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In each of the past two seasons, Duke had won the first meeting only to have UNC win the second to clinch the ACC regular-season title.
However, in Toulon's case it seems their best resources have been ploughed into the Top 14 that brought second place in the regular season before play-off extra-time defeat by Clermont Auvergne on Sunday.
Carmelo Anthony, long criticized for his play when the game is on the line, can throw this at his critics: his 8.1 average point tally in the fourth quarter is up from the 6.9 he scored during the regular season and second behind all scorers left in the playoffs.
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The Spurs have averaged 56 regular-season wins (second best in the NBA) and an NBA-high 10.6 playoff wins over the past five years.
All the Ducks have done is tie for second place in the Pac-12 in the regular season, win the conference tournament and beat No. 5 seed Oklahoma State 68-55 before sending Saint Louis home.
The Bruins went ahead to stay, 3-2, at 12:08 of the second period when Boychuk, who had one goal in the regular season, shot a 40-footer inside the near post for his third playoff goal.
Over six months he'd watched this Giants team, so frequently maligned and second-guessed in the regular season, coalesce into something dangerous.
Swansea were second at the end of the regular season, but both sides had to face a complicated play-off system to make the inaugural final.
For the second time in three years, the Sacramento Kings will host their regular-season finale with the franchise's future uncertain.
American Jason Dufner, currently third in the standings and a two-time winner this year, could still overhaul Woods at the top with a tie for second or better this week's final regular-season tournament, the Wyndham Championship.
And they did it without giving up a single player on a roster that had put together the NHL's second-best record with a month to go in the lockout-shortened regular season.
The Pacers, who allowed the second-fewest points per game and the lowest field goal percentage in the league during the regular season, mixed in solid offense as well.
Indiana led the league in rebounding, defensive field goal percentage and defensive 3-point percentage while finishing second in points allowed per game during the regular season.
Trying to open 3-0 for the second straight year, the Mets wore caps with orange bills for the first time in a regular-season game, rather than their usual model in solid royal blue.
LeBron James is in the hunt for a second straight NBA championship after leading the Miami Heat to an NBA-best 66 wins during the regular season.
Louisville earned its second Big East regular-season title since joining the conference in 2005.
The setbacks sent Syracuse plummeting out of the top 10 and out of contention for its second straight Big East regular season title.
The third-seeded Nuggets were an NBA-best 38-3 at home during the regular season but needed Andre Miller's last-second shot to beat Golden State by a basket in the opener and extend their franchise-best winning streak to 24 games.
To recap, the Red Bulls led 3-1 at halftime of their regular-season opener in Portland, but crumbled in the second half.
The second-worst champion of all time: the 2006 Cardinals, whose regular-season record of 83-78 gives them the lowest winning percentage ever for a World Series winner.
The next year, Illinois's first loss came on a last-second three-pointer by Ohio State in the Fighting Illini's final regular-season game.
Dennis Green was fired after a poor regular season by Arizona, while Shell's second stint with the Raiders - this time in Oakland - also ended in January.
Tom Brady remains the steady leader, passing for more than 5, 200 yards in the regular season, but there are fresh targets, including a pair of second-year tight ends, Aaron Hernandez and Rob Gronkowski.
Regular season attendance has jumped from 522, 000, second-worst in the NHL, to 912, 000 this season, the top attendance in the league.
The teams met eight days earlier and the Irish came away with a triple-overtime victory that clinched them their second straight conference regular-season title.
Before being sandwiched by defenseman Tomas Kundratek and Troy Brouwer, the Swede swept the puck to Gionta, who beat Neuvirth one-on-one for his second career regular-season goal.
Washington, which lost to New York in the second round of last year's playoffs, had been 11-5-2 in its last 18 regular-season games against the Rangers.
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