But the gritty Rays captured the last two games of the series to pull back within a half game.
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They are one-half game ahead of Utah for the final playoff spot.
Farther south in Atlanta, the Braves put a rotten cherry on top of their tumble from an eight and a half game lead over the St.
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The victory moved Louisville into a tie with Marquette (21-7, 12-4), which beat Notre Dame, one-half game behind the Hoyas (22-4, 12-3), who played later Saturday.
Gardner was the exact opposite against the Orange, making all seven of his shots and converting 12 of 13 free throws in 33 minutes to move Marquette (20-7, 11-4 Big East) into second place, one-half game behind No. 7 Georgetown.
The first series began with the Mets just a half-game out of first place.
Bolton's Jussi Jaaskelainen and Hearts stopper Antti Niemi will probably be given half a game each in goal.
The Hawks have a half-game lead over the Bulls with two games remaining.
They are a half-game out of first place, just behind the Washington Nationals.
The Knicks now own just a half-game lead on the Pacers for the second-best record in the Eastern Conference.
The win left fifth-place Chicago a half-game ahead of Atlanta in the East, and they can thank Robinson for that.
Los Angeles came in trailing the Thunder by a half-game for second in the West, but played from behind nearly the entire game.
Early in the second half the game seemed to be creeping towards something dramatic happening, and it duly did when West Ham scored twice in three minutes.
It was as painful a loss as Dodger fans ever experienced, the culmination of blowing a 13-and-a-half-game lead that the club had enjoyed over the Giants in August.
Beyond that, the Knicks, a half-game behind the Eastern Conference-leading Miami Heat after Monday's 99-85 victory over the Detroit Pistons, continue to outperform expectations and sit at 31-15.
They have a robot that competes in a two and a half minute game and then they start building with other materials, keeping the computer brick, the NXT Brick.
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So in the first half of Game 2, they combined for one point, were held to five shots that all missed ... and the Bucks were within 47-43 at halftime.
The Nets, coming off a 12-point loss to Atlanta on Sunday, pulled within a half-game of New York in the Atlantic Division, with the Knicks playing later Monday at Utah.
David West had 18 points and nine rebounds, and Lance Stephenson added 14 points for Indiana (33-21), which pulled within a half-game of the Knicks for second place in the East.
Pau Gasol had 22 points and 11 rebounds, and Dwight Howard added 19 points to help the Lakers move a half-game ahead of Utah for the eighth and final Western Conference playoff spot.
Charlotte is a half-game behind for the league's worst record, and staying there gives Michael Jordan's team a 25 percent chance of winning the lottery and the right to draft someone like Kentucky's Nerlens Noel.
The coaches whose teams have the best winning percentage through Sunday's games earn the All-Star nods, and the Knicks would be a half-game ahead of Miami if the Heat lose in Toronto on Sunday afternoon.
If the penalty occurs in the second half or overtime, the player is ejected for the remainder of the game and the first half of the next game.
But a basketball game is four quarters, and if you only play the first half well, you can blow the game in the second half.
If the foul occurs in the second half or overtime of a game, the player is ejected for the remainder of the game and the first half of the next contest.
The Spartans forced Memphis into a half-court game, and it struggled against their in-your-face defense.
The fear and anticipation of an attack should make the first half of the game more suspenseful.
About 10 minutes into the second half, the game stopped and an ambulance was rushed onto the field.
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