2012年11月5日星期一

Eastern Conference quarterfinal

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\"We got some defensive stops in Chicago, but were unable to close it out,\" James said. \"Tonight we were able to make some shots from the floor and then come back down and get some big stops.\"

Despite their talent, Nordstrom the Heat haven\'t measured up on the road in recent weeks, perhaps the biggest concern about them heading into the postseason. They are only 17-13 outside Miami and hadn\'t beaten a team with a winning record in nearly a month.

\"It\'s all about perseverance and just continuing to stay with it,\" Bosh said. \"We know we\'re a great road team, we just have to go out there and prove it night in and night out and I think we\'re going to do a better job and continue to play well, and hopefully this will give us Skin Store some momentum.\"

Miami held a few nine-point leads in the third, but the Knicks cut it to three by period\'s end, then got a tying 3-pointer from Steve Novak to open the fourth and Landry Fields followed with a basket to put New York ahead in the opening minute.

It was close for the next six minutes before Wade and James hit jumpers after Joel Anthony tipped in a miss, a flurry of six straight points that gave Miami an 87-80 lead. The Knicks, relying on jumpers philosophy most of the game, simply couldn\'t hit any, and lacked much inside presence when Tyson Chandler appeared slowed by knee pain after landing awkwardly in the third quarter.

I really couldn\'t move when I got out there

Chandler said he was hurt on a \"bad collision\" but expected to NHL Throwback Jerseys play Tuesday against Boston.

\"I really couldn\'t Clinique Coupon Codes move when I got out there,\" he said. \"I didn\'t have much strength on it. Moving laterally and trying to get up on the ball screen is difficult.\"

The Heat were scheduled to play their season opener here in NHL Throwback Jerseys the original 82-game schedule that was scrapped because of the lockout. They also would have opened here in a revised 72-game season Lancome that never developed when owners and players couldn\'t agree to a new deal in time.

Instead, they ended up being the last Eastern Conference team to visit Madison Square Garden, site of many 6pm fierce playoff matchups between the teams in the late 1990s.

It had a playoff look Sunday, with orange shirts being worn by fans all around the court - though not by Jay-Z and Beyonce sitting courtside.

Only the Heat looked playoff ready at the start. The Knicks missed their first three free throws and Miami led by as much as 11 in the first quarter before settling for a 29-22 advantage that would have been much bigger if not for Anthony\'s 14 points.

Miami stalled in the second quarter

Miami Promotional Codesstalled in the second quarter, Wade slamming the ball to the floor in frustration after one basket as the Knicks rallied behind Anthony and their reserves before the Heat took a 46-44 edge into halftime.

\"I thought early we were a little jittery because we wanted to play so well coming out of the box and we didn\'t. But once we got back in the game I really thought we were playing at a nice pace in that second quarter to get back in,\" interim coach Mike Woodson said. \"In the third quarter, I thought we had nothing offensively and then coming down the stretch we just didn\'t get it done.\"

The Heat had a brief scare Lancome in the third when James went down after twisting his ankle when he backpedaled into some fans after hitting a corner jumper. He stayed down for a moment but remained in the game after a timeout.

Notes: Wade played in his 594th game with the Heat, breaking Alonzo Mourning\'s record.... The Heat have a short trip before playing again Monday, heading NHL Throwback Jerseys across the Hudson River Priceline to face the New Jersey Nets.... Both Miami inactives were former Knicks centers: Ronny Turiaf and Eddy Curry. Coach Erik Spoelstra said the Heat wanted to give more time to rest a sore hamstring.... Jared Jeffries played in the second half after needing three stitches to close a cut on his chin.
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Flyers beat Penguins 8-4, take 3-0 series lead

PHILADELPHIA (AP) Fists were flying faster than shots on goal. Sidney Crosby and Claude Giroux even became knotted in the pushing, pulling and shoving, a pair of superstars willing to mix it up to prove which team was the baddest on the ice and the scoreboard. Online Coupons

The Penguins and Flyers talked trash, laid the smack down, and played one wildly entertaining game. The result Clinique was still the same. The Flyers rallied from another early deficit for a decisive Game 3 victory that placed them on the brink of an improbable sweep.

Danny Briere, Matt Read and Max Talbot each scored two goals to lead Philadelphia to an 8-4 victory over Nordstrom Pittsburgh on Sunday in a fight-filled game in the Eastern Conference quarterfinal.

Giroux and Wayne Simmonds also scored to help the Flyers take a 3-0 lead in the combustible best-of-seven series. Game 4 is Wednesday night in Philadelphia. The Flyers scored 20 goals in the first three games.

Our goal is to finish it right away

\"Our goal is to finish it right away,\" Briere said.

The goals might be hard to find on a highlight reel. This one was all about the brawls more suitable for a UFC card. Three players were tossed in the first period. There was a rare fight between Nordstrom superstars when Crosby squared off against Giroux.

No one got the better end of that scrap. But by the end, Flyers fans serenaded the Penguins with booming chants of \"You can\'t beat us!\"

\"All three games were philosophy kind of weird games,\" Giroux said. \"I guess I like weird games because we always finish by winning.\"

Jordan Staal and James Neal scored twice for a Penguins team pushed to the limit by its hated, intrastate Elizabeth Arden Coupon Codes rival. Marc-Andre Fleury was benched after allowing six goals in two periods. He has allowed a whopping 17 goals in the first three games.

Coach Dan Bylsma said Fleury would start, \"the next four games.\"

Hard to imagine at this rate, especially with NHL scoring leader Evgeni Malkin (109 points) yet to score a goal for the Penguins.

Each team had their top defenseman - Pittsburgh\'s Kris Letang

The Flyers played a postseason video that billed their run as the \"Fight to the Cup.\" They never expected a first period that would have left those old Broad Street Bullies smiling.

Each team had their top Lancome Coupon Codes defenseman - Pittsburgh\'s Kris Letang and Philadelphia\'s Kimmo Timonen - tossed. So was Penguins forward Arron Asham.

But the scene ripped straight out of the pages of Ripley\'s Clinique Coupon Codes
came when Giroux and Crosby went at it against the backboard.

\"In the end, that\'s really playoff hockey,\" Flyers coach Peter Laviolette said. \"A couple of the best players in the world dropping the gloves going at it. Would I rather have G keep his gloves on? Sure. But when he\'s fighting Sidney Crosby, that\'s playoff hockey. That\'s this series.\"

Crosby ignited the scrum when he twice jabbed goalie Ilya Bryzgalov\'s glove against the ice. Giroux, third in the NHL in points this season, shoved Crosby from behind. Crosby, clearly not caring about his history of concussions, retaliated by shoving Giroux\'s head against the glass.