11.   Bumpers had added a few final margin touches to his speech while Kendall was addressing the chamber.

12.   But the final margin is irrelevant to the fact that the Sonics survived to have a little chance at history.

13.   Calvin Booth corralled the miss, was fouled and sank two free throws for the final margin.

14.   By the middle of the sixth inning, with the score at its final margin, spectators started leaving.

15.   Clarke rebounded, was fouled, and sank two free throws with eight seconds left for the final margin.

16.   Guy Carbonneau scored a last-minute empty-net goal for the final margin.

17.   He then hit two free throws for the final margin.

18.   Instead of punting the ball away, the Bucs, six plays later, punched it into the end zone, increasing their lead to the final margin.

19.   It cost them a difference of seven points at the free-throw line -- the final margin.

20.   Jose Offerman scored on an error by Klesko in the sixth, and Karros and Hollandsworth added solo homers in the seventh off Steve Bedrosian for the final margin.