Woodson couldn't get out of the way quick enough and was hit with the ball when West fired a pass out of bounds in the first half.

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Boston's last chance ended when Pierce lost the ball out of bounds as he was receiving a pass with 7.1 seconds left.

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When one team scores, a player from the other team takes the ball out of bounds and has five seconds to pass it to a teammate on the court.

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Noah was blocked by Lopez, the ball bouncing out of bounds, and the game went to a third overtime after the inbounds pass deflected off the Bulls center and hit the rim.

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Their passes often seemed forced, like the final, fitting symbol of the night's frustrations, one the Knicks offered with 4:30 to go in the game: Lin threw a pass to Anthony, who was just inches away, out of bounds, leading to glum faces and hands on knees.

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