By midafternoon, I was sweating all over and my pulse was racing, so I decided to rest on a long bench by the wall, but I tripped and fell before I could reach it.

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Then Gasol picked up his second foul with 9:02 left and went to the bench for the rest of the half.

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Babb sat on the bench for the rest of the game.

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He was taken off in the quarter-final win over England and made a point of going straight to the dressing room, rather than watching the rest of the game from the bench.

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The Knicks, who were down by six when Anthony went to the bench got outscored by 10 throughout the rest of the third.

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Behind them is a lengthy bench, too high to sit comfortably and too wide to rest your back.

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