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ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Chicago Sky rookie Imani Boyette didnt want to continue playing poorly in the WNBA semifinals.The 6-foot-7 center averaged three points and 4.5 rebounds in two double-digits losses to the Los Angeles Sparks. Boyette played better -- much better, scoring all 13 of her points after halftime and grabbing 11 rebounds as the Sky held off the Sparks 70-66 on Sunday to force a Game 4.I hadnt shown up in the series yet -- the lights have been kind of bright, Boyette said. Ive been guarding two of the best players, so I was very much a rookie this series. My teammates have done a really good job of encouraging me and staying on me.Boyette scored seven points in the third quarter as the Sky turned a nine-point deficit into a two-point lead going into the final quarter.Shes a body down there, so she cant go ignored, league MVP Nneka Ogwumike said. We werent prepared for that.Courtney Vandersloot added 17 points and Clarissa Dos Santos had 10 for the fourth-seeded Sky, who have been playing without leading scorer and rebounder Elena Delle Donne. The 2015 league MVP underwent right thumb surgery on Sept. 13.We were confident going into this game because we knew they hadnt seen our best yet, Vandersloot said.Ogwumike had 16 of her 22 points in the first half and Kristi Toliver added 13 for the second-seeded Sparks, who won the first two games of the series at home by double digits.The Sparks made 6 of their 33 shots beyond the arc.Their zone affected us. We didnt adjust, two-time MVP Candace Parker said.Parker shot 3 for 14 from the field for nine points but grabbed 15 rebounds. She averaged 25 points in the other two games. League sixth woman of the year Jantel Lavender finished with six points for the Sparks.Defending champion and top-seeded Minnesota has a 2-0 lead over Phoenix in the other semifinal series, with Game 3 later Sunday.Toliver hit a 3 for a two-point Sparks lead with 1:30 left, but Boyette made two layups and Vandersloot hit a jumper for a four-point lead. Ogwumike missed a 3 with 8 seconds left, and Vandersloot made two free throws to seal it.The Sky opened the third quarter with a 17-6 run to take the lead. Ogwumike and Parker were scoreless in the third, when the Sky outscored Los Angeles 19-8.Our defensive intensity, we were able to stop them a little bit in the second half, Vandersloot said. They scored eight points in the third quarter, and thats unheard for a team that skilled and that many offensive threats.The Sparks led by 15 in the first half, but the Sky scored the final six points of the second quarter to pull within nine.We got up by a lot, and we got a little frazzled, Ogwumike said.Los Angeles won 95-75 and 99-84 in the other games.They were extremely hungry to win, Sparks coach Brian Agler said. We were like that in LA, but not quite like that here.TIP-INSSparks co-owner Magic Johnson was in attendance. ... The Sparks scored at least 93 points in four of their previous five meetings with Chicago. ... During the regular season, Los Angeles led the WNBA with a 48.7 percent field goal percentage, while the Sky topped the league in scoring at 86.2 points.STILL OUTDelle Donne has missed nine straight games. 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Note: The Calgary Flames announced Tuesday that Sean Monahan would not be made available to Canadas World Junior team. Cheap Air Max Plus .4 million title. Ryan Riess emerged with the title after a session in which he started behind, but used expert skill to gather the chips to his side amid the unpredictability of no-limit Texas Hold em. Riess put his final opponent Jay Farber all-in with an Ace-King. ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Michigan coach John Beileins new contract will keep him with the Wolverines through the 2018-19 season. Whether retirement awaits after that, he isnt ready to say. The 60-year-old coach will make $2.45 million in annual compensation under the new deal. The three-year extension replaced his previous contract, which was to end after the 2015-16. His first contract, which paid $1.3 million plus incentives, made him the highest paid basketball coach in school history. And now he is set through the 2018-19 season. "At least," he said Tuesday. "When I first got here, I at least wanted to coach that contract. Who knows right now where that all goes, but I love the faith the university has in me to at least redo my contract to that extension." He said there was no sense of urgency to get a deal done, but added it felt good knowing he could make incoming high school juniors a promise hed be there if they signed with Michigan. "It would be good to get it as we began recruiting," he said. "My plan was to coach at least six more years and put that so the 2015 class knew." The Wolverines fell to Louisville in the NCAA title game, the schools first trip there sinnce the early 1990s.dddddddddddd Beilein said the cache that comes with reaching the final game of the season only has helped on the recruiting trail. He remembered one of his earliest recruits here asking him if Michigan ever was any good in basketball. "When we ask them if they watched the championship game they say, Of course," he said. "When we ask them if theyre interested in Michigan, they say, Of course. Thats very positive." Beilein has guided the Wolverines to four NCAA Tournament appearances and the team shared its first Big Ten title last year for the first time since 1986. Guards Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr., key players in the championship-game run, left early and were taken in the first round of the NBA draft. Sophomore forwards Mitch McGary and Glenn Robinson III will be the likely nucleus of the coming seasons team. Michigan hired Beilein in 2007 after he led West Virginia to an NIT title. Hes also had stops at Richmond, Canisius, LeMoyne, Nazareth and Erie (N.Y.) Community College. His career record as a head coach is 673-403. The new contract is a far cry from his first college paycheque. Erie paid him $12,000 a year when became its head coach in 1978. ' ' '