The NBA players association filed an appeal on behalf of the Knicks

City ended a 44-year wait for league glory when taking the Premier League crown on the final day of the season. Ferguson feels City will look to back up their success by adding yet more quality to their ranks. Vast resources are available at Eastlands, but it is not something louis vuitton shoes Ferguson will run away from. "We know City are going to spend fortunes, pay stupid money and silly salaries. We know that happens. We can't do anything about that," Ferguson told MUTV. "We are not like other clubs who can spend fortunes on proven goods. We invest in players who will be with the club for a long time, who will create the character of the club and the excitement for our fans. We are good at that and we are going to continue that way." United have been linked with Borussia Dortmund duo Shinji Kagawa and Robert Lewandowski and Lille winger Eden Hazard, but Ferguson does not believe he has to overhaul his squad. "We have set out our stall for certain players and we want to make sure the evolution continues at United," he said. "I have been at the club for 25 years and I have to maintain a certain standard that keeps us there all the time. "We don't always win it because we are always there, which is great credit to how we view things. But there is nothing materially wrong with us. I know there are some critics but we got 89 points." After letting another fourth-quarter lead slip away in Boston, the 76ers took it right back and held on to it, fighting off every run the host Celtics made down the stretch louis vuitton hoodie for an 82-81 victory on Monday that evened their second-round series at one game apiece. "We knew to expect the same type of game," said Evan Turner, whose layup with 40.4 seconds to play put Philadelphia ahead to stay. "We did what we needed to do to win this game, just like we didn't the first time around." Turner's layup gave the Sixers a 76-75 lead and they clinched it by going 6-for-6 from the free-throw line over the final 12 seconds. "We just found a way," Philadelphia coach Doug Collins said. "All season long we couldn't win these games, and now our guys are believing they can do it. And it is pretty special to watch." Turner finished with 10 points, Jrue Holiday scored 18 and Andre Iguodala added 13 points, seven assists and six rebounds for the Sixers, who blew a 10-point fourth quarter lead as the Celtics won Game 1. Philadelphia failed to hang on to the lead again, but this time the Sixers outplayed the Celtics down the stretch. Philadelphia won its first playoff game in Boston since 1982 despite committing a playoff-high 19 turnovers and getting outrebounded 47 to 36. "We're keeping our composure. We're keeping our confidence burberry handbags and know it's going to be grind-out games," Iguodala said. Every time the Celtics appeared to have regained the momentum, the Sixers came up with an answer. After trailing by eight entering the fourth quarter, Boston's Kevin Garnett tied it 65-65 on a turnaround jumper with 4:33 to play. He scored 11 of his 15 points in the fourth and finished with 12 rebounds. But after a blocked shot at the 76ers' end, Lavoy Allen got the ensuing inbounds pass and banked in a shot from 22 feet, and the Sixers were back in the lead. Thunder 119, Lakers 90: Russell Westbrook had 27 points and nine assists, Kevin Durant added 25 points, and host Oklahoma City sent Los Angeles to its 12th-worst playoff loss in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals. ... The Thunder took a 15-point halftime lead, opened the third quarter with a 15-2 blitz full of crowd-pleasing three-pointers and dunks, and led by as many as 35 points, getting a measure of vengeance for the elbow Metta World Peace delivered to the head of the Thunder's James Harden three weeks ago. ... Kobe Bryant and Andrew Bynum scored 20 points each for the Lakers, and Bynum had 14 rebounds. ... The Thunder, who had eight days off, committed a franchise record-low four turnovers. ... The Lakers, who responded with a Game 7 victory against the Grizzlies on Saturday night after losing by 28 points two nights earlier, will need another big bounce-back for Wednesday's Game 2 in Oklahoma City. Bosh out: Heat center Chris Bosh will be sidelined indefinitely because of a strained abdominal muscle, sustained in Sunday's 95-86 victory over the Pacers. Joel Anthony and Ronny Turiaf saw extra time after Bosh was injured. Knicks seek Bird rights: The NBA players association filed an appeal on behalf of the Knicks asking for a hearing on the "Bird rights" of Jeremy Lin and Steve Novak. Bird rights, which allow a team to go over the salary cap to retain a player, aren't granted to players who have been waived during the prior new burberry handbags blue beige cheap buy 2012 season, as both Lin and Novak were. New York and the NBAPA are arguing that because both were claimed off waivers, their status should be the same as a player who is traded, which would give them Bird rights and allow the Knicks to avoid using a mid-level exception.