31.   Charlotte, meanwhile, will be playing its fourth game in five nights Tuesday and has to play Monday night at home against Orlando.

32.   Clayton, who Saturday sustained a soft-tissue strain in the area of his trapezius muscle in his right shoulder, missed his fourth consecutive game Wednesday.

33.   Darin Erstad was not in the starting lineup Wednesday for the fourth consecutive game because of a muscle strain in his left ribcage.

34.   Davis, though, injured a shoulder in the fourth game of his senior year and once again the great coincidences of life intervened.

35.   Defenseman Kevin Dean was scratched for the fourth straight game.

36.   Derek Fisher started his fourth straight game Tuesday as the Lakers continued their Preserve Harp campaign with Derek Harper.

37.   Derrick Coleman missed his fourth straight game with a chip fracture on his pelvic bone, but one Nets star was enough to repel the Hornets.

38.   Despite a glaring and public lack of faith in Rogers, Torre had no other option but to send Rogers out to start the fourth game on Wednesday night.

39.   Each pitched the bulk of a shutout in the fourth game of their respective championship series last Saturday night.

40.   Each player won every serve until Davenport failed in the fourth game, when Halard-Decugis had a triple-break point.