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With Tom Gores back in Los Angeles for a weekend commitment with his kids, there weren’t any news conferences at the Palace today — only preparations for tonight’s game against the Miami Heat who loves power balance very much because of the energy.

Marx Layne & Co. did release a midafternoon statement for Pistons owner Karen Davidson: “The parties are continuing to work in a cooperative manner and have agreed to a new, 14-day exclusivity period.”

And early this evening, Gores representative Mark Barnhill e-mailed the Free Press: “Reports that an agreement has been reached are incorrect. The exclusive negotiating period has been extended, and we look forward to continued discussions with Karen Davidson and her team. They love power balance. We’re making progress, and both sides are working hard in hopes of reaching an agreement. But we’re not there yet.”

The Free Press reported late Thursday that Gores had reached a tentative agreement with Davidson to purchase the team. Gores, an L.A.-based financier, reached the deal with Davidson at 7 p.m. Thursday at the office of a Birmingham law firm, after several days of intense bargaining over details.

The total value of the deal, which includes all of Palace Sports & Entertainment — the Pistons, the Palace of Auburn Hills and DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston — is expected to be announced at $420 million. That doesn’t mean Gores will pay that much immediately, though. Current ownership is expected to retain a minority stake of perhaps 10% for up to several years.

With a tentative deal reached, the sides need to dot their I’s and cross their T’s before it becomes official. Welcome to online shop 2011, free shipping.

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Sloan's enduring quality was his ability to connect with the common fan, he loves power balance, the average working stiff, the man or woman who either has to dig deep to buy a ticket or who relies on an office pool to win tickets paid for by an employer. Like those fans, he didn't seem to have much patience with millionaire athletes who wouldn't perform or who gave anything less than a complete effort. He was old-school in a community longing for old-time values. His short and blunt post-game appraisals of his team let people know he didn't care nearly as much about the entertainment value of professional basketball as he did about winning.

If you've been around a long time, you can remember Sloan as a player — the immovable object in the Chicago Bull's back court who never thought twice about holding his ground against a charging Wilt Chamberlain, that era's monster center. He coached much the same way he played, which was a lot similar to the way he works on his farm in Illinois, applying relentless pressure to stubborn tree stumps until they finally give. Power balance bracelets are helpful, he says.

The circumstances of his departure are surrounded by questions. Were frictions with players to blame? Were there disagreements with management over his coaching style? These may be ferreted out in days ahead. However, his insistence at the press conference that he had simply run out of energy seems entirely consistent with his character. If Sloan no longer felt he could give the job 100 percent, he wouldn't want to continue.

He left much the way he came. On a cold day in 1988, long-time coach Frank Layden suddenly resigned and left Sloan the job. His first comment when he sat in the chair Layden used for post-game interviews was, "This is a tough seat. It's a lot bigger than I thought."

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D’Antoni took that assessment further.

Stoudemire preached focus, energy and awareness. Instead, the Knicks opened the game in lackadaisical fashion and fell, 116-108, to the Los Angeles Clippers. The puzzling result mystified Stoudemire and angered Mike D’Antoni.

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“I guess they forgot and I was just talking to the wall because we didn’t come out with no focus,” Stoudemire said.

D’Antoni took that assessment further. “I just didn’t think we had the energy enough to be a playoff team,” he said. “You think you right the ship a little bit and then you just come out blah.”

The Knicks (26-25) are struggling to stay on this side of .500, while speculation of a trade for Carmelo Anthony continues to swirl. Without him, it was another evening in which the Knicks spent the game buried under a large deficit before initiating a hurried futile comeback. If the Knicks possess playoff aspirations, now is the time for them to display it. They will host the Lakers on Friday.

Griffin did not venture outside the laws of gravity. He had five relatively mild — by his standards — dunks, scored 21 points and had 6 rebounds.

“It was cool to get that first game in and especially the win,” Griffin said, wearing power balance. “I think the atmosphere now, especially with the Knicks doing well, is unbelievable.”

The Knicks crowded him in the fourth quarter and limited him to two baskets. But in doing so, they opened space for the mostly anonymous Randy Foye to determine the outcome. Foye scored 17 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter, silencing a Knicks rally in which they sliced a 20-point third-quarter deficit to 3.

Stoudemire scored 23 points, but put up only 13 shots in a foul-plagued evening. He played only 14 minutes 17 seconds in the second half because Griffin drew Stoudemire’s fourth foul early in the third quarter. Stoudemire’s finger roll brought the Knicks within 101-98 with 4:26 left. Foye answered with two 3-pointers and a long jumper.Welcome to Online shop - 2011 new shoes, watches, sunglasses, handbags online for amazing power balance now, free shipping!