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ANAHEIM, Calif. - The width of Alec Martinezs shin guard was the difference between the Los Angeles Kings and the Anaheim Ducks in their playoff series opener. Corey Perry had the puck on his stick with a nearly open net early in overtime, but Martinez managed to block the shot by the Ducks best goal-scorer. It happened in an instant, but both players were still thinking about the pivotal play a day later as they prepared for Game 2 on Monday night. "I guess I channeled my inner goalie, playing in the driveway when I was younger," Martinez said Sunday after the latest round of congratulations for his game-saving block. "I just tried to get in front of it, and maybe got a little bit lucky, too." No hockey game turns on one play, and the Kings wouldnt have even made it to overtime without Marian Gaboriks tying goal with 7 seconds left in regulation in their 3-2 win. Several minutes after Martinezs big save, Gaboriks game-winner put the Kings up 1-0 in the second round with their fifth consecutive playoff victory. Both teams expect a long, taxing series between evenly matched opponents with a thorough mutual familiarity. They wont be surprised if more games in the series come down to one blocked shot, one extra pass or one big save. Perry still wont soon forget his missed opportunity to put the Ducks in front in the series. "Ive seen it a few times," said a grimacing Perry, who scored 43 goals in the regular season and two more in the first round against Dallas. "I was up for a while. You think about what it could have been. "He made a great play," Perry added. "I thought I had an open net, and obviously I tried to put it in, but he just got his leg on it, and I missed the rebound. Hopefully its a different bounce next time." Even before the late theatrics, the Southern California rivals first playoff meeting was every bit as entertaining as expected. The Kings have little trouble winning on the road, while the Ducks were a dominant home team this season — but neither team is likely to have a distinct home-ice advantage. "I thought the atmosphere was great," Kings forward Justin Williams said. "A lot of times when youre on the road, all you want to hear is silence. But there wasnt even much silence when we scored. There was a lot of Kings fans there and a lot of support for us, so that was the extra added element to the game. Usually when you score an overtime goal, its crickets in the building, and we heard a little something, so Kings fans are making their way down the freeway." Perry, Ryan Getzlaf and Teemu Selanne all had big moments for the Ducks, who controlled play for long stretches and got a strong performance from new starting goalie Jonas Hiller. Anaheim still couldnt capitalize on its opportunities to pull away, failing to crack the NHLs best defence with its habitually struggling power play. The Ducks might have more offensive ability than the Kings, but they also know it wont matter unless it leads to goals. "We didnt bury our few chances," Getzlaf said. "I dont think theyve changed much. Theyre still the team we know. Theyve just upped their intensity, and weve got to match it." The defence-minded Kings have been impressive offensively during their playoff winning streak. Los Angeles has 21 goals in its last five games, and Anze Kopitar has become the post-seasons leading scorer so far. The Kings are scoring well, but their defensive depth became even shallower in victory: Veteran defenceman Jeff Schultz could make his debut for Los Angeles in Game 2 if injured Willie Mitchell and Robyn Regehr must sit out. 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Johnny Manziel, college footballs most entertaining player with the reputation for pulling off magical plays, was selected with the No.FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Steve Belichick would sit in his booth above the field with his pencils and charts as he watched Navys future opponent through binoculars.More than half a century later, the son of the renowned scout gets video just hours after his next opponents game ends.That certainly will speed the process once coach Bill Belichick finds out which team will face his New England Patriots in the playoffs.If Baltimore beats Pittsburgh on Saturday night, the top-seeded Patriots will host the Ravens in an AFC divisional game Jan. 10. If the Steelers prevail, the winner of Sunday afternoons game between Cincinnati and Indianapolis will visit Gillette Stadium.Soon after the opponent is determined, video of its game will be scrutinized in Foxborough.Certainly by the next morning, Belichick said. Depending on when the game is, maybe even later that evening.How much would it help in this era if a scout watches games in person, like his dad did during 33 years at Navy when he rarely saw the Midshipmen play because he was elsewhere on a scouting assignment?Less than one per cent, Belichick said. Now you can get the film just as quickly.But watching games live would be more valuable than on television, he said, especially if thats all you had, which isnt really the case for us. But there was a time ...A time when Steve Belichick, who literally wrote the book on football scouting, would travel great distances to watch, take detailed notes and analyze teams on Navys schedule, and then report back to the coach and his players.I grew up watching my dad scout games live, Belichick said. They played on Saturday. Sometimes they wouldnt get the films until Monday (by) Sunday air shipping from wherever the college team was located, Starkville, Mississippi, or wherever the film was coming from.By attendding the games, Belichick said, his father had that information pretty instantaneously: Here are their substitutions, these are the plays they ran diagrammed, heres the defences they ran, heres how they handled these different situations.dddddddddddd He had it when the game was over.Steve Belichick, who died in 2005 at age 86, wrote the widely praised Football Scouting Methods in 1962.Today, massive amounts of data are readily available.You can get a lot of information now thats already preset for you, Belichick said. If you just want to watch all the plays with No. 79, you can click it and youve got them, whereas even five years ago, you were, Is that 78? Is that 79? Thats the guy with the tape on his left hand.Patriots cornerback Brandon Browner plans to pick up tips while watching this weekends playoff games on television. Hell be guarding receivers from Indianapolis, Cincinnati or Baltimore in his next game.Bills looking at it as a coach. Hes got to watch 22 guys or 11 guys at one time, Browner said. Im watching the receiver and maybe the DBs so I can watch my keys. ... You want to key these guys releases. Youve got some guys who are quick at the line then youve got some guys who are big and strong who use their strength.Steve Belichick got to watch that in person. His son still sees value in that.When you do it yourself, you really know what it is and you remember it, Belichick said. Theres still a lot to be said for grinding it out, doing the little things and really processing the information internally as opposed to just looking at it and being able to remember everything that you see at one glance.Thats the faster way, thats the way to cut the corner, he said. In the end, is it better? Im not sure.___AP NFL websites: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '