1.   An overtime victory would be worth two points and an overtime defeat worth one.

2.   And this loss will help, just like the overtime defeat to Kansas.

3.   So, with one overtime defeat and another loss achieved in double-overtime, does Ford ever sit back and ponder what might have been?

4.   The Bruins seemed bogged down in a midseason malaise, depressed by a disappointing overtime defeat in Pittsburgh Monday and disoriented by the trade of Kevin Stevens Thursday.

5.   The latest was an overtime defeat to Portland, which capped off a pretty impressive week for the Blazers with wins at LA and Utah.

6.   The trout, of course, after some initial anxiety and several overtime defeats, then bites the hook.

7.   The victory made up for their overtime defeat to Indiana on Monday, a game that threw the playoff race into a tailspin for New York.

8.   Their only losses during that span were at Oregon and an overtime defeat at UCLA.