Miami's win was a franchise-record-tying 14th straight victory and snapped the Knicks' three-game win streak.
Shortly after, the Spurs went on a 17-game win streak en route to a 59-win season.
The three-game win streak is Buffalo's longest since the team won five straight from March 19-27 last season.
"The bone's 6 inches out of his leg and all he's yelling is, 'Win the game, win the game, '" Pitino said.
The fifth-seeded Mountaineers came in riding a nine-game win streak after upsetting top-seeded Robert Morris for a chance to play in the finals.
Dirk Nowitzki is playing like a man possessed, scoring more than 40 points twice in the recent five-game win over the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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The folks who went to bed early may have wanted to talk about the Courtney Love-like Jets, who are baaaaack after another three-game win streak.
Even so, they've played arguably their best basketball over the past month, and entered Thursday night's game here against the Bulls on a 13-game win streak.
Raji, a 337-pound monster who showcased his skill and an appealing personality during the Packers NFC Championship Game win over the Bears when he picked off a pass and returned it for a touchdown, and then celebrated by showing off his dance moves.
"What we wanted to do was win this game, win it well and play some tidy rugby and I think we've achieved that, " said Jenkins.
"A lot of times, being able to get to that game or win that game is not even about the coaches or the organization, " Umenyiora said.
"Good game to win, bad game to lose, " Oakland manager Bob Melvin said.
It's the same formula Indiana used to win Game 1, and now, if the Pacers win a fifth straight home playoff game Tuesday night, they will head back to Madison Square Garden with a commanding lead over a longtime rival.
"The captain and the management thought it was going to win us the game and at the moment we're in a position where we can win the game, " he said.
New York also avoided elimination with a Game 7 win versus Washington in the second round.
"It's big, " Rangers captain Ryan Callahan said after New York's Game 4 win on Wednesday night.
Felton scored 27 for New York two days after their Game 3 win in Boston.
After all, she sees nothing wrong with journalists promoting a game to win a PS3, right?
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"The way the group is working out, this was a very important game to win, " Benitez said.
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Mathare United needed just a draw or better from the game to win the Kenyan football league for the first time in their history.
British soldiers introduced the sport to the country in the 19th century and an Indian team even beat them at their own game to win a domestic tournament in 1911.
Most of these companies are leaving clues regarding upcoming tablet refreshes that might level the playing field, some not so subtle, but it's currently Apple's game to win.
Notes: The Pacers' only previous Game 1 win in New York had been exactly 18 years earlier, when Reggie Miller scored eight points in the closing seconds to stun the Knicks in a 107-105 victory.
The former world number one from Norwich came back from 4-8 down in the opening game to win 10-8 9-3 9-2 to reach the semis for the sixth time since making her debut in the event in 1987.
Not only is Sharapova trying to capture her first title in Miami, she also wants to follow German Steffi Graf and Kim Clijsters of Belgium as only the third player in the women's game to win both major march events at Indian Wells and Miami in the same year.
That game can't win us the game today, yesterday or tomorrow.
The Knicks limited the Celtics to 75 points per game while winning the first three, and nearly came back to win Game 4 on Sunday even without Smith.
The Yankees rally for four runs to win the game 7-4, and then win again the next day to take the series.
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