New Zealand romped into the quarter-final stages with three bonus-point wins from their three pool matches, with just Saturday's encounter against minnows Romania to come.
New Orleans was still down by 18 early in the third quarter, but later used an 8-0 run ignited by Robin Lopez's putback and Anthony Davis' layup to get as close as 66-59 in the period, and trailed only 73-65 heading into the final quarter after Jason Smith's fast-break layup in the final second.
Going into the final quarter-of-an-hour, the Italian side exploded into life again with three good shots in the space of four minutes, for Totti, Delvecchio and Montella, kept out by a combination of Martyn's brilliance and luck once again.
DeRozan added eight points in the third as the Raptors took a nine-point lead into the final quarter.
He was outshined in this game by Flacco, who led the Ravens to two third-quarter scores that put Baltimore up 20-16 heading into the final frame.
Giteau's conversion saw the Boks staring at a 17-point deficit going into the final quarter.
Jamaica initially rallied at the start of the third quarter to cut the deficit to eight but there was only brief respite for the Sunshine Girls as England reasserted their dominance to lead 50-38 heading into the final quarter.
The Blues - born out of the venerable Cardiff club when Welsh rugby moved to the regional model - went into the game chasing silverware on two fronts following last weekend's Heineken Cup quarter-final win over French aristocrats Toulouse.
Maggie Jackson's side took a 12-point lead into the final quarter and never looked like surrendering it.
We go into Saturday's quarter-final without the injured Andy Farrell.
More crucially for Wales, this was the moment when Ryan Jones and his team-mates knew might await them - the test of their mettle going into the final quarter behind and under huge pressure from their opponents.
London (Financial Times) -- Britain's economy shrank 0.3 per cent in the final quarter of last year, increasing the likelihood it would slide into a "triple-dip" recession and piling pressure on the coalition government.
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