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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Having shown they can rally in the fourth quarter and pull out a victory, the Tennessee Titans now face a new task of trying to win back-to-back games.Thats a big challenge for a franchise that last won consecutive games to wrap up the 2013 season.The Titans hope their fourth-quarter comeback for a 16-15 win in Detroit is a sign that this franchise finally is turning around after a league-worst five wins combined since then.I think it can be a turning point, tight end Delanie Walker said Monday. We always talked about finishing and previous years we lose games like this. (In Detroit), we finally finished, and I think ... we can build off that and turn this thing.The Titans trailed 15-3 entering the fourth quarter and came up with only their fourth comeback since 1999 when trailing by 10 or more points going into the final 15 minutes. The Titans rallied from 21 points down to beat the Giants on Nov. 26, 2006, 11 against Philadelphia on Sept. 8, 2002, and from 10 down at Jacksonville on Sept. 26, 1999.Two of those comebacks came in seasons where the Titans (1-1) reached the playoffs, and the big rally against the Giants helped Tennessee finish 8-8 after starting 0-5.Its a relief to come in with a good mood and not go home yelling at the walls after the game, linebacker Avery Williamson said. So its definitely a good feeling and glad for this team to get that confidence builder. I feel like were definitely going to build off that.The Titans rallied thanks to a defense that held Detroit to two field goals and a touchdown -- the only TD theyve given up through two games. So far this season Tennessee has allowed just six field goals and the lone TD.Marcus Mariota, who threw two TD passes, also leads the NFL with a 131.8 passer rating in the fourth quarter. He was a perfect 9 of 9 for 74 yards on the game-winning drive -- his third in 14 starts. His 9-yard TD pass to Andre Johnson with 1:13 left marked the first time since Nov. 24, 2013, at Oakland that the Titans scored to win in the final two minutes.DeMarco Murray finished with 145 yards from scrimmage, the most by a Titans running back since Nov. 3, 2013, when Chris Johnson had 170 at St. Louis.The Titans know their play wasnt pretty with 12 penalties for 83 yards, not counting a Mariota interception. Still, veteran cornerback Jason McCourty said theyve seen too many games slip through their hands and are just happy to have their first win of the season.Man for me, year eight, an ugly win -- I have no idea what that looks like, McCourty said. A win is a win no matter how you come across it.Coach Mike Mularkey earned a game ball for his first win since being given the job in January, and Mularkey promptly gave it to first-year general manager Jon Robinson for all his work revamping the roster. Their next test comes Sunday when the Oakland Raiders (1-1) visit, a crucial home game before Tennessee hits the road for two games.Mularkey said he was glad the Titans finally got to enjoy the thrill of victory.Weve had enough of the agony of defeat, Mularkey said.Game notesMularkey said LB Derrick Morgan (left hamstring) and WR Kendall Wright (left hamstring) will test themselves Tuesday with the Titans hoping both can practice Wednesday. Morgan did not play in Detroit, and Wright has yet to play at all this year. ... 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Napoli staged a second-half comeback from two goals down after Gervinhos opener and a stunning strike from Kevin Strootman.LAS VEGAS -- More than 13 years later, Jason Kidd still wonders how many championships he could have won feeding the ball to Tim Duncan in San Antonio.On the day when Duncan announced his retirement after one of the all-time great NBA careers, Kidd revealed Monday that he actually told the San Antonio Spurs he would team up with Duncan when Kidd was the most sought-after free agent in 2003.Calling it the biggest disappointment, Kidd said he still has nightmares about his decision to stay in New Jersey and sign a six-year, $103 million deal with the Nets, who were soon after broken up by new ownership despite having a roster featuring the key players from two consecutive NBA Finals.I thought I was going to be a Spur, Kidd, now the Milwaukee Bucks?coach, said while watching his team during the Las Vegas Summer League on Monday. I committed when I was down there on my visit [to San Antonio].On my flight home, I think I got cold feet, Kidd continued. And sometimes I have nightmares about that. Maybe I could have won a championship or two there. But I got really lucky with Dallas and won a championship.Kidd won his only championship in 2011 with the Dallas Mavericks. But he wonders how many more he could have won alongside Duncan, who kept Kidd from winning serious NBA hardware during his prime.During his first season with the Nets after being traded by the Phoenix Suns in a deal for Stephon Marbury, Kidd led New Jersey to a 52-win season and their first Eastern Conference championship before losing to Shaquille ONeal and Kobe Bryants Los Angeles Lakers.It was perhaps Kidds finest season as he orchestrated a 26-win turnaround from the year before with a MVP-campaign. But Duncan got 12 more first-place votes and the MVP trophy that 2001-02 season.The following season, Kidd led the Nets back to the NBA Finals but fell in six games to Duncan. Not long after that championship loss, Kidd flew to San Antonio for his only free-agent visit.The point guard and his then wife, Joumana, were blown away by the Spurs first-class recruiting pitch. Duncan spent time with the Kidd and tried to convince the All-Star point guard that the Spurs would make things work despite already having a young and talented point guard in Tony Parker.ddddddddddddy the end of the trip, Kidd told Gregg Popovich he was a Spur. But his family ultimately wanted to stay in New Jersey. It had been previously reported that Kidd was leaning toward or was ready to join the Spurs before making up his mind to stay. The Nets would sign Alonzo Mourning to a four-year, $22.6 million deal to help sweeten the pot for Kidd.Yeah, there was turbulence on the airplane, Kidd cracked of what changed his mind. I wanted to go to San Antonio, I told them I was coming. I had to tell them that I was changing my mind and staying with the Nets. It was a day later when I had to tell them but when I got back to Jersey, when I started thinking about the process, I felt a little more comfortable staying home.Kidd, though, would regret that decision after the Nets were sold to new owner Bruce Ratner, who opted not to re-sign Kenyon Martin a season later and reduced payroll with the main goal to move to Brooklyn.All these years later, Duncan retires as possibly the games greatest power forward with five NBA titles, two NBA MVP awards and 15 All-Star appearances.He was unstoppable, Kidd said of Duncan during that 2003 NBA Finals win over the Nets. You talk about Shaq, I would put Tim Duncan in that same category. Mr. Fundamental, just kept things simple, he is a great teammate, a great player and a great person. When you have those ingredients in a champion, you just want to be a part of that and have an opportunity to play with him.But I only got to play with him in All-Star games and with Team USA. Unfortunately I didnt get to play with him with the Spurs.Kidd wonders what could have been.It is something that I sometimes regret, Kidd said. I wanted to see if I could win a championship in San Antonio.When you talk about Duncan, you cant say that I got cheated [out of MVP in 2001-02], Kidd added. Just coming to second to him was an honor in itself. The biggest disappointment is maybe not joining him, joining San Antonio and trying to win a championship when I had the opportunity as a free agent. ' ' '