41.   Boston goaltender Byron Defoe left the game after the first period with flu-like symptoms.

42.   -- DARREN TURCOTTE, the former Ranger, left the game after two periods with a possible concussion.

43.   A coach once pulled her from a game after overhearing his counterpart issue an order to maim.

44.   A football enigma finished with the game after two teams had rejected him.

45.   A team already without Patrick Ewing for the season had to survive its first game after the All-Star Game break without Larry Johnson and Buck Williams on Tuesday night.

46.   A year ago, he missed all but one playoff game after suffering a knee injury in the opening game of the first-round series with San Jose.

47.   Accounts differ, but Baltimore players apparently voted to play the game after their Mariner counterparts had showered and conceded to the electrical difficulties.

48.   Actually, Divac had to ask Harris to put him back in the game after sitting for a long stretch with five fouls.

49.   After scoring eight points in the first quarter, Robinson did not make another shot until the last minute of the game after the outcome had been decided.

50.   Against Carolina, Thornton was playing his fourth game after missing six with a charley horse in his right thigh.