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Our NBA Playoffs
2) Unlike last year when the Bulls went 15-3 in the postseason, Chicago will struggle en route to the title. Although the Bulls are expected to have all of their players available for the playoffs, they have enough nicks-forward Toni Kukoc is hobbled by an injury to his right foot, and forward Dennis Rodman missed the last 13 games of the regular season with a strained left knee-to make them much more vulnerable than they were during their 1996 cakewalk. It has been five years since we've seen Michael Jordan play in a Game 7. That's too long.
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5) The guess here, nonetheless, is that the Utah Jazz's experience and home court advantage will be too much for any team in the West to overcome, and that the Jazz (page 44) will face Chicago in the best NBA Finals since the Lakers' seven-game victory over the Detroit Pistons in 1988. Bulls in seven.
-PHIL TAYLOR
During an April 14 appearance on ESPN's Up Close interview show, San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds offhandedly referred to Greg Norman's choking at the 1996 Masters. At least one viewer took issue with that assessment. Watching at home, Greg Norman picked up the phone and reached ESPN during a commercial break to complain. Told of the Shark's call-in carping, Bonds came back on the air and said, "I'm sorry, Greg Norman,[url=http://monclerwesteoutletbillig.albirank.net/][b]billig Moncler Jacken Damen Weste Moncler Jacken Outlet Österreich[/b][/url], 'cause you're not a choker. I'm the choker. I choked in the playoffs three years ago." For a .191 lifetime postseason hitter, that's standing in there.
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The WNBA's advantages over the ABL are its relationship with its parent, the NBA; its impressive lineup of sponsors, such as General Motors and Nike; and its television package with NBC and ESPN. Olympic team in its fold. That's because, for all the talk about the WNBA's deep pockets, the ABL has shown more willingness to put up cash now. The ABL, who plays 40 games a season in contrast to the WNBA's 28, will raise its maximum salary from $125,000 this year to $150,[url=http://giuseppezanottioutletonline.webmium.com/][b]giuseppe zanotti outlet online Guseppe Zanotti Official Sale giuseppe zanotti outlet[/b][/url],000 in 1997-98. Olympians Lisa Leslie,[url=http://giuseppezanottimenssneakers.webmium.com/][b]giuseppe zanotti sneakers men 2013[/b][/url], Rebecca Lobo and Sheryl Swoopes).
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