LAst Night's Action: Lakers Fall

Suns 113, Lakers 100 - The Laker's season could be down to one game. The Suns outshone Los Angeles and took a 3-1 series lead thanks to huge performances from Steve Nash (23 assists, 17 points) and Amare Stoudemire (27 points, 21 rebounds). Nash's assist total was one shy off the all time playoff record, held by Magic Johnson (who was in the stands) and John Stockton. Not bad company. On the other side of the ball, Kobe had 31 points but only 3 in the fourth quarter.

Ducks 3, Canucks 2 - At least one local team is looking good in the playoffs. After sleeping off a double OT loss, Anaheim returned to action with a close victory over Vancouver. Jean-Sebastien Giguere had another solid game with 24 saves, three in a furious assault by the Canucks as the clock ran out. Brad May was finally back on the ice for the Ducks after serving a three game suspension for punching a player who wasn't looking for a fight.

Dodgers 5, Padres 4, 17 innings - Nope, that wasn't a typo. Seventeen innings after the afternoon game started, it looked like the bullpens could have kept it going until the next morning. Then Pete Laforest made a fielding error, allowing the Dodgers to score the go-ahead run 14 and 1/3 innings after the last time they reached home. It's tough to blame a third string catcher filling in at first base, but that's probably just what San Diego fans are doing today. 20 Dodgers and 19 Padres saw action, including 7 and 6 pitchers, respectively. Most of the 25 hits were by the Boys in Blue, who connected 16 times. The game lasted five minutes shy of the five hour mark and was the longest in baseball this season. The last thing the Dodgers need now is a tired bullpen, with no good news about Jason Schmidt on the horizon.

Angels 5, White Sox 2 - Anaheim prevailed in a mere 9 innings, but they packed in plenty of action. Maicer Izturis and Vladimir Guerrero hit back-to-back homers before Izturis left the game with a muscle pull. Mike Scioscia was ejected after arguing a double play were Reggie Willits tried to score by tagging up from third on a fly ball. Chicago tossed the ball to third base, and the umpire declared that Willits had left before the fly ball had been caught.

Elsewhere - RIP, Josh Hancock ... If you need baseball tickets, or tickets to anything, for that matter, here's some sound advice from the Consumerist (no relation) ... Rookie turns unassisted triple play.

AP photo by Mark J. Terrill.