111.   But if this game comes to a boil in the final minutes, a field-goal kicker might well make the difference.

112.   But in the final minute, he skated beyond the right faceoff circle, turned around and fired.

113.   But in a league in which games frequently are decided in the final minute, what the Redskins most could have used was a savior.

114.   But it all came back to Olajuwon and, in the final minute, Clyde Drexler.

115.   But in the final minutes of trading, they suddenly dropped like a stone, when a blizzard of sell orders hit the market.

116.   But just as they had in three regular-season losses to Portland, the Suns crumbled in the final minutes.

117.   But how will he react after he is sat down in the final minutes of the fourth quarter after a personal scoring binge?

118.   But Kendall Gill, who played the first three seasons of his career in Charlotte, had a nightmarish final minute.

119.   But in the final minutes of the first half, Youssef Chippo broke through the midfield and fell while attempting to shoot from the edge of the penalty arc.

120.   But Redd revived the Wildcats during a puzzling sequence of events in the final minute.