1.   Both teams use small lineups and rely on outside shooting and fast-break baskets.

2.   But that night, playing the Rockets in an otherwise meaningless exhibition, he gave in to using the lineup he had hoped to avoid.

3.   Dozens of times a season, Torre tells players striving for at-bats that he will use the lineup he thinks gives the Yankees the best chance to win.

4.   For the third consecutive game, Russell used a lineup without slumping third baseman Bobby Bonilla and injured second baseman Eric Young.

5.   Only once during the regular season was the same starting lineup used in consecutive games.

6.   The Bruins might use the lineup this week at the Oregon schools, which often align four perimeter players around one big man.

7.   The Blackhawks used a lineup better known for fist shots rather than wrist shots, prompting the Capitals to scratch their top players.

8.   The Coyotes took the opposite approach, using a lineup complete with players such as Roenick, Keith Tkachuk, Teppo Numminen and Keith Carney.

9.   The Mavericks, however, have been unable to use that lineup for quite some time.

10.   The only time Russell did not use the lineup was Tuesday, when he rested veterans Brett Butler and Greg Gagne.