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  • Seven or three points behind Tampa depending the out come it's what they call the big four-pointer.

    Capitals' game in Tampa Friday a must-win Katie Carrera 2011

  • The latest outburst was Iginla's 13th four-point game and second this season, also coming on the one-year anniversary of another four-pointer in St. Louis last season.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • He had three-point plays on consecutive possessions, the second of which actually became a four-pointer when Haslem was called for a technical for arguing that Yao was in the paint far longer than the allowed three seconds.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • Mike ... a four-pointer is a four-pointer up there.

    The Great Minnow Goof 2008

  • She'd actually posted an earlier comment about these two deer -- Amy had taken the four-pointer (her first buck - congrats!), and her friend got the 10.

    Corporate Climber 2007

  • Saunders also got a technical for protesting when Wallace received his, and assistant coach Dave Cowens was called for one that turned Okur's three-point play into a four-pointer in the final few minutes.

    USATODAY.com - Basketball - Detroit vs. Utah 2006

  • One was a doe, the other a young buck with polished antlers, either a two - or four-pointer.

    Hunting Season Barr, Nevada 2002

  • I remember how I was running down a four-pointer through an oak wood one rainy day, with my nose hall of the way things smell when they're wet and my mind on haunch

    The Unicorn Trade Anderson, Poul and Karen 1984

  • Nathan Stapleton's conversion clipped the post to keep the Roosters in front and Jared Waerea-Hargreaves stretched his side's lead with his first four-pointer of the year after 20 minutes, burrowing his way under the posts from close range.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • A four-pointer to the retiring Raiders skipper just before half-time gave his side a 12-6 advantage over Penrith at the break.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

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