21.   The Garden crowd was so heavily in his favor it seemed the bout was being staged in San Juan rather than Manhattan.

22.   The Garden crowd was treated to an afternoon more of melancholy and memories.

23.   The Garden crowds included many bettors who cheered not necessarily for a team to win, but also to win or lose by a certain number of points.

24.   The New York Knicks did not triumph in a basketball game Tuesday night as much as the Garden crowd did in a bullfight.

25.   When Ward walked off the floor for a rest early in the second quarter, the Garden crowd stood in applause of the oft-maligned point guard.

26.   When Dudley fouled out late in the fourth quarter, the Garden crowd gave him an ovation.

27.   When his face was flashed across the scoreboard that hangs over center ice in the second period, the Garden crowd responded with a standing ovation.

28.   When Larry Johnson drove the lane late in the fourth quarter and scored despite a hard foul, the Garden crowd gave a prolonged standing ovation.

29.   While the Knicks rode the emotion of the Garden crowd to a blistering start, Tim Duncan suffered through an uncharacteristically unproductive start.

30.   Hingis showed the Garden crowd why she is ranked sixth in the world.