1.   Another Sprewell experiment had gone awry, and now the Knicks need to win at least one game in Indianapolis to advance to their first finals in five years.

2.   As a result, the Chicago Bulls are two games from advancing to their first Eastern Conference final in three years.

3.   Because Jordan still cannot be stopped, the Bulls are motoring toward their first finals appearance in three years.

4.   Both had ample reason to feel bullish about the circumstances that complicated their first final against each other.

5.   Boullianne, on the other hand, was in his first beach volleyball final and he appeared somewhat rattled.

6.   But rules are rules, and so the first World Cup held in the United States condensed itself to the first final ever decided by penalty kicks.

7.   David Robinson in his first Western Conference final.

8.   For Sanchez Vicario, this first Wimbledon final was a promise of finer matches to come instead of a setback.

9.   Gambill said he never hoped to get to his first final like this.

10.   He earned the right to play his first Wimbledon final.