1.   Bavasi said the team is concentrating only on this title run and has not considered whether it would try to re-sign Henderson for next year.

2.   A bevy of missed Kings jumpers later, the two-time defending champion Lakers had survived the most formidable scare of their title run.

3.   A constant in their last two title runs has been the home-court advantage in the playoffs.

4.   But at some point in a successful title run, it must be done.

5.   But if so, how did the Wildcats beat Kansas, North Carolina and Kentucky in their title run?

6.   For another, he knew the Seminoles were loaded for another title run.

7.   Inexplicably frustrated by his consistent tardiness, the Lakers waived Dennis Rodman on Thursday night, leaving their title run and his basketball future in serious jeopardy.

8.   It seemed that the immediate past had drained him, that his first Super Bowl failure after two title runs with the Giants was still difficult to grasp.

9.   Johnson was the cornerstone of the Florida Marlins franchise and a key player in their World Series title run last year.

10.   Just when the Miami Heat had regrouped for a title run, Alonzo Mourning was lost for the season with a kidney ailment.