LOS ANGELES (AP) After two straight exhausting playoff games that went down to the last gasp, Kobe Bryant knows the Los Angeles Lakers can’t hope to keep up with the younger, faster Oklahoma City Thunder. They’re better off slowing down the game – or even better yet, standing still at the free throw line. That’s what the Lakers did to near perfection in Game 3 on Friday night, and that’s why they’re still standing in a series with an opponent who can run circles around them.

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NEWARK, N.J. — For one game, at least, in the Eastern Conference finals, the New Jersey Devils found a way to beat Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers.

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It came down to the final seconds, but the Lakers found a way to hold off the Thunder this time around, winning 99-96. http://t.co/mUPqQKfQ

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LOS ANGELES (AP) After two straight exhausting playoff games that went down to the last gasp, Kobe Bryant knows the Los Angeles Lakers can’t hope to keep up with the younger, faster Oklahoma City Thunder.

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By GREG BEACHAM | Associated Press  –  LOS ANGELES (AP) — After two straight exhausting playoff games that went down to the last gasp, Kobe Bryant knows the Los Angeles Lakers can’t hope to keep up with the younger, faster Oklahoma City Thunder. They’re better off slowing down the game — or even better yet, standing still at the free throw line

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Kobe leads Lakers past Thunder in 99-96 thriller

By GREG BEACHAM | Associated Press  –  LOS ANGELES (AP) — After two straight exhausting playoff games that went down to the last gasp, Kobe Bryant knows the Los Angeles Lakers can’t hope to keep up with the younger, faster Oklahoma City Thunder. They’re better off slowing down the game — or even better yet, standing still at the free throw line. That’s what the Lakers did to near perfection in Game 3 on Friday night, and that’s why they’re still standing in a series with an opponent who can run circles around them

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Reuters  –  (Reuters) – The Atlanta Braves handed Tampa Bay a rare home loss when they chased top pitcher James Shields after six innings in a 5-3 victory over the Rays on Friday. Freddie Freeman ‘s run scoring double in the fifth put Atlanta ahead to stay and the Braves added another run two batters later for a 4-2 advantage

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Reuters  –  (Reuters) – The Atlanta Braves handed Tampa Bay a rare home loss when they chased top pitcher James Shields after six innings in a 5-3 victory over the Rays on Friday.

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By Robert Smith | AFP  –  Superboot Morne Steyn will play his 100th Super Rugby game for table-topping Northern Bulls this weekend as Wallaby playmaker Quade Cooper makes his first appearance for the Queensland Reds this year. The Bulls , who lead the Western Stormers by one point in the South African Conference, begin their New Zealand tour against the Otago Highlanders in Dunedin on Saturday. Fly-half Steyn, who has 1,134 career Super Rugby points, will become only the sixth Bulls player to reach 100 appearances and is targeting former Wallaby scrum-half George Gregan’s record 136 caps in the southern hemisphere provincial competition

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GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Lesson learned, says Marian Gaborik

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