2013 NHL playoff schedule: Matchups, TV times and more

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Pittsburgh Penguins fans" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/si/dam/assets/130428194150-pittsburg-penguins-fans-single-image-cut.jpg" /><br /><br /><div class="cnnDivideContent" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="cnnInlineT1Caption" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Pittsburgh Penguins fans are a confident bunch -- and will be even more so if Sidney Crosby returns.</div><div class="cnnInlineT1Credit" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Gene J. Puskar/AP</div></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;">The lockout-shortened season is over; the chase for the Stanley Cup has begun. Will the Chicago Blackhawks continue to dominate? Can the Detroit Red Wings make the most of their 22nd consecutive playoff appearance? Is Sidney Crosby going to return from a fractured jaw -- and are the Pittsburgh Penguins prepared to make a run if he doesn't?</div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px;">First-round action begins on Tuesday, April 30. Game dates, times and TV listings are presented below by matchup. Check back with SI.com's hockey team throughout the playoffs for the latest news, analysis and game results.</div><div class="cnnDivideContent" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 662px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="title-round" colspan="2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 2px 2px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">First Round</td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" colspan="6" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;"> </td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="title-league" colspan="6" style="background-color: #e7e7e7; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 2px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">WESTERN CONFERENCE</td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/blackhawks_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/wild_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="container2" colspan="2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">1</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">Chicago <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">BLACKHAWKS</strong></td><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">8</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">Minnesota<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">WILD</strong></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="series-status" colspan="6" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Series has not started</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="spacer" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" colspan="6" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;"> </td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="title-league" colspan="6" style="background-color: #e7e7e7; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 2px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">EASTERN CONFERENCE</td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/penguins_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/islanders_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="container2" colspan="2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">1</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">Pittsburgh<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">PENGUINS</strong></td><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">8</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">New York<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ISLANDERS</strong></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="series-status" colspan="6" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Series has not started</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="team-text" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 4px; vertical-align: top;" width="50%"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 1: </strong>at CHI, Tue., April 30, 8 p.m., NBCSN, CBC<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 2: </strong>at CHI, Fri., May 3, 9:30 p.m., NBCSN, CBC<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 3: </strong>at MIN, Sun., May 5, 3 p.m., NBC, CBC<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 4: </strong>at MIN, Tue., May 7, 9:30 p.m., NBCSN, CBC<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 5: </strong>at CHI, Thu., May 9, TBD, CBC*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 6: </strong>at MIN, Sat., May 11, TBD, CBC*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 7: </strong>at CHI, Sun., May 12, TBD, CBC*</td><td class="team-text" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 4px; vertical-align: top;" width="50%"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 1: </strong>at PIT, Wed., May 1, 7:30 p.m., NBCSN, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 2: </strong>at PIT, Fri., May 3, 7 p.m., NBCSN, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 3: </strong>at NY, Sun., May 5, 12 p.m., NBC, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 4: </strong>at NY, Tue., May 7, 7 p.m., NBCSN, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 5: </strong>at PIT, Thu., May 9, 7 p.m., TSN*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 6: </strong>at NY, Sat., May 11, TBD, TSN*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 7: </strong>at PIT, Sun., May 12, TBD, TSN*</td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" colspan="6" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;"> </td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" colspan="6" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;"> </td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/ducks_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/red_wings_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="container2" colspan="2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">2</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">Anaheim<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">DUCKS</strong></td><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">7</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">Detroit<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">RED WINGS</strong></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="series-status" colspan="6" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Series has not started</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="spacer" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" colspan="6" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;"> </td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/canadiens_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/senators_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="container2" colspan="2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">2</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">Montreal<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">CANADIENS</strong></td><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">7</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">Ottawa<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">SENATORS</strong></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="series-status" colspan="6" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Series has not started</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="team-text" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 4px; vertical-align: top;" width="50%"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 1: </strong>at ANA, Tue., April 30, 10:30 p.m., NBCSN, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 2: </strong>at ANA, Thu., May 2, 10 p.m., NBCSN, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 3: </strong>at DET, Sat., May 4, 7:30 p.m., NBCSN, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 4: </strong>at DET, Mon., May 6, 8 p.m., CNBC, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 5: </strong>at ANA, Wed., May 8, 10 p.m., TSN*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 6: </strong>at DET, Fri., May 10 TBD, TSN*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 7: </strong>at ANA, Sun., May 12, TBD, TSN*</td><td class="team-text" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 4px; vertical-align: top;" width="50%"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 1: </strong>at MON, Thu., May 2, 7 p.m., CNBC, CBC, RDS<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 2: </strong>at MON, Fri., May 3, 7 p.m., CNBC. CBC, RDS<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 3: </strong>at OTT, Sun., May 5, 7 p.m., NBCSN, CBC, RDS<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 4: </strong>at OTT, Tue., May 7, 7 p.m., CNBC, CBC, RDS<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 5: </strong>at MON, Thu., May 9, 7 p.m., CBC, RDS*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 6: </strong>at OTT, Sat., May 11, TBD, CBC, RDS*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 7: </strong>at MON, Sun., May 12, TBD, CBC, RDS*</td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" colspan="6" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;"> </td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" colspan="6" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;"> </td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/canucks_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/sharks_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="container2" colspan="2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">3</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">Vancouver<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">CANUCKS</strong></td><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">6</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">San Jose<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">SHARKS</strong></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="series-status" colspan="6" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Series has not started</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="spacer" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" colspan="6" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;"> </td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/capitals_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/rangers_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="container2" colspan="2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">3</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">Washington<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">CAPITALS</strong></td><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">6</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">New York<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">RANGERS</strong></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="series-status" colspan="6" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Series has not started</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="team-text" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 4px; vertical-align: top;" width="50%"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 1: </strong>at VAN, Wed., May 1, 10:30 p.m., NBCSN, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 2: </strong>at VAN, Fri., May 3, 10 p.m., CNBC, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 3: </strong>at SJ, Sun., May 5, 10 p.m., NBCSN, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 4: </strong>at SJ, Tue., May 7, 10 p.m., CNBC, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 5: </strong>at VAN, Thu., May 9, 10 p.m., TSN*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 6: </strong>at SJ, Sat., May 11, TBD, TSN*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 7: </strong>at VAN, Mon., May 13, TBD, TSN*</td><td class="team-text" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 4px; vertical-align: top;" width="50%"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 1: </strong>at WAS, Thu., May 2, 7:30 p.m., NBCSN, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 2: </strong>at WAS, Sat., May 4, 12:30 p.m., NBC, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 3: </strong>at NY, Mon., May 6, 7:30 p.m., NBCSN, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 4: </strong>at NY, Wed., May 8, 7:30 p.m., NBCSN, TSN<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 5: </strong>at WAS, Fri., May 10, 7:30 p.m., TSN*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 6: </strong>at NY, Sun., May 12, TBD, TSN*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 7: </strong>at WAS, Mon., May 13, TBD, TSN*</td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" colspan="6" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;"> </td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" colspan="6" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;"> </td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/blues_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="50%"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.e1d/img/4.0/global/hockey/nhl/logos/kings_80.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="container2" colspan="2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">4</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">Saint Louis<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">BLUES</strong></td><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">5</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">Los Angeles<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">KINGS</strong></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="series-status" colspan="6" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Series has not started</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="spacer" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" colspan="6" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;"> </td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="team-logo" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 1px; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">4</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" width="35%">Boston<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">BRUINS</strong></td><td class="seed" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ec2c21; font-family: verdana; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 4px 4px 1px; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;" width="15%">5</td><td class="team-name" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); 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border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 4px; vertical-align: top;" width="50%"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 1: </strong>at STL, Tue., April 30, 8 p.m., CNBC, CBC<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 2: </strong>at STL, Thu., May 2, 9:30 p.m., CNBC, CBC<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 3: </strong>at LA, Sat., May 4, 10 p.m., NBCSN, CBC<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 4: </strong>at LA, Mon., May 6, 10 p.m., NBCSN, CBC<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 5: </strong>at STL, Wed., May 8, TBD, CBC*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 6: </strong>at LA, Fri., May 10, TBD, CBC*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 7: </strong>at STL, Mon., May 13, TBD, CBC*</td><td class="team-text" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 4px; vertical-align: top;" width="50%"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 1: </strong>at BOS, Wed., May 1, 7 p.m., CNBC, CBC, RDS<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 2: </strong>at BOS, Sat., May 4, 7 p.m., CNBC, CBC, RDS<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 3: </strong>at TOR, Mon., May 6, 7 p.m., NHLN, CBC, RDS<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 4: </strong>at TOR, Wed., May 8, 7 p.m., NHLN, CBC, RDS<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 5: </strong>at BOS, Fri., May 10, 7 p.m. CBC, RDS*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 6: </strong>at TOR, Sun., May 12, CBC, RDS*<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Game 7: </strong>at BOS, Mon., May 13, CBC, RDS*</td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="spacer" colspan="6" style="font-size: 6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px;"> </td></tr><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td class="team-text2" colspan="6" style="background-color: #e7e7e7; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 4px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">* If Necessary | All Times Eastern</td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Read More: <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nhl/news/20130429/nhl-playoff-schedule/#ixzz2Rrf5tJpL" style="color: #003399; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nhl/news/20130429/nhl-playoff-schedule/#ixzz2Rrf5tJpL</a></span></div>

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border: 0px; color: #225fb2; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Los Angeles Lakers</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"> uniform,</span><a href="http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/2384/dwight-howard" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #225fb2; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dwight Howard</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"> was ejected after picking up his second technical foul shortly after halftime in Sunday's Game 4 against the </span><a href="http://espn.go.com/nba/team/_/name/sa/san-antonio-spurs" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #225fb2; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">San Antonio Spurs</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">.</span></div></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><blockquote class="mod-quote-box quote-box-left mod-inline" style="border-right-color: rgb(194, 194, 194); border-right-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline; width: 261.8833312988281px;"><span class="quote-start" style="border: 0px; color: #aaaaaa; float: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 60px; font-weight: bold; height: 20px; line-height: 40px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“</span><br /><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 7px 10px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Howard" class="floatright" height="90" src="http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/nba/players/full/2384.png&w=65&h=90&scale=crop&background=0xcccccc&transparent=false" style="border: 0px; float: right !important; margin: 0px 0px 4px 8px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="65" />It was a rocky year. A lot of things happened that I didn't have any control over. I think I handled some situations good and I think I handled some situations bad, but it's a growing process</div><span class="quote-end" style="border: 0px; color: #aaaaaa; float: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 60px; font-weight: bold; height: 20px; line-height: 40px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">”</span><cite style="border: 0px; clear: right; color: #333333; display: block; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;">-- Dwight Howard</cite></blockquote><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Howard's second tech came from arguing with a referee with 9:51 to go in the third quarter and the already-thin Lakers trailing 55-34.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"It's over with now," Howard said of his ejection. "I just got to do a better job of trying to keep my cool. It's very tough to be out there playing. It's an emotional game, you don't want to lose, and sometimes when things don't go your way, sometimes you react the wrong way. I just got to keep my cool."</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Howard later apologized in a series of Twitter posts.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Im still upset about tonights game and the way this season ended," Howard tweeted around 3:30 a.m. ET Monday morning. "Im mad I lost my cool. Im sorry for letting my team and our fans down when ... they needed me the most. If there's one thing I've learned this year its that I need to be more responsible for my actions and learn to ... 'breathe'!"</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Coach Mike D'Antoni defended Howard, saying "I'm sure he didn't mean to."</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"He takes a pounding and after a while I guess his nerves are shot or whatever, but obviously we were in a deep hole anyways so I felt bad for him," D'Antoni said. "Understand it's easy when you sit there like us and just watch, but when you're playing you've got a lot of adrenaline going so it's a hard situation and obviously that wouldn't have happened if the series was a little bit different."</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lakers legend and ESPN analyst Magic Johnson was not so apologetic in a series of critical tweets:</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">• "Dwight Howard that was a big No, No. Your teammates and the fans were counting on you."</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">• "Dwight, I've been swept before but I never let my team down by getting kicked out of the game."</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">• "Dwight with an already depleted team you couldn't afford to foul out or get kicked out. Having you on the floor was the only chance for the @Lakers."</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div class="mod-container mod-no-footer mod-inline content-box floatright mod-no-header-footer" style="border: 0px; clear: both; float: right !important; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 261.8833312988281px;"><div class="mod-content" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(194, 194, 194); font-size: 11px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h4 style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(194, 194, 194); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px 7px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">More Spurs-Lakers Coverage</h4><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img border="0" class="io-img" src="http://a.espncdn.com/i/columnists/Adande_JA_m.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; float: right; margin: 8px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" />Drastic changes often come about when the Lakers fall short of expectations. This offseason, however, that won't necessarily be the case, writes J.A. Adande. <a href="http://espn.go.com/nba/dailydime/_/page/dime-130428/daily-dime" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(96, 143, 214) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dime</b></a></div><center style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><hr style="background-color: #dddddd; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #dddddd; float: none; height: 0.1em; margin: 0px 0px 1.45em; width: 127.93333435058594px;" /></center><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img border="0" class="io-img" src="http://a.espncdn.com/i/columnists/verrier_justin_m.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; float: right; margin: 8px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" />The Lakers fielded their lineup out of desperation. The Spurs fielded theirs out of vision, writes Justin Verrier. <a href="http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2013/story/_/id/9222492/nba-playoffs-2013-how-san-antonio-spurs-made-sweeping-success-los-angeles-lakers" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(96, 143, 214) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Story</b></a></div><center style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><hr style="background-color: #dddddd; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #dddddd; float: none; height: 0.1em; margin: 0px 0px 1.45em; width: 127.93333435058594px;" /></center><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img border="0" class="io-img" src="http://a.espncdn.com/i/columnists/markazi_arash_m.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; float: right; margin: 8px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" />Dwight Howard's ejection in Game 4 on Sunday night was just the latest episode as the Lakers turn, writes Arash Markazi. <a href="http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles/lakers/post/_/id/36598/dwight-howards-ejection-just-latest-episode-as-the-lakers-turn" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(96, 143, 214) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Blog</b></a><br /><br />•<b style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Radio:</b> <a href="http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=9222851" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(96, 143, 214) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Stephen A. Smith</a> | <a href="http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=9222852" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(96, 143, 214) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mike & Mike</a><br />•<b style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">McMenamin:</b> <a href="http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/9222677/2013-nba-playoffs-unknown-los-angeles-lakers-pau-gasol" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(96, 143, 214) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pau's season is Lakers' season in a nutshell</a><br />•<b style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Doolittle:</b> <a href="http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2013/story/_/id/9222081/2013-nba-playoffs-next-los-angeles-lakers" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(96, 143, 214) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">All the big questions going forward </a><img alt="Insider" border="0" height="9" src="http://assets.espn.go.com/icons/intiny.png" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="9" /><br />•<b style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5-on-5:</b> <a href="http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2013/story/_/page/5-on-5-Lakers-130429/nba-playoffs-2013-breaking-lakers-end" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(96, 143, 214) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Charting the Lakers' hard road ahead</a> </div></div></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Spurs completed a sweep of the Lakers, winning 103-82.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"It's like a nightmare, it's like a bad dream and we couldn't wake up out of it," Howard said about the season. "That's what it felt like. It seemed like nothing could go right from the start, injuries and all that stuff, but we can get an opportunity to get some rest for guys who are injured, coming off injuries. A chance to rehab and think about what we can all do to better ourselves."</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Howard becomes a free agent July 1 and failed to leave Lakers fans with a positive last impression.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"It was a rocky year," he said. "A lot of things happened that I didn't have any control over. I think I handled some situations good and I think I handled some situations bad, but it's a growing process. You keep growing, you keep learning. That's why we have the offseason, to get an opportunity to reflect on the good and bad things that happened during the season and try to make it better for the next year."</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When asked by a reporter if his answer about using the summer for his Lakers teammates to get healthy showed some "optimism" for Howard re-signing in L.A., the center said, "You're reading too much into it."</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"There's a lot of things I learned this year," Howard said. "Next year I just got to be mentally stronger to handle a lot of different situations and that's about it."</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When he hits free agency, Howard can sign a five-year, $118 million contract to stay with the Lakers, or a four-year, $87.6 million deal with another team.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"I'm going to step away from everything for a couple weeks and clear my head before I do or talk about anything as far as next season," Howard said. "I think I deserve that, and that's what I'm going to do."</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">With the Lakers already depleted without <a href="http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/110/kobe-bryant" style="border: 0px; color: #225fb2; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Kobe Bryant</a>, <a href="http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/592/steve-nash" style="border: 0px; color: #225fb2; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Steve Nash</a>, <a href="http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/25/metta-world-peace" style="border: 0px; color: #225fb2; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Metta World Peace</a>,<a href="http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/1994/steve-blake" style="border: 0px; color: #225fb2; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Steve Blake</a> and <a href="http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/4003/jodie-meeks" style="border: 0px; color: #225fb2; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Jodie Meeks</a>, Howard said he tried to play through his own injuries.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"I was in pain for the whole season, but I just wanted to try to play through it and fight through it and I'm grateful I'm still standing. I'm just going to keep fighting."</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div class="mod-container mod-no-footer mod-inline content-box floatright mod-no-header-footer" style="border: 0px; clear: both; float: right !important; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 261.8833312988281px;"><div class="mod-content" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(194, 194, 194); font-size: 11px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h4 style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(194, 194, 194); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px 7px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">SportsNation: Lakers get swept</h4><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="SportsNation" class="floatright" height="80" src="http://assets.espn.go.com/i/sportsnation/logos/espn_sportsnation_80.gif" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; float: right !important; margin: 0px 0px 4px 8px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="80" />The Lakers' season of turmoil is over, as the Spurs finished off a first-round sweep. What does the future hold for the Lakers? <a href="http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/polls?pCat=46&sCat=3035" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(96, 143, 214) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Vote!</b></a></div></div></div></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">While Howard acknowledged that he and Bryant are "not best friends," he said their relationship was not as rocky as it might have seemed at times this season.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"We've had a pretty good relationship before I got here and I think a lot of people twisted a lot of things, the fake fights that people said we supposedly had, we maintained a pretty good relationship and we'll continue to be here for him throughout a process that he has to go through recovering from his Achilles," Howard said.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But Howard clamped down when asked about playing for D'Antoni again next season, saying: "I don't want to talk about anything that's for the upcoming season and next year. I just want to reflect on this year and try to get myself better and come back 100 percent."</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Howard was whistled for his first technical foul with 50.3 seconds remaining in the first quarter on Sunday for elbowing Spurs guard <a href="http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/6446/cory-joseph" style="border: 0px; color: #225fb2; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cory Joseph</a>.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"That's Cory, that's how he is," the Spurs' <a href="http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/3988/danny-green" style="border: 0px; color: #225fb2; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Danny Green</a> said. "He's an energy guy. He's always biting, scratching and doing the little things that we need him to do all season. We expect that from him, but I'm sure that Dwight was surprised."</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">After Howard's second technical, the nine-year veteran clapped hands with a few teammates by the bench before making his way through the tunnel to the locker room.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Howard finished with seven points on 2-for-2 shooting, eight rebounds and five turnovers while going 3-for-9 from the free throw line in 21 minutes.</div></div></div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/04/29/sports/basketball/29knicks1-img/29knicks1-img-articleLarge-v2.jpg" /><br /><br /><div class="articleSpanImage" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 8px; width: 600px;"><span itemid="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/04/29/sports/basketball/29knicks1-img/29knicks1-img-articleLarge-v2.jpg" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder" style="color: #909090; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.223em; margin-bottom: 3px; text-align: right;">Richard Perry/The New York Times</div><div class="caption" itemprop="description" style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.2727em;">The Celtics' Jason Terry scored half of his 18 points in overtime. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/04/28/sports/basketball/KNICKS-CELTICS-GAME-4.html" style="color: #666699; text-decoration: none;">More Photos »</a></div></span></div><nyt_byline style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><h6 class="byline" style="color: grey; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 2px 0px;">By <span itemid="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/howard_beck/index.html" itemprop="author creator" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/howard_beck/index.html" rel="author" style="color: #666699; text-decoration: none;" title="More Articles by HOWARD BECK">HOWARD BECK</a></span></h6></nyt_byline><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"></span><h6 class="dateline" style="background-color: white; color: grey; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px;">Published: April 28, 2013</h6><h6 class="dateline" style="background-color: white; color: grey; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px;"><div class="articleBody" style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; margin-top: 1.5em;"><nyt_text><div class="emReady" data-key="BJTIaa" data-num="0" data-sentences="3" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em;"><span class="emHighlight" data-num="1" style="background-color: #fff0b3;">BOSTON — Jason Terry was upright again Sunday afternoon, his chin and his jump shot in working order, his conviction strong and his missions clear: Save the <a class="meta-org" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/sports/probasketball/nationalbasketballassociation/bostonceltics/index.html?inline=nyt-org" style="color: #666699;" title="Recent news and scores about the Boston Celtics.">Boston Celtics</a>’ season.</span> <span data-num="2">Extend an era.</span> <span data-num="3">If at all possible, irritate the <a class="meta-org" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/sports/probasketball/nationalbasketballassociation/newyorkknicks/index.html?inline=nyt-org" style="color: #666699;" title="Recent news and scores about the New York Knicks.">Knicks</a> just a little bit more</span>.</div></nyt_text></div><div class="articleInline runaroundLeft" style="clear: left; 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font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.2857em; margin: 0px 0px 8px;">Nets</h3><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding-left: 0px;"><li style="background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/bullet4x4.gif); background-position: 0% 0.45em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 8px;"><a href="http://nytimes.stats.com/nba/teamstats.asp?teamno=17&btnGo=Go&type=schedule" style="color: #666699; font-size: 1em; text-decoration: none;">Schedule/Results</a></li><li style="background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/bullet4x4.gif); background-position: 0% 0.45em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 8px;"><a href="http://nytimes.stats.com/nba/teamstats.asp?teamno=17&btnGo=Go&type=roster" style="color: #666699; font-size: 1em; text-decoration: none;">Roster</a> | <a href="http://nytimes.stats.com/nba/teamstats.asp?teamno=17&btnGo=Go&type=totstats" style="color: #666699; font-size: 1em; text-decoration: none;">Player Stats</a></li></ul><div class="singleRuleDivider" style="background-color: #cccccc; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; clear: both; height: 1px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 12px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"></div><h3 class="sectionHeader" style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.2857em; margin: 0px 0px 8px;">W.N.B.A.</h3><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding-left: 0px;"><li style="background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/bullet4x4.gif); background-position: 0% 0.45em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 8px;"><a href="http://nytimes.stats.com/wnba/scoreboard.asp" style="color: #666699; font-size: 1em; text-decoration: none;">Live Scoreboard</a></li><li style="background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/bullet4x4.gif); background-position: 0% 0.45em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 8px;"><a href="http://nytimes.stats.com/wnba/teams.asp" style="color: #666699; font-size: 1em; text-decoration: none;">Teams</a> | <a href="http://nytimes.stats.com/wnba/leaders.asp" style="color: #666699; font-size: 1em; text-decoration: none;">Player Stats</a></li></ul><h3 class="sectionHeader" style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.2857em; margin: 0px 0px 8px;">Liberty</h3><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><li style="background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/bullet4x4.gif); background-position: 0% 0.45em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 8px;"><a href="http://nytimes.stats.com/wnba/schedules.asp?team=05" style="color: #666699; font-size: 1em; text-decoration: none;">Schedule/Results</a></li><li style="background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/bullet4x4.gif); background-position: 0% 0.45em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 8px;"><a href="http://nytimes.stats.com/wnba/rosters.asp?team=05" style="color: #666699; font-size: 1em; text-decoration: none;">Roster</a> | <a href="http://nytimes.stats.com/wnba/stats.asp?team=05" style="color: #666699; font-size: 1em; text-decoration: none;">Player Stats</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="articleBody" style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; margin-top: 1.5em;"><div data-key="ItfItf" data-num="1" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">It took five flicks of the wrist, in 66 seconds, to make it all possible.</div><div data-key="TstTst" data-num="2" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Terry scored the Celtics’ last 9 points in overtime, delivering a 97-90 victory at TD Garden, denying the Knicks a sweep and sending the series back to New York for Game 5.</div><div data-key="WhwWhw" data-num="3" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">When he was finished, Terry, whose nickname is Jet, smiled and extended his arms into wings for a brief, celebratory flight.</div><div data-key="AlaAla" data-num="4" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">“As long as there’s time on the clock, as long as there is another game, it’s an opportunity for me to do something special,” Terry said.</div><div data-key="FBtWSs" data-num="5" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">For Boston, this was poetic justice — repayment for the Knicks’ J. R. Smith’s elbowing Terry in the face in Game 3. While Smith served a one-game suspension Sunday, the Knicks ultimately buckled and Terry soared.</div><div data-key="TKepap" data-num="6" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The Knicks erased a 20-point deficit in the second half and a 5-point deficit in the final minutes of regulation, but there was little else to like after an afternoon in which they shot 34.4 percent and produced just 10 assists.</div><div data-key="CAcBhc" data-num="7" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><a class="meta-per" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/carmelo_anthony/index.html?inline=nyt-per" style="color: #666699;" title="More articles about Carmelo Anthony.">Carmelo Anthony</a> commandeered the offense, shooting 35 times, as if he intended to single-handedly replace Smith’s offense. But he converted just 10 of those shots and had 7 turnovers.</div><div data-key="IwtIwh" data-num="8" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">“I was trying to win the basketball game,” said Anthony, who finished with 36 points and was trying to complete the first playoff sweep of his career. “It would have been a great feeling to close it out here in Boston, so I was trying to do whatever I could to win the basketball game.”</div><div data-key="AgaAga" data-num="9" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">As great a clutch shooter as Anthony has been in his career, this was a day the Knicks could have used Smith’s uncanny touch.</div><div data-key="AmtHam" data-num="10" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Anthony missed three of four shots in overtime, including a rushed 3-pointer with 20 seconds left and the Knicks trailing, 93-90. He missed his last five shots in regulation, including two attempts on the Knicks’ last possession, with the score tied, 84-84. He also missed two free throws with 1 minute 50 seconds left in the fourth quarter and walked away shaking his head.</div><div data-key="WtgTww" data-num="11" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">“When the game is on the line, you’re going to give the ball to No. 7,” Raymond Felton said, referring to Anthony. “That’s what we’ve been doing all year; there’s no need to change it now.”</div><div data-key="PPlJGa" data-num="12" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Paul Pierce led the Celtics with 29 points, his best game of the series by far, and Kevin Garnett added 13 points and 17 rebounds in what might have been their final home game together. Jeff Green added 26 points.</div><div data-key="TCwTCw" data-num="13" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The Celtics were perhaps seconds away from elimination and an off-season of radical change, but Pierce said he never had any doubts.</div><div data-key="IacIac" data-num="14" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">“I already called my friends in New York yesterday, telling them I’d be there for dinner,” he said.</div><div data-key="TwwHfw" data-num="15" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Terry, who was signed to replace Ray Allen last summer, had been a bust in the series until Sunday. He finished with 18 points, perhaps inspired by Smith’s elbow.</div><div data-key="HwdDJT" data-num="16" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">“He was definitely vocal,” Coach Doc Rivers said. “Someone said it yesterday — maybe that elbow, who knows — said it changed the events for all of us. Definitely, Jason Terry was angry that it happened.”</div><div data-key="StKTwt" data-num="17" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">So the Knicks left Boston still in search of their first playoff series victory in 13 years. They will try again Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.</div><div data-key="TsfFag" data-num="18" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The sour finish overshadowed a thrilling second-half comeback, spearheaded by Anthony and Felton, who scored 16 of his 27 points in a blistering third-quarter rally. Felton also gave the Knicks their first — and only — lead of the afternoon, 84-82, with an 18-footer with 1:18 left in the fourth.</div><div data-key="TKtHwb" data-num="19" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The Knicks trailed by 19 points at halftime — their biggest deficit of the series, by far — having converted just 11 of 38 shots (28.9 percent), with Anthony going 3 for 15. He was beyond erratic, shooting air balls, picking up offensive fouls, committing five turnovers and negating a Felton free throw with a lane violation.</div><div data-key="TptAha" data-num="20" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Terry put the Celtics ahead for good on a pull-up 3-pointer, for a 91-88 lead. Anthony hit a jumper, but Terry answered with a 13-foot fadeaway, then put the game away with two free throws.</div><div data-key="ShbUSh" data-num="21" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Smith has been as indispensable as any Knicks star this season, providing points, clutch shots, defense and fire. Until Sunday, he had played in every meaningful game — sitting out only the last two regular-season games.</div><div data-key="TscTsc" data-num="22" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The suspension could not have come as a shock — there was ample precedent — but the ruling rankled the Knicks all the same.</div><div data-key="IneNaa" data-num="23" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">“I’m not even going to comment on that,” Coach Mike Woodson said before the game. “Not at all.”</div><div data-key="UlrHTf" data-num="24" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Under league rules, Smith was not permitted to attend the game. His Twitter feed has been silent since the suspension was announced.</div><div data-key="HalHal" data-num="25" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">“He’s a little down, but he’ll rebound from it,” Woodson said.</div><div data-key="WSWTKb" data-num="26" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Without Smith, Woodson used Jason Kidd as his first guard off the bench, then filled the open minutes with Steve Novak and Quentin Richardson, none of whom could remotely replicate Smith’s firepower. Woodson effectively tightened the rotation to seven players for the second half. The Knicks’ bench produced just 7 points.</div><div data-key="WomWsh" data-num="27" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">“We obviously missed J. R. tonight,” said Tyson Chandler, who had 11 rebounds and kept the Knicks in the game with a series of tap-outs. “We still had our shots, though.”</div><div data-key="TCjTCj" data-num="28" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The Celtics jumped ahead in the opening minutes and took their first double-digit lead of the series in the second quarter while the Knicks unraveled behind a series of turnovers and clanked jumpers.</div><div data-key="PhpPhp" data-num="29" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Pierce had 17 points by halftime, matching his Game 3 scoring total, every swish eliciting a powerful roar, as if any one of those shots might be his last here.</div><div class="emReady emActive" data-key="WhtHaW" data-num="30" data-sentences="2" itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span data-num="1" style="background-color: #f2f4f5;">“We have to be confident going back home,” Anthony said.</span> <span class="emHighlight" data-num="2" style="background-color: #fff0b3;">He added, “We look forward to Wednesday, I can tell you that.”</span></div></div></h6></div>

Knicks Terry Jabs Knicks as Celtics Stay Alive

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Watch: President Obama at the 2013 White House Correspondents' Dinner

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="President Obama delivers remarks during the White House Correspondents' Dinner, April 27, 2013" src="http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/imagecache/embedded_img_full/image/image_file/p042713ck-0275_2.jpg?itok=s4JtGPBz" /><br /><span style="color: #878787; font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;">President Barack Obama delivers remarks during the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., April 27, 2013. First Lady Michelle Obama attended the dinner with the President. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)</span><br /><br /><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;">President Obama last night joined Conan O'Brien onstage at the Washington Hilton for the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, and gave his fifth address to the organization of journalists who cover the White House. <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/04/27/remarks-president-white-house-correspondents-association-dinner" style="color: #336699; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">In his remarks</a>, the President poked at himself, as well as some of the news organizations and politicians in the room. He also showed a spoof promo for Steven Spielberg's followup to "LIncoln," <a href="http://youtu.be/ZyU213nhrh0" style="color: #336699; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">a biopic called "Obama."</a></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;">But while everyone had a good laugh during the speech, President Obama closed his speech on  a more serious note, reminding the audience of the important role the media plays in American society, especially during times of crisis like the Boston Marathon bombings and the explosion that killed so many first responders in West, Texas.  </div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;">You can watch the entire speech below or on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVtQ6i1jbsk" style="color: #336699; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">YouTube</a>:</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/SVtQ6i1jbsk?version=3&showinfo=0&hl=en_US" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="520"></iframe></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div></div>

White House Correspondents Dinner 2013 Watch: President Obama at the 2013 White House Correspondents' Dinner

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Winners and Losers from NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Richmond

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Hi-res-167689107_crop_650x440" src="http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/003/139/256/hi-res-167689107_crop_650x440.jpg?1367211561" /><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 29px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Richmond International Raceway signifies the quarter mark of the Sprint Cup season, and by now it's clear who the contenders and pretenders are this year. The usual suspects—former champions like <a href="http://bleacherreport.com/jimmie-johnson" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #003366; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Jimmie Johnson</a>, Brad Keselowski and Matt Kenseth—are running up front and chasing many of the victories.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-right: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Except something funny happened at Richmond: Somebody else won. In fact, not only did Kevin Harvick win, a trio of drivers on the fringes of the top 20—Kurt Busch, Juan Montoya and even Jeff Burton—had chances to pull it off.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-right: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Truth be told, as much as we get the feeling we know who's going to win it all this year, Richmond proved that we have no idea. Just check out this list of winners and losers if you need proof.</div></div>

NASCAR Winners and Losers from NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Richmond

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The food we eat and cancer

Yesterday I went through my freezer, refrigerator, pantry and cabinets and threw away things that I considered unhealthy. I couldn't believe the pile of stuff I had when I was done. I didn't realize how much processed food I had been eating. <br /><br />Even things I thought were sort of healthy, I ended up throwing out. Like Dreyers frozen fruit bars and Chobani Greek yogurt had a lot of added sugar. No wonder I loved this stuff. I'm looking at sugar as the enemy now. The last thing I want to do is feed the cancer cells. <br /><br />I found an interesting article on sugar and cancer written by a doctor from the University of Texas, <a href="http://www.mdanderson.org/publications/focused-on-health/issues/2012-november/cancersugar.html" target="_blank">'Does cancer love sugar?</a>'. Even though the naturopath oncologist agreed with me that sugar feeds cancer, that's not necessarily true. It's more what sugar does to the waistline and it's addictive properties (which I know all about). This article recommends a maximum of 26 grams (6 teaspoons) of sugar a day for women.<br /><br />If I ate just one non-fat Chobani yogurt (15 grams sugar) and one Dryers fruit bar (19 grams sugar), that's 31 grams of sugar a day. I often ate two Chobani's and two frozen fruit bars in a day, or 62 grams of sugar (almost 14 teaspoons of added sugar!). I was also eating a lot of fruit, as well as other foods that contained sugar. I've definitely been eating too much sugar, cancer or no cancer. <br /><br />Luckily I like Stevia, and in a pure form it's considered non-carcinogenic according to some research. At least from what little data I could find. This article, <a href="http://www.livestrong.com/article/355480-stevia-and-cancer/" target="_blank">Sevia and Cancer</a>, indicates it may even have some anti-cancer effects. My favorite Stevia is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/NuNaturals-Nustevia-Alcohol-Stevia-2-Ounce/dp/B0019LTH3U" target="_blank">NuNaturals</a>. I've used it on and off for the past four years and it's the only Stevia product I'll use since it's in the purest form you can buy. Most stores that have a health food section, such as Fred Myers in the Northwest, carry their products. It's not bitter at all, unless you use too much. <br /><br />I went grocery shopping yesterday for the first time since before the surgery. As I went up and down the store aisles, I noticed the shelves were packed with pocessed food. I guess it never meant much to me before but now when I looked at food I judge it differently than I did before. Instead of just looking at calories and fat, now I judge food whether it's good for me or good for the cancer. Does it have cancer-fighting properties or is it filled with cancer-promoting ingredients. I ended up with very few processed foods.<br /><br />This is really a different way of thinking for me. I've always thought it was okay to eat a little processed food, a little sugar wouldn't kill me, just everything in moderation, right? Now I don't want to give any random cancer cells any help on finding a place to reseed and start multiplying.<br /><br />It's funny in a way. I was trapped in a bad marriage for almost 25 years. It literally took my husband putting a loaded gun to my head and threatening to blow my head off to make me file for divorce. I've been trapped in a fat body for years, now it's taken a death threat, cancer, to make me completely change my eating. Rather ironic, isn't it?<br /><br />

The food we eat and cancer

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A Day in the Life...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgseSx8HYTV4zn8jv4KuTVfBlDQp-Sng1BrrOKN7Oz8mjOiFNjTzmpo2hupXgPVg8gBu1xTloXNBROU969x_b764gtKcysPLhbFHlG9rZ1pRLwbZYtYHPYTOYNgfLY3yVzGBac_nVTkvAo/s1600/IWS+Nuclear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgseSx8HYTV4zn8jv4KuTVfBlDQp-Sng1BrrOKN7Oz8mjOiFNjTzmpo2hupXgPVg8gBu1xTloXNBROU969x_b764gtKcysPLhbFHlG9rZ1pRLwbZYtYHPYTOYNgfLY3yVzGBac_nVTkvAo/s320/IWS+Nuclear.jpg" width="320" /></a>Cheers and Happy Monday Chuckleheads!!<br /><br />Boy Howdy, did I ever have a helluva fun day yesterday, and you know what?<br /><br />I didn’t really go anywhere or spend much money, and still, I had such a good time that I was unable to post last night.<br /><br />Allow me to walk you through a day off in the life of Matty-Boy…<br /><br />Schmoop came out at 6:30 A.M. and woke me up as I had requested the night before.  She went back to bed; I went to pee, and then I went to the kitchen and turned on the coffee.<br /><br />I turned on the “news” that is Fox and Friends, sipped on my coffee, and then BAM!!<br /><br />Some young, dumb ass chicks ran their car into a power pole just a few feet down from the Bagwine digs. There was wailing, gnashing of the teeth, and then the cops, the tow company, an ambulance, and the power company showed up and it was really pissing me off.  I was like…<br /><br /><i>Jesus Christ it’s 6:52 in the A.M. folks!!  I have to write and record a bunch of shit for our that airs at Noon…so issue the citation, transport the injured, and power guy?  Don’t you dare fuck with the power pole because I need electricity to do whats I gots to do!!</i><br /><br />I wrote, recorded, and uploaded my bits to the IWS Radio studio and by then it was about 10:40 A.M., so a celebratory beer was in order.<br /><br />As I sipped on my beer and much to Schmoop’s chagrin, my OCD played and replayed the three files I had just previously written and recorded.  And then, after posting show notices on Facebook, Twitter, and making notes to myself, it was Noon which means…Show Time!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzpQpvmiBHJ746slbBc9sbqhGJiKV3dTZLIR9O8fdGyiOAZTxG4TCUNkScr6UJCM2F9QyBpyNgmY07-z0ItDphqpsSn-xl1lVqXDanFGC1MfNRuM_gk6crxM7vxcF5uSFurTehMQRXKU/s1600/The+G-Man.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzpQpvmiBHJ746slbBc9sbqhGJiKV3dTZLIR9O8fdGyiOAZTxG4TCUNkScr6UJCM2F9QyBpyNgmY07-z0ItDphqpsSn-xl1lVqXDanFGC1MfNRuM_gk6crxM7vxcF5uSFurTehMQRXKU/s400/The+G-Man.jpg" width="278" /></a>Jay and I gracefully and professionally once again were providing quality entertainment at a fair price when we called our last minute guest…Greg…The Greginator…THE G-MAN.<br /><br />Talking from the Circle G Ranch, he provided the masses with folksy, homespun wit and wisdom for over twenty minutes. He was in a word, awesome, and will certainly be back on the IWS Radio Show in the near future.<br /><br />Upon completion of another award winning radio show, I made the short drive to the Beer Mine to pick up libation and smokes and returned home.  I drank a couple beers and took a one hour nap…it is now 4:30 P.M.<br /><br />I bounced around my social media sites of choice, tipped a few more beers and then…the phone rang.  It was my brother Party Marty, and he was calling me while sitting upon his golf cart and delighting in a good Sunday buzz.<br /><br />After joking, planning a graduation party for Ryno and our niece, and making fun of everything and everyone for at least ninety minutes and six more beers, we hung up.<br /><br />It was time to eat.  I heated up some delicious leftover sausage and scalloped potato casserole that Schmoop had made; ate it while on the couch, and…<br /><br />That was all she wrote.<br /><br />According to Schmoop, she came out to the living room at 9:30 P.M. to find me asleep on the couch with shoes on, and mouth agape.<br /><br />That’s what I call a good day.  I love doing the show with Jayman.  I got to talk to the G-Man who I haven’t really talked to in ten years, and I partied over the phone with my brother Marty.<br /><br />Good times, good beer, good people, and good food.  What’s not to like?<br /><br /><i>Cheeers!!</i><br /><br />Matt-Man<br /><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">@mattman_iws</span></a><br /><br />And…if you missed yesterday’s hilarious IWS Radio Show that included all the usual cast of characters and the aforementioned G-Man, you can catch all the funny right here:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.adobe.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" height="105" id="143577" name="143577" width="210"><param name="movie" value="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/btrplayer.swf?file=http://www.blogtalkradio.com%2Fplaylist.aspx%3Fshow_id%3D4757815&autostart=false&bufferlength=5&volume=80&corner=rounded&callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/flashplayercallback.aspx" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/btrplayer.swf" flashvars="file=http://www.blogtalkradio.com%2Fplaylist.aspx%3Fshow_id%3D4757815&autostart=false&shuffle=false&callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/FlashPlayerCallback.aspx&width=210&height=105&volume=80&corner=rounded" width="210" height="105" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" wmode="transparent" menu="false" name="143577" id="143577" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed></object></div><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: center; width: 220px;"><br /></div></div>

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