101.   The decision to go for a point does not put the need for a backup center on the back burner.

102.   The Hawks also must add an effective backup center quick enough to help at power forward for those inevitable periods when Alan Henderson is injured.

103.   The Lakers have cycled through several backup centers the past three seasons, from Travis Knight to John Salley to Greg Foster.

104.   The Lakers, in search of a young backup center, signed rookie Travis Knight from the University of Connecticut.

105.   The new backup center was a kid out of Providence by the name of John Thompson.

106.   The other alternative is to go with Frank Beede, the little-used backup center who started six games at right guard last year but struggled at times.

107.   The search for a backup center continues, but may not yield a plausible alternative until league rosters are trimmed....

108.   The season-ending knee injury to Mike Kiselak left the Cowboys without an experienced backup center and long snapper.

109.   The seldom-used backup center scored nine points in the first five minutes against the Sacramento Kings as the Lakers built a lead they would never relinquish.

110.   The wayward backup center has followed a trail of absence and childbirth for the past several days.