1.   From time to time, I heard a loud crack as another limb knocked too hard.

2.   Odom hurt his tailbone against Milwaukee on Friday, when Ervin Johnson knocked him hard to the floor on a drive to the basket in the third quarter.

3.   Profits may be knocked especially hard as manufacturers try to get rid of excess inventories and lower production, he said.

4.   When Jones drove past Bradley for what might have been a third dunk, Bradley cut him off with a hard foul that knocked him hard to the ground.