LAst Night's Action: LA Strikes Out in First Bowl

Seminoles 44, Bruins 27 - UCLA came into the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco riding a three game winning streak and a giant upset against cross-town rival USC. They looked solid for three more quarters but collapsed in the fourth, giving up 21 points in under five minutes to Florida State. UCLA ends the season with a record of 7-6. Florida State improved to 7-6, giving coach Bobby Bowden 30 consecutive winning seasons. The Pac-10 is now 0-3 in bowl games this year.

Lakers 106, Magic 93 - Smush Parker stole the show with an 18 point third quarter to help the Lakers to their 19th win. Orlando has lost eight of their last eleven games, including the last three in a row, but are only 2.5 games out of first in the East. The Lakers (sans injured Lamar Odom) are 3-2 on their current roadtrip, which ends on Friday against Charlotte.

Clippers 100, Celtics 77 - Elton Brand and Tim Thomas each scored 25 points to snap the Clipper's four game loosing streak. Both teams played without injured stars, Boston missing Paul Pierce and Los Angeles missing Sam Cassell. The Clippers improved to two wins in their last nine. They remain last in the Pacific Division but would still be mildly impressive in the Atlantic.

Elsewhere - ESPN ranked California the #2 state for football.

AP photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez.