11.   Ronning wristed home his eighth goal of the season and fifth in his past seven games with a shot between the circles.

12.   The less-than-super Sonics dropped their third straight game Sunday night and the fifth in their past seven.

13.   The redemptions are occurring as the Dow Jones Industrial Average falls for its sixth day in the past seven.

14.   They failed to score a power-play goal in three of their past four games and five of the past seven.

15.   They have won three in a row and five of their past seven.

16.   Wayne Kirby started over Chad Curtis in center field for the third straight game and the fifth in the past seven.

17.   Battier is the fourth player from the ACC to win the award in the past five years and the fifth in the past seven.

18.   New Jersey has missed the playoffs the past three seasons, and made the postseason only once in the past seven.

19.   The Dolphins have lost three games in a row there, and six of the past seven.

20.   At San Antonio, Utah opened by dominating the Spurs, who dropped their fifth home playoff game in the past seven.