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The All Blacks have delivered on their promise to rotate players on the road, making four changes to their starting side to face Argentina in Buenos Aires.There are two changes to the pack and two to the backline for Saturdays Rugby Championship clash, while an altered reserves bench features uncapped outside back Damian McKenzie.There is no place for half-back Aaron Smith, arguably the best player in the All Blacks last-start 41-13 defeat of South Africa in Christchurch to secure the Rugby Championship.His place is taken by TJ Perenara, with Tawera Kerr-Barlow promoted to the bench.Also dropped completely is Malakai Fekitoa, with Anton Lienert-Brown named at centre.It is just the second start for 21-year-old Lienert-Brown, who wore the No.12 jersey against Australia in Wellington last month in the first of three appearances.It is also a second start for lock Patrick Tuipulotu, whose seven other caps have been off the bench. Sam Whitelock drops to the reserves bench and, if used, will play his 80th Test and become New Zealands most capped lock, surpassing Ian Jones.Liam Squire has headed off Highlanders teammate Elliot Dixon to replace injured blindside flanker Jerome Kaino.It is the maiden Test start for three-cap forward Squire while Dixon, whose lone cap was a start against Wales in Dunedin, is on the bench.Ofa Tuungafasi, who also made his debut in the Dunedin Test, is tighthead prop cover instead of Charlie Faumuina.The most intriguing bench selection is that of diminutive Chiefs utility McKenzie.He was among the most exciting backs in Super Rugby this season but coach Steve Hansen has been reluctant to introduce the 21-year-old at Test level.Hansen says it is time to see what some of his fringe players can do.Our key focus was to select a team that would maintain a high standard of performance and also allow us to grow our player depth and experience in the Test arena, he said.The expectation is that this side will build on the performances weve produced so far this year and play a game we can all be proud of.The All Blacks, who are on a 15-Test winning streak, have never lost in their 23 Tests against Argentina.They won their match in Hamilton earlier this month 57-22.New Zealand: Ben Smith, Israel Dagg, Anton Lienert-Brown, Ryan Crotty, Julian Savea, Beauden Barrett, TJ Perenara, Kieran Read (capt), Ardie Savea, Liam Squire, Brodie Retallick, Patrick Tuipulotu, Owen Franks, Dane Coles, Joe Moody. 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Los Angeles star goalie survived those perilous gymnastics with no problem, and he eventually backstopped the Kings to a skid-snapping win. Quick stopped 27 shots in his return from a 24-game injury absence, Jeff Carter scored the tiebreaking goal with 7:55 to play, and the Kings snapped their five-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night. LOS ANGELES -- Blake Griffin is apologizing to?Los Angeles Clippers?fans for punching the teams assistant equipment manager last season, an incident he says was 100 percent my fault.He was suspended four games and docked nearly $860,000 in pay for the altercation in January at a Toronto restaurant. Griffin broke his right hand and Matias Testis face was severely swollen. Testi no longer works for team, having left in late July with no reason given by the Clippers, who open training camp Tuesday in Irvine.Griffin says not a day goes by that he doesnt think about the incident and says he feels like he let down longtime Clippers fans. The 27-year-old forward expressed his thoughts in a letter posted Friday on The Players Tribune website, where he is listed as a senior editor.I dont want to dwell on it, but I think I owe it to Clippers fans to say it once again before the season begins: Im sorry, he wrote.Griffin was limited to 35 games last season because of a left quadriceps injury. He averaged 21.4 points and 8.4 rebounds. The Clippers lost to Portland in six games in the first round of the playoffs.We all know the narrative going into this season, he wrote. Everyones like, `Oh, they lose in the playoffs every year. Same old Cllippers.dddddddddddd All I have to say to that is this: Were the same core group that beat the defending-champion Spurs in seven games just 17 months ago. I know 17 months seems like forever, especially in NBA time, but we know how small the margins are between winning and losing, and how quickly the narratives around teams can change.Griffin said missing most of last season was a wake-up call for me.When I was hurt and basically sitting around going stir-crazy, it made me realize that basketball was like therapy for me, he wrote. No matter what was going on in the real world, if I could just get to the gym, everything else disappeared.Griffin said a few days after the altercation he received a call from his older brother Taylor, who said, Man, what are you doing? This is not you. What are you doing this for?I was crushed, Griffin said. To hear that from him, somebody Ive looked up to my whole life, who always tells me what I need to hear, thats when I had a pretty big realization about who I am, and who I want to be. I dont want to say what that realization was. I just want to go