1.   And the Lakers have no time to bask in whatever glory a first-round win affords them.

2.   As with its MPSF tourney first-round win over UCLA, USC capitalized on an early lead.

3.   After a traumatic regular season, they came together nicely in the first-round win over the Lakers.

4.   For a guy who led the Kings in scoring during their first-round win over Phoenix, he has to do more than that.

5.   His first-round win over Christophe Rochus on Monday doubled his career winnings.

6.   Mix in a first-round win over an unsuspecting opponent to give it momentum that will help carry it past its next two playoff foes.

7.   Piazza returned to the lineup after missing the final two games of the first-round win over Arizona because of a swollen left thumb.

8.   Agassi also lost only five games in his first-round win over Australian qualifier Andrew Painter.

9.   Both Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin and pro-Yeltsin lawmaker Alexander Shokhin said in campaign appearances Thursday they are now hopeful of a first-round win.

10.   But this came against a team noted for tough defense and two nights after she suffered a mild concussion in a first-round win over Toledo.