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• Nets 97, Bobcats 91: After 18 consecutive losses to start the season, the Nets finally won a game. Brook Lopez, who has been a bright spot all season had 31 points and 14 rebounds. Courtney Lee had 27, including the tiebreaking free throws with 2:22 left. Kiki Vandeweghe, the Nets' general manager who will coach the rest of the year, earned a win in his first game at the bench. The Nets needed several tries to pull away, but they earned a victory. This also saves the Knicks the embarrassment of being the first to lose to the Nets when the two local teams meet on Sunday.
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• Dallas 117 Nets 101: The record for the worst start in a NBA season has been set, but luckily the Nets have a chance to quickly get a win. That won’t make 0-18 go away, but New Jersey can’t focus on that. Their next five games are against teams under .500, giving them a chance to finally get on the winning side of the 2009-2010 season. If there are any Nets fans left, they can only hope.

• Pittsburgh 8 Rangers 3: It has been two nights to forget for New York, but the question is, where did the defense go? Surely it cannot be the loss of Wade Redden that sparked the total breakdown in the defensive zone. Whatever it is, the Rangers have an off day Sunday to figure out why they have given up 13 goals in two games before the Penguins come to MSG Monday Night.

In hockey news, the Rangers and Devils won, the Islanders lost. And in the depressing basketball update, the Knicks and Nets lost—the Nets are now 0-15.

• Knicks 98, Nets 91: Something is rotten in the state of New Jersey. Al Harrington and Danilo Gallinari each had 17, but the real story is the Nets. They have lost 13 straight to start the season. The NBA record is 17. Devin Harris played 26 minutes off the bench and had 12 points. Chris Douglas-Roberts led the Nets with 24. All Knicks starters had double figures in points. The Knicks have won two straight and sit at 3-9.
Continue reading "Last Night's Action: A Knicks Winning Streak"

The Devils came back twice, thanks to Zach Parise, but they ultimately fell to Nashville 3-2 in a shootout. Parise scored his 12th and 13th goals of the season, but he did not convert in the shootout and when Martin Erat did, New Jersey went home a loser. Jason Arnott had two goals against his former team.

• Flyers 3, Devils 2: For the first time this season, the Devils were losers on the road. Martin Brodeur allowed a goal in each period as New Jersey lost for the first time in 10 away games this season. Had they won, it would have been a record for most consecutive road wins to start a season. Zach Parise scored with less than a second left and David Clarkson had a power-play goal to make it 2-1. The Devils visit Nashville on Thursday.
Continue reading "Last Night's Action: History Denied"

• Devils 5 Washington 2: New Jersey didn’t come to play, surrendering two goals in the first five minutes, but they stormed back to clinch their eight-straight win. Five different players scored while Martin Brodeur stopped the final 27 shots he faced.

• Thrashers 5, Rangers 3: Henrik Lunqvist returned, but it wasn't enough for the Rangers, who lost without Chris Drury and Brandon Dubinsky. The former has a concussion and the latter has a broken hand. Not good. Artem Anisimov and Marian Gaborik helped erase two one-goal deficits, but the Rangers wilted after that. This was their first game back after a long road trip to Canada, and they've lost eight of 11 (with one shootout loss.)
• Devils 4, Penguins 1: That's nine straight road wins for the Devils, and that's one shy of the record to start the season. Niclas Bergfors had a goal and two assists. The Devils have now tied for the best record in the Eastern Conference. The Capitals also have 26 points. Zach Parise had a goal and Travis Zajac had three assists.
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• Bucks 102, Knicks 87: Where to begin on this one? The Bucks shot 74 percent from the floor. They went on a 23-2 early to ice the game .They outscored the Knicks, 40-22, in the first quarter. Brandon Jennings, whom the Knicks passed over for Jordan Hill, had 22 points and eight rebounds. David Lee's 18 points led the Knicks, now 1-6 and losers of three straight.
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• Cavaliers 100, Knicks 91: Is finishing within nine points of the Cavaliers a moral victory. What about holding LeBron James to 33 after he scored 53 in his final trip in the building last year. To answer the first question, not when the team trailed by 23 at the half. As for the second, James shot 12-for-17, had eight rebounds and nine assists, so he was hardly in check. Larry Hughes had 18 (Larry Hughes!) and David Lee led the Knicks with 21. The Knicks, now 1-5, have Milwaukee on the road on Saturday.

     

Yankees 7, Phillies 3: For the first time since 2000 and the 27th time in franchise history, the New York Yankees are the World Champions of baseball. The Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies four games to two behind the bat of Hideki Matsui and the solid pitching of Andy Pettitte. Matsui was 3-4 in the game, including two two-RBI hits off Phillies starter Pedro Martinez and two more RBI against Phillies reliever Chad Durbin.

• Yankees 8, Phillies 5: Things looked bleak when Andy Pettitte gave up three runs in the second inning. But Alex Rodriguez hit a two-run homer in the fourth that was originally ruled a double, but then reversed by the umpires with instant replay, and then the Yankees -- helped by an Andy Pettitte RBI single -- scored three in the fifth. They added a run each in the sixth, seventh and eighth and now own a two games to one lead in the World Series. Hideki Matsui and Nick Swisher also had homers, and Johnny Damon had a critical two-run double.

• New Jersey 4 Pittsburgh 1: The Devils did what only one other team has accomplished this year- they beat the Penguins. Mark Frasier got things going with a goal in the first and Martin Brodeur stopped 32-of-33 shots to make Pittsburgh 9-and-2.
• Montreal 5 Rangers 4 (OT): New York blew 3-1 and 4-2 leads as the Canadiens stormed back and earned the win in extra time. Scott Gomez had two assists in his first game as a Canadien against the Rangers and New York now has a three-game losing streak.
• Washington 3 Islanders 2 (OT): Maybe it’s a New York thing? The Islanders also blew a two-goal lead as the Capitals scored twice in the third period and then again in OT to earn the two points.

• Angels 7 Yankees 6: The Yankees overcame a miserable start by A.J. Burnett only to have their bullpen give the game away. New York put the first two runners on in the first, but failed to score while the Angels jumped all over A.J. Burnett for four runs in their half of the inning. And that’s exactly where things remained until the seventh. With two outs, Mark Teixeira delivered a bases-loaded double to clear the bases and put the Yankees on the board. A-Rod was intentionally walked and Hideki Matsui followed with a single to tie the game. Robinson Cano followed with a triple to put New York up 6-4.

This game took over five hours, but it leaves the Yankees in the catbird seat in the best-of-seven ALCS. Alex Rodriguez hit a game-tying homer in the bottom of the 11th. Is it safe to retire the "he's not clutch" storyline? In the 13th, the Yankees took advantage of Maicer Izturis' throwing error, as Jerry Hairston, who led off the inning with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice, scored. Starters A.J. Burnett and Joe Saunders dueled to a draw, each allowing two runs. Alfredo Aceves served up the go-ahead run in the top of the 11th, but Rodriguez saved his and his teammates' bacon. Derek Jeter had a solo homer and an error that proved meaningless. Robinson Cano had an RBI triple and two errors that proved meaningless. Was this a classic, or just long?

   

Yankees 4, Angels 1: If the Angels have to face the CC Sabathia they faced tonight three times in this series, they might as well give the Yankees three wins right now. Sabathia dominated the Angels in Game 1 of the ALCS, pitching eight strong innings, allowing only four hits and one walk while striking out seven.

• Devils 3 Florida 2: Tomas Vokun had a good game, but when you face 41 shots, letting in three of them is to be expected. Unfortunately for Vokun, the Devils clamped down on his team, allowing them only 21 shots, and Martin Brodeur stopped enough of those for the win. Travis Zajac and Brian Rolston both had 2 points to lead New Jersey.

• Rangers 4, Capitals 3: Twice the Rangers rallied from one-goal deficits to win their third straight game and their second straight on the road. Marian Gaborik had the game-tying and go-head goals one minute, 42 seconds apart in the middle of the third period. He has at least one point in every game this season and his making good on the Rangers investment. The Rangers are now 3-1 after losing the opener to Pittsburgh last week. Ryan Callahan and Ales Kotalik also lit the lamp. Capitals star Alex Ovechkin didn't get much done and finished without a point.
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In the first of 301 eight games against the Devils, the Rangers recovered from a slow start and took care of the the Devils, 3-2, in Newark. John Tortorella called a timeout 1:24 into the game -- the Devils struck first on a Rob Niedermayer goal 1:10 in -- and the Rangers apparently got the message.

• Rangers 5 Ottawa 2: Hockey has blue lines. The Rangers have blue shirts and blue seats and apparently Blue Man Group as fans. They performed before the game and maybe it inspired New York. The top line had a huge night with four goals and two assists while Michael Del Zotto made his case to stay in the NHL and not return to juniors with his first goal and a solid game.

The 2009-2010 NHL season started last night, but our three local squads begin play tonight and tomorrow. How will the teams fare this season? Each team — the Devils, Rangers and Islanders — have very different expectations heading into the season.

Yankees 9 Mets 1: The final score may not have been close, but the Mets threw the game away by committing three errors in the second inning. The first one, a wild throw by David Wright is somewhat understandable, he had picked the ball up barehanded and was off-balance as he threw it. That put Melky Cabrera on second and he scored when Ramiro Pena blooped a double down the rightfield line. Pena then scored when C.C. Sabathia hit a single up the middle to make it 2-0 Yankees.

Brian Leetch is headed to the Hall of Fame and he won't be the only former Ranger in the class of 2009. The NHL announced today that Leetch, Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille, who played parts of two seasons with New York, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame this November. Leetch played over 1100 games as a Blueshirt and holds the team record for assists with 741. He was the Rookie of the Year in the NHL in 1989, won two Norris trophies as the best defensemen in the league and was named MVP of the 1993-94 playoffs. The Rangers actually traded Leetch twice in his career. First in the off-season in 2003 before promptly resigning him and more famously in 2004 when they shipped him to Toronto for a package of players and draft picks. That was all forgotten in 2008 when the Rangers put Leetch’s #2 into the rafters at MSG. The NHL also announced that Devils GM Lou Lamoriello will be enshrined in the Builder’s Category of the Hall of Fame. Lamoriello has made the Devils into a perennial powerhouse, winning the Stanley Cup three times, most recently in 2003.

• Washington 2 Rangers 1: For the first time in their history, the Rangers have blown a 3-1 lead in a series. Unlike the previous two games, Henrik Lundqvist showed up and played a solid game, but the game-winning goal was one he should have stopped.But, it isn’t fair to lay the blame for this on Lundqvist. Start with Drury and Gomez, the high-paid centers who both had forgettable series. Nikolai Zherdev disappeared again and Wade Redden showed made Rangers’ fans further rue his contract. It will be an interesting offseason on Broadway as a lot of big decisions need to be made.
• Carolina 4 Devils 3: Only 101 seconds away from a Game 7 win, New Jersey allowed the tying goal and then the winning goal in less than a minute. Eric Staal scored with 32 seconds left to give the Hurricanes the series and send the Devils home to a very tough offseason.
• Yankees 11 Detroit 0: Phil Hughes gave the Yankees the big start they needed in his first appearance of the year and the Yankees put up 10 runs in the seventh for the win.

• Cardinals 12, Mets 8: Maybe the Mets should have just stayed in New York. Their three-game road trip to St. Louis turned out miserably, and it was capped by this disaster under the Gateway Arch. Livan Hernandez allowed seven runs in 4 1/3 innings, and the Mets' late rallies were a day late and a dollar short. Panic is beginning to set in, but everyone needs to calm down. A 6-9 record is not the end of the world. With Johan Santana set to face the Nationals, the Mets' four-game losing streak should be history Friday evening, too.
• Devils 1, Hurricanes 0: Martin Brodeur tied another record with his 23rd playoff shutout. This one is 100-percent legitimate -- unlike his wins record which includes shootout wins -- and it put the Devils on the doorstep of the second round. He made 44 saves in a thrilling duel with Carolina's Cam Ward. David Clarkson scored near the midway point of the second period. Carolina had a flurry of chances at the end -- remember the Hurricanes scored with 0.2 seconds remaining in Game 4. The Devils can advance Sunday if they win in Raleigh.
• Wizards 1, Red Bulls 0: Carlos Johnson got sent off in the second minute -- that's the fastest red card in league history -- and the Red Bulls couldn't double their win total.