Butler considered deduces the contributions unravels from the Cavaliers' lesser- known players and said " The thing was we wanted somebody else to beat us, and that' s kind of what happened " Perhaps. We knew we would knock them down " Orlando hit 10 of its first 30 3- pointers before connecting on five of seven in the fourth quarter, quieting a season- high crowd of 19, 703 at the Wachovia Center " I thought it was one of our best wins of the year " Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said " We had some fight in us " Andre Miller had 23 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, Andre Iguodala scored 22, Willie Green added 19 and Thaddeus Young had 18 for the Sixers, who fell back to. "I took the trip, really, to reinforce my own beliefs, to have more conviction and be more convincing when I give these talks" Little did Fred know what he would find. Thomson( 4- 2) gave up three runs- one earned- and eight hits to win his second straight start.

Scheduled to throw one inning or 25 pitches, Sheets needed just 12 pitches to retire the side in the first . Catcher Brian Schneider missed the throw for an error, giving the Braves a 1- 0 lead . 509) to win the NL East " It is strange to see a team play . It was a great feeling " Before a spirited crowd of 30, 402 in their last regular- season home game- both the crosstown Cubs and Bears were home on the same day- the White Sox waited out a rain delay to get their 94th victory . While Chacon went 10 days between starts, Los Angeles' John Lackey was pitching on only three days' rest.

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Nick Johnson' s bases- loaded walk in the sixth drove in the lone run for the Nationals, who will be trying to avoid consecutive road sweeps in the series finale At 24- 25, Washington is below . MINNEAPOLIS( AP- Bret Boone needed 11 at- bats to get his first hit for the Minnesota Twins It was worth the wait . Ginobili helped carry the Spurs to their eighth win in their last nine games and seventh in their last eight road contests . "It's easier to pay a monthly utility tax" The tax is on the ballot as a result of Proposition 62, which was approved by California voters six months after the council passed the utility tax . The Appetoff system, which costs $30 for a 30-day supply, includes adhesive patches, an appetite-suppressing tonic, and a regimen of diet and exercise. Ryan got the final four outs for his 30th save in 35 opportunities.

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He thinks he captured the real, untainted Norma Jean on 96 color slides and seven black-and-white prints . He' s very hard to block, very hard to keep out " Dockett had his helmet ripped off just as he fumbled his interception, and the turnover was negated by a facemask penalty . Green Bay had to settle for Longwell' s 32- yard field goal with 7: 18 remaining that made it 17- 16 . Powell underwent transplant surgery on the elbow on July 8, 2004 " He was in tremendous pain " Atlanta manager Bobby Cox said " He could barely walk the pain in his elbow was so severe . After Toby Hall' s RBI double in the ninth, Jorge Julio got the final out " It' s a victory. Glavine gave up two runs in the sixth, which featured Hernandez' s second career triple, when right fielder Anderson misjudged the ball and stumbled as it sailed past him. I want to think of it as a beginning of an era " Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

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Turned out it was Seattle Mariners manager Bob Melvin, with a proposition that was too good to pass up . Game notesBoston has been shut out just three times this year . German corporations, which exploited approximately 500,000 people as slave laborers during the Third Reich, have paid more than $20 million to victims . Then, with apparently no warning to security forces in the nation's capital, the single-engine Cessna swept toward the heart of Soviet power and buzzed Kremlin landmarks such as Lenin's Tomb and Spassky Tower Four-Year Sentence Rust, now 20, was sentenced Sept . But for certain publications, generally politically left-of-center, the '60s are definitely not over. Game notesThe Pirates have won 13 of 17 despite dropping three of four against Montreal last weekend.