
Inside: The Week In Sports
The NBA
The Sixers vaulted into the playoff race by emphasizing youth and an up-tempoattack • Executive's take: The Rockets are no fluke
Baseball
New manager Joe Girardi has already put his mark on the reenergized Yankees •One trade that's working out for both sides
POWDER PUFF
No magic trick, just Celtics forward Kevin Garnett completing his pregameritual of slapping talc on his hands at the scorer's table before last Friday's110--92 loss to the Jazz at TD Banknorth Garden.
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Photograph by Winslow Townson/AP