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ATLANTA -- Dustin Johnson is playing better than anyone in the world, and Kevin Chappell cant wait to watch him at the Tour Championship.Even if that means having to beat him.Johnson powered his way down the fairways and occasionally out of the brutal rough at East Lake on Friday for a 3-under 67, giving him a one-shot lead over Chappell and moving him one round closer to the $10 million FedEx Cup prize.The U.S. Open champion is on a different level at the moment.Even on a demanding test like East Lake this year -- only 10 players remain under par -- Johnson is hitting his driver long and straight. His wedge game has gone from a weakness to a strength. A new putter he put in play two weeks ago when he won the BMW Championship is giving him a better feel for alignment.Small wonder that this was his seventh straight round at 68 or better during the FedEx Cup playoffs.The game is never easy. I wish it was, Johnson said. Obviously, Im playing good right now. Ive got a lot of confidence in my game. Every week, I feel like I bring the same game, which is nice. But I put in a lot of work to get to where I am.Johnson was at 7-under 133.Chappell, one of two players at the Tour Championship who has yet to win on the PGA Tour, was just as solid, even if it doesnt look as spectacular. He has made only one bogey in 36 holes, quite a feat on a course where the Bermuda rough is so punishing that balls sink to the ground and sometimes cant be seen from a foot away.He shot a 68 and will be in the final group of a playoff event for the second time this year.Kevin Kisner (70) and Hideki Matsuyama (71) were four shots behind, while Rory McIlroy overcame another rough start on the front nine to post a 70. He was in the group five shots behind, which isnt much of a deficit at the halfway point except for Johnson being the one they have to chase.If nothing else, Johnson all but eliminated nearly everyone not among the top five seeds vying for the FedEx Cup. McIlroy is No. 6 and still has a chance, though he would have to win the Tour Championship and Johnson would have to finish third.I need to win, and I just need someone to play as good as Dustin this week, McIlroy said.Jason Day is out of the picture. The worlds No. 1 player withdrew in the middle of a round at the second straight tournament, citing the same nagging back issues that he hopes will be cured by rest.By Day withdrawing, Johnson won the points-based PGA player of the year award and is likely to win the player vote as PGA Tour player of the year because of his three victories, with perhaps another to follow.But there is still work ahead of him, and that starts with Chappell.I promise you, Ill be watching Dustin, Chappell said. Hes the best player in the world right now, and its an opportunity for me to see where my game is. Theres a golf tournament going on, and I have a chance to win that. Thats the ultimate goal. But I also have a chance to see why hes the best player in the world right now, and I look forward to taking advantage of that opportunity.Chappell has been a runner-up three times this season and keeps running into the wrong guys -- Kisner at Sea Island, Day at Bay Hill and The Players Championship. He also was in the mix at the TPC Boston until McIlroy pulled away.It seems I like going against the hot player at the time, he said.Russell Knox matched the low score of the tournament with a 66 that allowed him to get back under par at 1-under 139, along with Justin Thomas, who is still hopeful of a Ryder Cup pick at the end of the week.Thomas lost a shot when his ball moved right as he set his putter down behind a short par putt on the 11th hole. The PGA Tour reviewed it on videotape and gave him a one-shot penalty under Rule 18-2, the same penalty applied to Johnson at Oakmont in the U.S. Open.Thomas disagreed with, but accepted, the penalty. His argument was it was not a flat surface and the greens were running fastIts nothing against the rules officials. Its a god-awful rule, Thomas said. Its very fortunate it didnt cost Dustin a major championship. I hope it doesnt cost me anything. I dont feel like I did anything wrong.Mark Russell, the vice president of rules and competition for the tour, said, the wind was light and the ball had been at rest for quite some time.And the moment that Justin put his club behind the ball and addressed the ball, the ball moved, he said. In that situation, the evidence is against the player and he was penalized.That left him six shots behind Johnson instead of five. Either way, its a tall order for Thomas or anyone to catch Johnson. Fake Vans Toy Story . A knee to the thigh might have stung him the most, but his sixth straight double-double made up for the brief burst of pain. Fake Vans Shoes . -- Hunter Smith scored the winner with just 12 seconds remaining in the third period as the Oshawa Generals edged the host Sarnia Sting 5-4 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. http://www.fakevans.com/ . Zvonareva, who won the tournament in 2009 and 10, couldnt handle her opponents big groundstrokes in only her third event back after 17 months out with a shoulder injury. Zvonareva made her comeback in January in Shenzhen and played in the Australian Open but lost her first matches at both tournaments. Fake Vans Old Skool . Instead of dwelling on the negative, Oates focused on what was good about the clubs recent play. It worked. Fake Vans Outlet . The quest begins with what is supposed to be an easy one, although Germany has traditionally been a stubborn opponent to Canadian teams at international tournaments. The Cairns Taipans have ended the Breakers three-match NBL winning streak with a gritty 86-79 win in Auckland.The visitors timed their run perfectly, trailing until the last quarter before powering away 27-17 for just their second victory this season on the road.The win was set up by an uncompromising, well-organised defensive effort, and finished in style by skipper Cameron Gliddon with a game-high 25 points, with Mark Worthington (17) and Fuquan Edwin (14) providing the back-up.Gliddon was lethal from long range, sinking five from six three-pointers, while also shooting four from five from the field.Tom Abercrombie led the Breakers scoring with 18, closely followed by Corey Webster (17) and Kirk Penney (16) while Mika Vukona dominated the boards with 10 rebounds.The Taipans were deadly accurate from the free-throw line, converting 15 from 18.They opened the first quarter with an 8-0 streak, before the Breakers started to fire, sparked by back-to-back Abercrombie efforts, to lead 22-17 going into the first break.The Taipanss proved dogged in defence and efficient on transition as the second quarter progressed, the Breakers struggling to find their usual precision in attack.dddddddddddd.Cairns took the spell 22-18 to narrow the Breakers lead to 40-39 at halftime but, although they controlled the tempo through the third stanza, the Kiwis edged fractionally ahead to lead 62-59 at the three-quarter mark.Cairns opened the final quarter with a whirlwind Nate Jawai dunk, then hit the front courtesy of a Gliddon three-point jump shot.Rob Loe answered from long range for the Breakers, but Mitch McCarron and Gliddon again hit from beyond the paint before Abercrombies three-pointer tied the scores at 70-70 with less than six minutes remaining.But that was the closest they could get, Gliddon proving unstoppable from long range, and Jawai and Worthington combining well in close as Cairns maintained control to the final whistle. 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