd for this one. Manning explained afterward why it was important for her and several others close to the quarterback (including his brother Peyton and agent Tom Condon) to be in attendance.

"Hadn't played in a few months," he said. "I don't know if I'm gonna play again. So it was pretty obvious why it was important."

Abby Manning was among a group that waited for Eli outside the locker room after his postgame news conference.

Manning had a chance late in regulation to lead his 38th career game-winning drive but didn't get the ball in overtime. The Giants (2-11) lost their ninth straight game, tying a franchise record, and Manning saw his career record in the regular season dip below .500 at 116-117.

He claimed afterward to be unaware of his record. Manning said he would make his decision about next season and his future "next year." The Giants' season ends on Dec. 29 with a rematch against the Eagles.

For a while it appeared his return to the starting lineup would end differently. Manning threw for 179 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the first half. Rookie Darius Slayton had touchdown grabs of 35 and 55 yards in his first career game with the veteran quarterback.

"I don't think it took long for anyone to get into a rhythm at all. It's No. 10. No. 10 was going to go out there and do what he does best," said running back Saquon Barkley. "He's a great player and he played lights-out for us [Monday]. But as a team overall, we've got to find a way to finish and win the game."

The Giants managed just 30 total yards in the second half and never touched the ball in overtime. Manning finished 15-of-30 passing with 203 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions.

"I thought he battled," coach Pat Shurmur said. "He did a lot of good things."

Shurmur said the Giants are going to play it week-to-week with Jones. He wouldn't commit to Manning being the starter at home one more time Sunday against the Miami Dolphins, even if it seems likely. Jones didn't practice last week.

Manning is now 8-27 in his past 35 games as the Giants starter dating back to a playoff loss in January of 2017 to the Green Bay Packers. He hasn't won a game in a full calendar year.

"He made some terrific throws," said veteran receiver Golden Tate, who also played his first career game with Manning after he served a four-game suspension for violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing substances. "His knowledge of the game is one of the best out there. But at the same time, he can't do it by himself. We all have to do a little bit better. There were times he was pressured. There was times when we were slow out of our routes or didn't get open. We all just had to help him."

But these are the 2019 Giants. And this is Manning finishing the back nine of his illustrious career with the organization.

"It's tough. It's frustrating because we work hard and practice hard," Manning said. "We've been in a bunch of close games. For whatever reason, we can't put the game away. [Monday] I think that's on us as an offense. We had a lot of opportunities to extend the lead and put it out of reach. We just have to have some longer drives, even if we're getting field goals to give our defense a break. We kept them on the field too long."

MELBOURNE, Australia – In a dozen Presidents Cup team matches in his career, Louis Oosthuizen has been paired with Brendan Grace more than half the time.

The duo was perfect in 2015 when they went 4-0-0, but International captain Ernie Els won’t have the South African tandem to fall back on with Grace failing to qualify for this week’s matches.

“I've never really played with anyone else, so it was weird getting pairings who I'm playing with. It was always set that I'm playing with Branden,” Oosthuizen said Tuesday at Royal Melbourne.

In fact, of the three partners Oosthuizen has been paired with in his three starts at the Presidents Cup – Grace, Jason Day and Charl Schwartzel – none are playing this week’s matches, which leaves the South African searching for a new partner.

“The way the boys are playing, I don't mind playing with anyone,” said Oosthuizen, who was paired with rookie Joaquin Niemann, Adam Hadwin and Adam Scott during Tuesday’s practice round. “It's fun to play with them, and I'm looking forward to the challenge of having someone new as a partner, but it shouldn't be a problem.”

MELBOURNE, Australia – Following his first practice round at Royal Melbourne on Tuesday, Patrick Reed fired back at mounting criticism of his rule violation last week at the Hero World Challenge.

Reed was penalized two strokes during the third round in the Bahamas when he was videoed brushing away sand from behind his golf ball during two practice swings. 

International team member Cameron Smith criticized Reed’s attempt to explain how the camera angle exaggerated the incident and added “I don't have any sympathy for anyone that cheats.”

At Royal Melbourne, Reed responded to Smith’s comments and his use of the word cheating.

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

Reed was also asked if Smith’s choice of words will have any impact on how he approaches this week’s matches.

“It goes from wanting to beat those guys to it now turning personal, so it's going to be a fun week,” he said.

New South Wales 375 (Henriques 116, Nevill 88*, Abbott 86, Neser 4-60) and 1 for 42 (Hughes 27, Swepson 1-27) beat Queensland 240 and 176 (Khawaja 54, O'Keefe 3-28) by nine wickets

New South Wales shrugged off appalling air conditions in Sydney to record a nine-wicket victory over Queensland at the SCG and go to the Big-Bash-League break at the top of the Sheffield Shield table with five wins and a draw after six matches.

On a day when NSW health authorities held an afternoon press conference advising all caught in the bushfire-smoke-filled air around Sydney to stay indoors and the harbour's ferry service was suspended due to low visibility, the Blues and Bulls played out the final act of their contest after Dr John Orchard assessed conditions with match officials and concluded it was safe to play.

Not only was the air a concern on a breathing level, the smoke was so thick that visibility also looked to be an issue for players on both sides - reminiscent of some of the worst smog-induced conditions seen at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi from time to time.

On Friday, Cricket NSW had advised club and community cricket organisations to consider cancelling weekend matches amidst similar conditions emanating from the bushfires that have engulfed the east coast of Australia in recent weeks.

Resuming at 5 for 111, still needing another 25 runs to make NSW bat again, Queensland suffered arguably the decisive blow in the first half an hour when Trent Copeland coaxed an outside edge from Usman Khawaja from around the wicket.

Michael Neser and Mitchell Swepson kept the Bulls' wicketkeeper Jimmy Peirson company for long enough to allow the visitors to forge a lead, but when Peirson was last out, shortly before lunch, they had left the Blues needing just 42. This was enough to allow Swepson the wicket of Daniel Hughes, but with only another four runs required.

The allrounder Moises Henriques was named Player of the Match for his match-shaping first-innings century.

Australian cricket is moving on from the crisis that enveloped them after the events in Cape Town, but for some time to come there will remain the dividing line of before Newlands and after Newlands when assessing the state of the national team and the overall game.

Barring a late change of heart or an injury, Australia are set to name an unchanged side for the third Test in a row when they face New Zealand in Perth on Thursday. The last time they went three Tests with the same XI was on the tour of South Africa, in the first three matches of the series before things fell apart in Cape Town.

"I'd be a brave man to change the XI," Justin Langer said. "The boys are playing well. We've still got a couple of training sessions, we haven't had a look at the wicket yet but I'd say at this stage more than likely we'll have the same XI."

It is another stepping stone in the rebuilding of the Test side which has gathered momentum in recent months. There were missed opportunities in England to earn better than a 2-2 share of the series - a reminder that, in the batting especially, the team remained a work in progress - but the start of this summer has been very convincing against Pakistan, to the point that Travis Head and Tim Paine only batted once in the series.

There were tactical reasons for the pace-bowling changes made during the Ashes as a horses-for-courses approach was taken for each ground before Australia overthought the process at The Oval and picked the wrong side. This summer there is a sense they are keeping things simple, helped, of course, by innings victories where almost everyone has looked in good form. The season started with questions over the batting order and, while Australia will need to be more thoroughly tested than they were by Pakistan, it is likely this top six will now remain for the summer.

James Pattinson, whose unavailability for the opening Test of the season due to his code of conduct suspension turned a potentially tricky head-to-head decision with Mitchell Starc into a no contest, remains in the squad. Michael Neser will join having played the Sheffield Shield match against Queensland at the SCG, but there is little prospect of them breaking apart the trio of Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins.

"I've said for 18 months there used to be a philosophy in Australian cricket which worked so well for us, it's harder to get into the Australian cricket team than it is to get out of it," Langer said. "That usually happens when guys are playing well and the team is playing well. We've won the last couple of Test matches. There's definite benefit and advantage in keeping the core group of players together and hopefully this will be another opportunity this week to do that."

The much sought-after continuity in selection does not mean, however, that Australia will shelve the approach they took in England although there is now a good chance - with a nine-day gap between the Perth and Melbourne Tests - that these three quicks could feature throughout the whole summer, although a potential change to the balance of the side for the SCG still looms.

"I'll let everyone else to judge if it's [Australia's] the best attack in the world, statistically, we aren't yet in terms of rankings but the guys are moving up and are getting better and better as a unit." Justin Langer

"Certainly, there was benefit in that [rotation] in England. We had six healthy, fit fast bowlers available to us and in different conditions," Langer said. "We had a very specific game plan on how we thought we'd retain the Ashes so we used it to our advantage there.

"There's some different conditions here in Australia - the SCG might be different to Optus Stadium or the Gabba. But at the moment the three guys - Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood - they're a quality combination with Nathan Lyon, they're bowling really well, they're fit and healthy and there's a bit of a gap between Test matches. From that point of view that's probably the best way we'll go about this Test match."

Starc was the one most impacted by the selections in the Ashes, playing just once at Old Trafford in the match where the Ashes were retained, but after some early-season tinkering with New South Wales bowling coach Andre Adams, he has been much more consistent this season. There is a good contest at the moment for the tag of 'best pace attack in the world' with India laying a very strong claim and while Langer would not be drawn into a definite answer on that, he lauded the bench strength that's available.

"I'd rather have it as our side than play against it, no doubt," he said. "Put Nathan Lyon in it who's just brilliant then it's a very good attack. I'll let everyone else to judge if it's the best attack in the world, statistically, we aren't yet in terms of rankings but the guys are moving up and are getting better and better as a unit. I've said since England if we make enough runs we'll win a lot of games because we have a very good pace-bowling attack, the best offspin bowling in the world I'd say and James Pattinson, Jhye Richardson, Michael Neser - there's some really good depth as well. It's a nice position to be in."

PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia Eagles offensive lineman Lane Johnson and wide receiver Alshon Jeffery left Monday's 23-17 overtime win over the Giants with injuries. Both players were ruled out to start the second half.

Jeffery was taken to the locker room on a cart after suffering what the team called a foot injury. Jeffery was not contacted on the play but left the field limping before throwing his helmet down and entering the medical tent. He then sat in the front seat of a cart that headed down the tunnel.

The Eagles were already without injured wide receiver Nelson Agholor. J.J. Arcega-Whiteside and Greg Ward were the only wide receivers left for the Eagles.

Jeffery entered Monday with 43 catches for 430 yards and four touchdowns.

Johnson went down when Carson Wentz was knocked into him in the second quarter. Johnson, an All-Pro in 2017, suffered an injured left ankle and was also carted off the field. Halapoulivaati Vaitai took his place at right tackle.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Former first-round draft pick Josh Jackson was suspended for the Memphis Hustle's G League game on Monday because of a violation of team rules.

The Hustle are the G League affiliate of the Memphis Grizzlies and Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins addressed the situation prior to Monday's game against the Golden State Warriors.

"Obviously it's an internal matter," Jenkins said. "He didn't play today so that's something that we're going to address. It was a violation of team rules and that's something we're going to keep internal for us."

Jackson, who was originally drafted by the Phoenix Suns with the fourth pick in the 2017 Draft, is averaging 22.7 points a game for the Hustle in 11 games this season. When asked if Jackson's suspension would hurt him in his ability to try and make it back to the Grizzlies active roster, Jenkins demurred.

"We're going to handle that internally," Jenkins said. "And we'll see what happens from here."

The Athletic earlier reported news of Jackson's suspension.

NEW ORLEANS -- Just a few minutes after draining the game-winning jumper with 0.3 seconds left on Monday night, Derrick Rose took time to think for a second when asked on the Detroit Pistons' television broadcast about having the ball in his hands for the last shot of the game.

After a short pause, he replied, "Excuse my English, but I'm born to do this s---."

It was that type of confidence that led Rose to drain the bucket over New Orleans Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday and lift Detroit to a 105-103 win, the team's fourth in five games. It was also something that has been on the mind of Rose since a couple of missteps earlier this season.

On Nov. 15 against Charlotte with the game on the line, Rose drove to the basket and ultimately kicked it out to the perimeter to no one for a late turnover allowing the Hornets' Malik Monk to hit a game-winner on the other end.

In another contest against the Hornets on Nov. 27, Rose passed it a second too late to Luke Kennard who couldn't get a shot up in time for what turned out to be another Charlotte victory.

But this time, Rose came through.

"I'm just trying to learn from my last mistake in that Hornets game," Rose said. "It's on my mind every time I think about me being in a late-clock type of situation."

Pistons forward Blake Griffin said the team still believes in Rose no matter what and it showed against the Pelicans.

"I think it was after the Charlotte game, we didn't execute down the stretch," Griffin said. "I went to him and I said '10 times outta 10 I'm going to you in that situation.' He delivered for us tonight. He's delivered for us the last two games in these situations. We have all the faith in the world in him."

Rose's game-winner came about thanks to Griffin's defense on Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram. With a chance to put New Orleans in the league, Griffin drew the assignment of guarding Ingram and forced Ingram into a tough shot. After corralling the rebound, Detroit called a timeout to set up Rose.

The Pelicans had Holiday, an All-NBA defender each of the last two seasons, guarding Rose. But once Detroit cleared the lane for Rose, he went to work. He hit a spin move to create space and drained the shot from just below the free-throw line.

"Jrue is a great defender and I just made the right move," Rose said. "That's all it was. When you going against somebody like that, your move has to be very precise. You have to get a lot of space when you're dealing with a great defender like Jrue."

Detroit coach Dwane Casey drew up the play specifically for Rose to get a clean look. Langston Galloway faked a screen to clear out space to let Rose get the look he wanted.

"He's an MVP for a reason," Casey said. "We're not getting the young Derrick Rose but the young man didn't do almost anything all summer long. A little bit in training camp, a little bit in exhibition. He's coming around. Again, he was an MVP, he's still an MVP mentally for a reason."

It was the fourth-game winner of Rose's career in the final second. His previous was with the Timberwolves against the Suns on Jan. 20 with 1.0 left. He had true buzzer-beaters with Chicago in the 2015 playoffs against the Cavaliers and on March 7, 2012 against the Bucks.

So, was Rose built for this ... stuff?

"Hey, hey, I believe so," Rose said with a laugh when asked about his comments postgame. "Like I said, I'm not a guy that has a pompous type of attitude but sometimes, you got to."

INDIANAPOLIS -- After getting booed each time he touched the ball as if this was his first time back in Indiana, Paul George said he enjoys playing the role of the villain, but that Pacers fans are taking out their frustration out on the wrong person.

George scored 36 points and nine rebounds to lead the LA Clippers to a 110-99 win over the Pacers, but he wasn't done responding to the home crowd that got on him so much that at one point he put his finger over his mouth to silence the fans.

"I'm not surprised," George said of being booed despite it being his third time back in Indianapolis. "That's Indiana for you. It's a Hoosier thing."

George then cryptically said that one day he will tell his side of the story that led to his trade request from the Pacers in 2017.

"You know, someday I'll do a tell-all and tell the leading events of how I left Indiana," George said. "And I promise you, I'm not the one to boo."

"... I'm not gonna share the teaser," George later added. "... I like being the villain. I'm here two nights out of the year. The people they should boo is here a lot longer than I am."

While George wouldn't elaborate on who he was talking about, the Clippers All-Star said he wouldn't say anything negative about Kevin Pritchard when told that the Pacers GM felt George's trade request was like a punch to the gut.

"You're getting close to trying to get this story out, aren't you?" George asked. "... I'm not going to bad-mouth KP. That's just Kevin's side of the story."

George spent seven seasons in Indiana before requesting a trade in 2017. He told ESPN that he initially requested a trade to San Antonio to join forces with Kawhi Leonard, but the Spurs did not have enough assets to make a deal with Indiana. George also had the Lakers on his list, but the Pacers ultimately traded George to Oklahoma City.

Every time George touched the ball, he was booed by the fans. At times, fans cheered "Paul George s---!" Whenever George drew a foul -- he went to the line 11 times -- he drew loud jeers.

George did put his finger over his mouth at one point in the first half to silence the fans following a driving layup. But really for the third time in a row against the Pacers, he let his game do the talking. This was the third straight time George scored 31 or more points against his old team.

"Yeah, I was shocked," Clippers coach Doc Rivers said of the reaction George received. "I really was ... I was ill-equipped.

"It was offensive to me," Rivers added with a chuckle. "But I was unprepared for that. I thought that, I didn't know it was bad feelings and it was lingering. Obviously it was."

The Clippers (18-7) will be making another "return game" on Wednesday when Leonard makes his highly-anticipated return to Toronto and receives his championship ring. Except this time, the Clippers expect the reception to be a celebration of Leonard delivering Canada its first NBA championship.

"The opposite of what it was like tonight," George said with a laugh.

The Clippers got an early preview of what could come when they played an exhibition in Vancouver in October, and Leonard was cheered. Rivers expects a hero's welcoming on Wednesday.

"Oh that will be easy," Rivers said when asked about what will happen in Toronto. "That's a standing ovation. Really, I don't think that is very hard. We got a taste of that in Vancouver.

"So if I'm a fan base and a guy won me a title, I might retire his jersey that night."

SAN DIEGO -- The San Francisco Giants would sure like to add a pitcher at this week's winter meetings.

It just might not be Madison Bumgarner.

San Francisco president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi plans to meet with agents for the free-agent left-hander, but there are few signs the Giants are ready to commit big money to him for the long haul.

"We're in contact with his representatives and expect to meet with them here," Zaidi said Monday. "We are in touch with them. We will meet with them in person at some point here."

Bumgarner was perhaps the biggest reason San Francisco won a third World Series over five years in 2014 and earned MVP honors from the Fall Classic. He hasn't been quite so dominant since. The 30-year-old might seek a deal similar to Zack Wheeler, who finalized a $118 million, five-year deal with the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday.

"I would expect us to add at least one starting pitcher here, and by 'here,' I don't mean necessarily in San Diego, but there's a good chance we do that," Zaidi said. "We're having multiple conversations on that front. Pitching is a big priority here for us, as it is for a lot of teams. It has been a major focus for us leading up to this, and I expect us to be busy this week."

When the season ended, Bumgarner had prepared for the fact his tenure in San Francisco could be over. The Giants are looking to move forward with a younger roster and smaller payroll while trying to build back into a consistent contender.

Many figured Bumgarner would be gone by the All-Star break, but Zaidi opted not to trade him. Bumgarner called the constant speculation "just noise." The Giants exercised his $12 million contract option for 2019, the final year in a $35.56 million, six-year deal he signed in April 2012 that included $12 million club options for both 2018 and '19.

Bumgarner drew a rousing standing ovation before lining out as a pinch-hitter against Clayton Kershaw in San Francisco's 9-0 season-ending loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Retiring manager Bruce Bochy wanted to give him a final hurrah.

San Francisco's big lefty tipped and waved his batting helmet in every direction to acknowledge the fans in what might have been his final moment in a Giants uniform.

Bumgarner went 9-9 with a 3.90 ERA over 34 starts after injuries cut short his two previous seasons.