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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Titans coach Mike Mularkey simply wanted to win, so he chose to try a 2-point conversion in the closing minutes in Kansas City rather than let Ryan Succop kick the tying extra point.Turns out Succop just needed to keep warm a little bit longer.After the Titans failed on their conversion attempt, they forced the Chiefs to punt the ball back with about a minute left. Marcus Mariota deftly led them into field-goal range, and Succop connected from 53 yards for a 19-17 victory Sunday that kept the Titans tied with Houston atop the AFC South.This team wont quit. Never has, said Mularkey, whose team has won three straight games for the first time since the 2011 season. Its a good locker room.Succop, who began his career with Kansas City, actually came up short on his first try at the winner, but Chiefs coach Andy Reid had called a timeout just before the snap. Given a second chance, Succop knocked it through with a couple feet to spare as the Titans poured off the bench to celebrate.Kind of backfired, Reid said sadly.The Titans (8-6) had rallied from a 17-7 hole, and Derrick Henrys second touchdown run got them within 17-16 with just over three minutes left. But thats when Mularkey went for a 2-point conversion and the lead, and Mariota was pressured immediately and his pass never reached the end zone.But the Chiefs (10-4), who began the day tied with Oakland atop the AFC West, failed to pick up the first down that would have not only clinched the win but also their spot in the playoffs.The Titans got the ball back, Mariota completed three long passes and Succop did the rest.You can sit here and point fingers and all that stuff that bad teams do, or you can fix it, Reid said of the late-game meltdown, and I have total trust in this team to do that.The dramatic turn of events came after Tennessee squandered plenty of chances early.Rishard Matthews fumbled within sight of the goal line in the first half, ending the Titans streak of four straight games without a turnover. And Mariota, a Hawaii native, had plenty of trouble dealing with the cold weather, fumbling the ball away and throwing an interception to Ron Parker .Not surprisingly, he credited the Titans defense for shutting out Kansas City in the second half.Huge, huge, huge, Mariota said. Really just gave us the opportunity at the end.It was 1 degree at kickoff at Arrowhead Stadium, with a wind chill of minus-19, making it the coldest game in Kansas City since the franchise began keeping records in 1994.The Chiefs nevertheless got off to a hot start when Tyreek Hill faked like he was running an option play and took an inside handoff instead, running untouched 68 yards for a first-quarter touchdown.It was the sixth touchdown for the dynamic rookie in the last four weeks.Alex Smith added a TD run later in the half, and Cairo Santos knocked through a field goal, but the Chiefs also blew a couple of opportunities. They were repelled twice at the 1-yard line and came away without points, and Smith threw an interception in the end zone early in the second half.It all came back to haunt them when Succop hit from 39 yards early in the fourth quarter to make it a one-possession game, and Titans got the ball back and marched for a touchdown to get within a point -- setting up Succops chance to beat the team that cut him a couple years ago.I thought we were awful on third down and we didnt capitalize in the red zone, Chiefs wide receiver Jeremy Maclin said. We had an opportunity to put the game away and didnt get it done.STATS AND STREAKSThe Chiefs had been 21-0 under Andy Reid with a turnover margin of plus-two or better. ... The Chiefs had won seven straight December game dating to 2014. ... Chiefs TE Travis Kelce had three catches for 41 yards, snapping his streak of four straight 100-yard games. ... Reid fell to 1-6 in his career against the Titans. ... Mariota was 19 of 33 for 241 yards. Smith was 15 of 28 for 163 yards.WEATHER WOESThe record for coldest game at Arrowhead Stadium had been 9 degrees before Sunday. It was so cold that the fuses in the west scoreboard froze, blanking out a large section of it for much of the game.INJURY UPDATEThe Titans lost safety DaNorris Searcy to a concussion and cornerback Jason McCourty to a chest injury in the first half. Defensive tackle Karl Klug left with an ankle injury in the second half.UP NEXTChiefs play Denver on Christmas night.Titans visit Jacksonville on Saturday.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Steve Nash Mavericks Jersey . Belfort (24-10) needed just 77 seconds to down Henderson in the headlining bout of Saturdays "UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson" event at Goiania Arena in Goiania, Brazil. The fight served as a rematch of the pairs 2006 meeting, which Henderson won by decision. Dirk Nowitzki Mavericks Jersey . 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Naturally, the question becomes who bears the brunt of that -- who must make the most difficult sacrifice on a team?thats sure to score so easily?Put another way: Who will be Golden States Chris Bosh?Back in 2010, when Bosh and LeBron James joined Dwyane Wade to form the Miami Heat juggernaut, it was Bosh -- a superstar in his own right -- who saw a transition from franchise player to supporting actor. It was a journey that proved tougher than he imagined.In 2014, Bosh caused a stir with his words of warning for Kevin Love after the former Minnesota Timberwolves star became the final piece of the Cleveland Cavaliers Big Three:Its going to be very difficult for [Love]. Even if I was in his corner and I was able to tell him what to expect and what to do, it still doesnt make any difference. Its extremely difficult and extremely frustrating. Hes going to have to deal with it.Bosh received criticism for that warning but was validated when Love struggled to grapple with rarely grasping the rock. Its not a natural thing for an All-Star to subsist on the periphery of a championship-level offense.Among Golden States new Big Four, Klay Thompsons name keeps coming up when you pose this question to people around the league and inside the Warriors organization. Hes the one who already mostly plays off the ball. He already largely makes do with whatever shots come his way within the flow of the offense.The emergence of Draymond Green as a facilitator pushed Thompson away from the action, reducing his unassisted opportunities. Thompson received praise for accepting that role when other All-Stars might chafe at being underused. Whats great about Klay Thompson is that hes good with being Klay Thompson.What happens to Thompson when former MVP and four-time scoring champ Kevin Durant is the guy acting as Thompson?Whats interesting in this new superteam construction is how Thompson has initially welcomed -- even lobbied for -- this change. Amusingly, in his Hamptons pitch to Durant, Thompson mentioned how many open shots hed get from Durants presence before sheepishly shifting to how Durant would also benefit from the arrangement. Everyone, including Durant, had a good laugh at the quick pivot to getting back on message.With Durants arrival, Thompson is anticipating a positive trade-off: He will get fewer shots, but those shots will be blissfully unguarded. When asked if hed rather have more shots or get fewer shots that all happened to be wide open, Thompson replied: Definitely open shots, you know? Its one thing to get shots, but its easier to be more efficient when youre getting open looks. So I definitely go with the latter.?At Team USA practice, on the subject of sacrificing his role on the Warriors, Thompson said: I know how good I am in this league. Im not going too judge my performance off numbers or anything.dddddddddddd If we get wins, it really doesnt matter, man. Its all good.On whether he might get less attention for his exploits, Thompson said: I feel like I get enough attention, man, [by] showing people how good I am. [Getting less attention] doesnt matter to me.Thompson has clearly demonstrated that he cares not for attention. Hes the rare NBA player who tries to quickly escape interviews after his biggest scoring performances. As Golden States PR czar Raymond Ridder frequently says of Thompson, If he never did another interview again, hed be happy.Though there are certain trappings of NBA life Thompson enjoys, fame itself rankles. He finds it annoying when, say, TMZ breathlessly covers him leaving a scene with multiple women.One of those girls was my cousin, man, Thompson said before a game in Atlanta, with typical shrugging exasperation.If this new situation further obscures his impact to prying eyes, so much the better. Thompson prefers his universe reduced to some combination of basketball, dog and occasional fun.He might actually mean it when stating the hoary NBA cliché that his primary motivation is, Just to get rings, man.When asked in Vegas of the memories that fuel him, Thompson said, I felt that feeling of winning before and I was so close again. The pain of losing is way worse than that of winning. So I just want to keep winning, man. And were set up hopefully not just for this year but for years after to do it, and thats what really motivates me.That isnt to say that Thompson is averse to leaving a legacy. He just feels hes accomplished enough individually to prioritize collective accomplishments.On when his priorities shifted, Thompson said, It was last year in the Finals. I had a game where I had five points and we still won. No one ever talks about that to me at least. They just talk about how great a year we had. Steve Kerr helped me a lot with that. He said: Klay, it doesnt matter how many points youre going to score. No ones going to remember 20 years down the line what you did in Game 3, 4, 5 unless it was something crazy. But theyll remember that team that brought that Bay Area championship back for the first time in 40 years.On this new venture, Thompson isnt thinking about Bosh, but instead at someone who played the same position.I look at a guy like Manu Ginobili who came off the bench almost his entire career, Thompson said. Never averaged more than 20 points a game, but hes a four-time champion, you know? He could have easily been on another team and averaged 25 a game, but he sacrificed to win, and thats what I expect to do next year. I dont care about averaging 25 or even 20. I just want to finish it out and get back to the Finals and enjoy that ride. ' ' '