11.   It is a lot of fun, but when Butch and I are eliminated in the late going, neither my legs nor my backside particularly object.

12.   Jump Start, who was a bit fractious in the starting gate, came with large strides to run down the softened leader in the late going.

13.   Neither did Bledsoe or the Patriots, showing more of a flicker in the late going.

14.   On the final lap, trailing by at least thirty feet, Zanardi braked extremely late going into the Corkscrew, shooting under Herta.

15.   Only Laker exhaustion and foul trouble allowed the Sonics back into the game in the late going.

16.   Point guard Kevin Johnson did not penetrate consistently, espe cially in the late going when some of the Rockets got into foul trouble.

17.   Senior defensive end Jesse Tarplin called his defense together in the late going when it became apparent Tech had a chance to win.

18.   The Clippers had to hope Chicago would continue to struggle in the late going, but then Pippen started getting hot and Jordan was Jordan.

19.   The Coyotes continued to dominate at the start of the middle period, though the Bruins picked up their play in the late going.

20.   The Devils kept the heat on in the first half of the period, but the Bruins came up big in the late going.