11.   The chain has no stores, however, in Kansas City, where Montana played the last two seasons of his NFL career.

12.   The Juilliard String Quartet played the last of five all-Beethoven concerts.

13.   The Rangers had to play the last five innings without catcher Ivan Rodriguez, who left the game after five innings because of an illness in his family.

14.   The Suns had last played Thursday in Phoenix.

15.   They play their last opening-round opponent, Bainbridge Island, Wash., on Tuesday.

16.   They will see two rested teams, both having last played on Wednesday, when the Rangers lost to the Devils and the Leafs defeated Phoenix.

17.   Yankees play the last of three games against one of their chief rivals for a wild-card spot.

18.   Acute tendinitis in his right foot kept Ewing from playing the last two games in the Eastern Conference finals.

19.   Chambers, who played the last two seasons with the Utah Jazz, started strongly scoring eight points in the first quarter.

20.   He has played the last four seasons in Boston.