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NEW YORK -- Magic Johnson watches NBA games every day, amazed by the way Russell Westbrook is compiling triple-doubles even faster than he could.Now Johnson is ready to start talking about it on the air again.The Hall of Famer is returning to ESPN to work on the pregame studio show for ABCs NBA Saturday night games.Where the league is today and where the league is headed, I wanted to be a part of it again, Johnson said Monday in a phone interview. Its fun to see. Theres so many different story lines this season. Its going to be, I think, an amazing NBA finish.Johnson will debut during the networks Christmas coverage and then join Michael Wilbon and Sage Steele on the Saturday night team beginning Jan. 21.Johnson worked for ESPN as a studio analyst from 2008-13 and said getting to work again with Wilbon was one of the reasons for his return, along with the chance to work the limited nine-game Saturday schedule. He was previously doing 60 or more nights, too much with his other businesses.If it had been a full schedule like I did before, 60-something games, it never would have worked out, he said. I wouldnt have come back.This is the second season of NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC, which had one of the most memorable regular-season games of last season when Golden State stormed back to beat Oklahoma City when MVP Stephen Curry hit a long 3-pointer in overtime.Now Johnson thinks the Thunders Westbrook is on track to unseat Curry. The reigning Western Conference player of the week entered play Monday with five straight triple-doubles, most since Michael Jordan had seven in a row in 1989, and was averaging 31.0 points, 11.3 assists and 10.8 rebounds for the season.You think about it and not just getting triple-doubles, but he gets high triple-doubles with his scoring, rebounds and assists, said Johnson, who is second in NBA history with 138 triple-doubles.So what hes doing and the rate hes doing it at as well, its just truly amazing and if anybody could average a triple-double for a season I think he could definitely pull it off. So its got the whole league and all basketball fans around the country paying notice to him.The NBA Countdown pregame show will run for 30 minutes beginning at 8 p.m. EST. The Saturday night schedule begins with San Antonio visiting Cleveland, then has the Clippers visiting the Warriors on Jan. 28, putting the Wests top three teams in action in the first two weeks.Its an exciting season and I wanted to be a part of it, Johnson said. Air Jordan Retro 12 Wholesale . -- Teemu Selanne scored the first goal of his 22nd NHL season, and the Anaheim Ducks extended the best start in franchise history with their fifth straight victory, 3-2 over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night. Jordan 12 Wholesale Shoes . Woodson said during a radio interview Thursday that the Knicks Carmelo Anthony doesnt get the same calls as other superstars. http://www.wholesaleairjordan12.com/ . LOUIS -- Mike Smith is used to facing plenty of shots, so this was nothing new. Cheap Jordans 12 . -- Ryan Getzlaf grabbed the three pucks wrapped in tape and held them up to his chest in the Anaheim Ducks dressing room for a celebration nine seasons in the making. Wholesale Jordan 12 China . Jay Feely kicked a 41-yard field goal in overtime, and the Cardinals edged the Tennessee Titans 37-34 in overtime after blowing a 17-point lead late in the fourth quarter. BOSTON -- Dustin Pedroia had four hits to extend his streak to 11 straight at-bats before bouncing into a double play with a chance to tie the major-league record and the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 8-3 on Saturday night.Pedroias streak, which stretched over three games, ended in the eighth inning. The big league mark of hits in 12 straight official at-bats is shared by Walt Dropo for Detroit in 1952, Pinky Higgins of the Red Sox in 1938 and Johnny Kling of the Cubs in 1902.Xander Bogaerts homered and drove in three runs, annd Mookie Betts and Hanley Ramirez hit consecutive homers for Boston, which snapped a three-game losing streak.ddddddddddddDavid Price (13-8) won his fourth straight start, giving up two runs in six innings.Danny Duffy (11-2) gave up three homers and seven runs in five innings, halting a personal 10-game winning streak.Salvador Perez hit two solo homers for the Royals, who lost for just the fourth time 20 games. ' ' '