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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- After seeing the New York Giants defense hold the Dallas Cowboys to season lows of seven points and 260 total yards, Steve Spagnuolo isnt satisfied.The defensive coordinator still feels the pain of seeing his defense bust a coverage early and allowing Dak Prescott to throw a 31-yard touchdown pass to a wide-open Terrance Williams. It was one of those explosive plays he says feels like a knife in the back.The positive for the Giants (9-4) was it was the only bad play in what might have been their best defensive performance all season.Our goal now is to make sure that that game defensively is not our best game this year, so that has kind of been our focus, `Lets not let that be the best game, Spagnuolo said Thursday as the Giants prepared for Sundays game against the Detroit Lions (9-4) at MetLife Stadium. And that is just all about getting better, so each day we try to get better.The Lions will present a much different challenge than the Cowboys. Detroit is not as balanced as Dallas.Its offense is led by quarterback Matthew Stafford and a talented group of receivers. The running game is almost nonexistent. Screen plays and runs after catches seem to substitute for a ground attack.Theyre still going to run the ball at a certain point in the game, defensive end Olivier Vernon said. We just have to know when theyre going to do that. Its just studying and making sure you know your opponent.Stafford is somewhat of a question mark this week. He injured the middle finger on his throwing hand in the win over the Bears last weekend and he has practiced with a glove on his finger.Spagnuolo has no doubt that he will play. His players dont expect any dip in performance although they will be watching to see if Staffords passes lack the same velocity.You have to watch how his ball comes out, said safety Landon Collins, who leads the Giants with five interceptions. On the back I will.Rookie cornerback Eli Apple has been impressed by Staffords fortitude.He is one of the best, Apple said. He has a big arm, he is gutsy and he can scramble as well.The Lions winning touchdown against the Bears last weekend came on a Stafford run while playing with the injured finger. When he is throwing the ball, Stafford has spread it around.Golden Tate leads the team with 71 catches for 820 yards, while fellow wide receiver Marvin Jones has 46 catches for 797 yards. Veteran Anquan Boldin has 55 catches for 481 and a team-high seven touchdowns. Add in tight end Eric Ebron (43 for 521) and halfback Theo Riddick (53 for 371 and five touchdowns) and Stafford has a lot of options.The good news for the Giants is their secondary has been playing lights-out with Janoris Jenkins, Apple, cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and Collins having outstanding seasons.You can never be satisfied, you can never be content, and every week gets bigger, defensive captain/linebacker Jonathan Casillas said. We may not play a one-loss team this week, but its a division leader and it means a lot when it comes to the playoffs. Every game is going to get bigger, whether the record of the team that we play against is one loss, two losses, three losses, whatever it is. The games are going to get bigger and the biggest game we have to date is this one. Game notesThe Giants injury report did not change. LB Keenan Robinson missed his second straight day of practice with a shoulder injury. 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The Czech turned, stony-faced, to mutter something along those lines to Jamie Delgado, whose face cracked into a broad grin.Until Saturday afternoon at Flushing Meadows, the world No. 2 had so far glided with ease through the US Open and it was deemed a foregone conclusion he would reach the last 16.But Murray received a rude awakening in his third-round match against Paolo Lorenzi that went 3 hours, 17 minutes, which the Scot eventually won 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 on Arthur Ashe Stadium.It took me a little bit longer than I would have liked to sort of work things out, Murray later told a news conference. But I worked it out, won, got through, and I didnt play good. So Im happy with that.Lorenzi, the 34-year-old Italian with 18 challenger titles to his name, came into the tournament having won only two Grand Slam matches. This was the first time he had made the third round of a major in 22 attempts.His second-round match had gone five sets and nearly five hours against Gilles Simon, but here he was still scampering after every ball, huffing and puffing. In the form of his life, he was rising to the occasion of his life.Lorenzi served for both the first and second sets, eventually winning the second after 1 hour and 55 minutes. Wake up! Murray had screamed at himself.The Scot sent Delgado scampering off to have his rackets restrung after the first set, having committed 27 unforced errors; he made 63 overall.I just went up in tension a little bit, Murray told ESPN analyst Brad Gilbert on court. It was quite different today, having played under the roof in my last match. There was a difference. I strung a few a little higher in tension, it helped me control the ball a little better.Murray hadnt had to look to his camp like this for guidance for a while -- before this encounter he was 24-1, and had reached seven straight finals, winning his third major title at Wimbledon and his second straight Olympic gold medal.But he would have known Lorenzi, up to this point almost like a moving wall, would not be able to keep up this level of play. Murray had a productive couple of minutes as Loreenzi went for a comfort break after the second set -- he put a new grip on his racket and took a grip on this match.ddddddddddddFrom there Murray began from zero. He hit 17 winners and lost just one point on his first serve in the third set.Lorenzi had run himself into the ground. Finally, at love-15 and 3-1 down in the fourth set, he decided for the first time not to try to chase down a ball.Hes ranked 40 in the world. Hes pretty good. So I expected a tough match, Murray said in his news conference. I expected long rallies. Im just disappointed with the amount of errors I made. I was quite impatient at times. That cost me in the first and second sets.When I did play like I was planning on when I went out there, to be more patient, wait for the right balls to go for, you know, played much, much better, dictated more of the points. I wasnt going for too much.The unforced errors came down significantly and the winners went up. The third and fourth sets were comfortable. Obviously the first two were extremely, extremely tough.Next up is Grigor Dimitrov, who got the better of Murray in Miami earlier this year. That match appeared to be the beginning of the end of Murrays partnership with former coach Amelie Mauresmo -- the Frenchwoman sat away from the rest of Murrays camp, amid talk of a rift.Dimitrov also ended Murrays first Wimbledon defense in the quarterfinals at the All England Club in 2014, again when the Scot was under the guidance of Mauresmo. The Bulgarian has made quiet progress under Murrays former assistant coach, Dani Vallverdu, and the British No. 1 knows he will have to improve upon his third-round display.Hes a very good player, said Murray. He does a lot of things well on the court. He has good feel, moves well. Hes obviously not played his best the last 18 months or so, but definitely the last few weeks has been playing very well, getting back to a level that hes capable of playing at.It will be another tough one in a couple of days time. I expect it to be very hard. Ill be ready for that. Ill need to play better than today if I want to win that. ' ' '