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HOUSTON (6-6) at INDIANAPOLIS (6-6)Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBSOPENING LINE -- Colts by 4RECORD VS. SPREAD -- Houston 5-6-1, Indianapolis 6-5-1SERIES RECORD -- Colts lead 23-6LAST MEETING -- Texans beat Colts 26-23, OT, Oct. 16LAST WEEK -- Texans lost to Packers 21-13; Colts beat Jets 41-10AP PRO32 RANKING -- Texans No. 19, Colts No. 17TEXANS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (28), RUSH (5), PASS (30).TEXANS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (6), RUSH (19), PASS (5).COLTS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (14), RUSH (25), PASS (11).COLTS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (28), RUSH (20), PASS (28).STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Winner will have inside track to AFC South title. ... Texans have lost three straight. ... Houston won in Indy for first time in 14 tries last season; victory wound up deciding division title. ... Texans are 3-0 vs. AFC South but have never swept Colts. ... Houstons eight-game winning streak against division foes is tied with Kansas City for longest active streak. ... Texans defense has allowed 68.8 yards rushing per game since Week 8. ... RB Lamar Miller needs 97 yards rushing for second 1,000-yard season. ... LB Brian Cushing needs four tackles to pass DeMeco Ryans (636) as franchises career tackles leader. ... LB Whitney Mercilus has 17 1/2 sacks in last 23 games. .... De Jadeveon Clowney missed last week with elbow and wrist injuries. ... WR DeAndre Hopkins needs three catches for 300 in career. ... P Shane Lechler has played in 234 consecutive games, longest active streak in NFL, and will pass Peyton Manning for career games played (266) with next appearance. ... WR Will Fullers next 100-yard game will tie Andre Johnson for most ever by Texans rookie. ... Colts have won three of last four to move into three-way tie for division lead. ... Indy had three interceptions in win Monday night, doubling season total. ... Next win will make K Adam Vinatieri third NFL player with 200 regular-season wins (George Blanda, 209; Gary Anderson, 201) on resume. ... Vinatieri needs one point to extend NFL record to 19 100-point seasons and set franchise record with nine such seasons. .... RB Frank Gore needs 43 yards from scrimmage to pass WR Terrell Owens (16,185) for No. 11 on NFLs career list. ... QB Andrew Lucks next 300-yard game will put him in tie with John Unitas (26) for second most in Colts history. ... WR T.Y. Hilton needs five receptions to pass Edgerrin James (356) for No. 7 on franchises all-time list and one TD catch to break tie with Roger Carr (29) for No. 10 on franchises career list. ... Fantasy Tip: Since returning from injury, WR Donte Moncrief has played key role in Colts turnaround. He has 21 catches in last five games and has scored TD in each game. One more TD catch Sunday would put him in tie for second-longest streak in franchise history, behind Hall of Famer Raymond Berry (seven).---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL . Vans Sk8 Hi Clearance . Its the second straight game Bell has scored in extra time for Kelowna, which beat the Brandon Wheat Kings 6-5 on Friday, and he now has four game-winning goals on the season. Vans Old Skool Black Sale . Defenceman Yannick Weber scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the Canucks breathed a sigh of relief with a 2-1 win on Saturday night. http://www.vansshoesclearancesale.com/vans-sk8-hi-clearance/sk8-hi-leather.html . Peter Gammons, an analyst for Major League Baseballs network and website, drew the ire of hockey fans on Sunday when he criticized the two NHL teams on Twitter for their physical game the night before. Vans Old Skool Sale . NBA officials ruled the court unplayable in the Bucks final exhibition game on Oct. 25 because players were slipping, and the game was cancelled midway through the first period. Vans Shoes Wholesale . Scott Kazmir allowed four hits in seven shutout innings, Michael Brantley hit a two-run homer in a three-run first inning and the Indians maintained their hold on an AL wild-card spot with a 4-1 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday night. Ben Simmons can expect a baptism of fire when he pulls on a Philadelphia 76ers jersey and takes to the court as an NBA player for the first time.The 19-year-old Australian will play in an NBA Summer League game on Monday, when he will face a Boston Celtics squad filled with young, jealous and desperate players aiming to take him down.Celtics rookie guard Jaylen Brown, who sat in Brooklyns Barclays Center at the recent NBA Draft and watched as Simmons was selected No. 1 by the 76ers, told reporters he was ready to rip somebodys head off.Simmons and Brown, picked third by the Celtics, will each make their much-anticipated debut in the NBA Summer League game in Salt Lake City, Utah.The last obstacle preventing Simmons from taking to the court was erased when the 76ers announced on Sunday that he had signed his rookie contract worth more than $US 16 million ($Aus21.5 million) through the next three years..The 76ers will play three Summer League games in Salt Lake City this week before they join 23 other NBA teams for the 10-day Las Vegas Summer League tournament.Summer League teams are made up of recently acquired draft picks, second-year players and desperate young free agents hoping to score a contract, just as undrafted Australian guard Matthew Dellavedova did three years ago with the Cleveland Cavaliers.ddddddddddddSimmons, as the top draft pick, will have a bounty on his head, with opposing players looking to outplay the Australian.Brown, in particular, has not hidden his dislike for the 76ers decision to take Simmons ahead of him.At a Celtics basketball camp for children last week a video went viral of Brown playing a young boy in a game of one-on-one.Brown dunked on the boy when the boy taunted him with: You aint good. Ben Simmons is better.Simmons will also go head-to-head with the Celtics 23-year-old second-round 2015 draft pick Marcus Thornton, who spent last year with the Sydney Kings in the NBL in Australia.Watch Ben Simmons make his Philadelphia 76ers debut against Boston Celtics LIVE on Watch ESPN?on Tuesday July 5 from 9am (AEST) ' ' '