51.   The Eagles collected the loose ball and pushed the ball up the floor, where Mitchell stopped on the baseline and was fouled by Combs.

52.   The idea was to push the ball more in the open floor and get some movement out of a stationary offense.

53.   The Magic wanted a slow-tempo game and the Clippers cooperated by not pushing the ball.

54.   The Nets want him to push the ball up the floor and play transition defense.

55.   The Sonics still want to push the ball up the floor.

56.   The veteran on the perimeter, junior Milena Flores, pushes the ball at a pace that borders on being out of control.

57.   The way he pushed the ball.

58.   There he was running the Portland offense, pushing the ball up the court in the transition game, getting it to the proper scorers in the sets.

59.   Then a false-start penalty pushed the ball back five yards and D.J. Hackett dropped a pass on third down.

60.   They could keep beating Alabama off the dribble, keep pushing the ball into the middle and keep shocking everyone.