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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Lynx rushed out to another big lead Friday night. And every time the Phoenix Mercury began to chip away, Maya Moore pushed them aside.Moore scored 26 points, all in the first three quarters, and the defending WNBA champion Lynx beat the Mercury 96-86 on Friday night to take a 2-0 lead in the semifinal series.Coming off a record-setting 113-point outburst in Game 1, Minnesota shot 61 percent in the first quarter and took a 35-24 lead. Moore scored 12 points in a three-minute flurry to close the quarter.Shes a very difficult person to guard because you cant necessarily script what shes going to do, said Minnesotas Cheryl Reeve, honored as the WNBA coach of the year Friday. Mayas got a good feel for the game in terms of moving without the basketball.Lindsay Whalen scored 12 of her 16 points in the fourth quarter for Minnesota, playing at the Xcel Energy Center -- home of the NHLs Minnesota Wild -- for the second straight game because of a scheduling conflict at the Target Center in Minneapolis.The Lynx missed their first five shots of the second quarter, but Moore stole an outlet pass and hit a 3-pointer to push Minnesotas lead to 12.Phoenix cut it to 63-57 midway through the third quarter. Moore answered with one of her four 3-pointers on the night and the Mercury didnt come within six again until the final 30 seconds.In the end, the Mercury paid for their poor first quarter.To let them score 35 points, that was the ballgame, Phoenix coach Sandy Brondello said. You cant play with the Lynx for 30 minutes. Theyre too good of a team.Still, with Moores scoreless fourth quarter fresh in her mind, Reeve said the Lynx need more out of their former league MVP.I know that the stat line says she was really, really good, but I think overall Maya Moore is a better player that what we saw tonight, Reeve said.Rebekkah Brunson added 13 points and 11 rebounds, and Sylvia Fowles had 14 points and nine rebounds for the top-seeded Lynx. Fowles was honored Friday as the leagues defensive player of the year.Diana Taurasi had 31 points for the eighth-seeded Mercury. Penny Taylor added 16, and Marta Xargay had 10.We did a much better job of matching their intensity and their toughness, Taurasi said. Unfortunately, we didnt bring it in the first quarter and that was probably the difference.FOUL TROUBLEThe teams combined for 54 fouls, including 17 in the first quarter. Phoenix center Britney Griner was especially hampered by the barrage of whistles. She picked up two fouls in the first 1:41 and was pulled from the game. Griner returned with 3:23 to go in the first quarter, but picked up her third foul with 50.8 seconds left in the quarter. She played just 4:13 in the first half.The offenses took advantage of the numerous trips to the line. The teams combined to make their first 25 free throws and made 63 of 68 from the line on the night.TIP-INSMercury: Center Kelsey Bone missed the game because of a strained left elbow. She was injured in the second half in Game 1 on Wednesday night. ... The Mercury have played four consecutive road playoff games. They won the first two, single-elimination games at Indiana and New York, before losing two straight in Minnesota.Lynx: Minnesota has won its first playoff game in each of the last six seasons. ... Jia Perkins had 12 points. ... Minnesota played without guard Anna Cruz and center Janel McCarville, both sidelined with back injuries.UP NEXTGame 3 is Sunday in Phoenix. 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Celtics Jerseys Outlet .Y. -- Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone has drawn on his Syracuse connections once again by hiring Rob Moore to take over as receivers coach. NEW YORK -- Ryan Fitzpatrick and the New York Jets put a rough start to the season behind them with a big rebound victory.Being 1-1 sure looks a lot better than 0-2, especially considering the uphill climb to playoff contention theyd face just two games in. After a 37-31 win at Buffalo on Thursday night, the Jets get a few days off before hitting the field again.Its only the second game, and were still getting better, coach Todd Bowles said Friday. We have to get better at a lot of things, offensively as well as defensively and special teams. Were just going to work. Our biggest thing is we need to find different ways to win ballgames.Were not going to win every game scoring 37 points.The Jets let their season opener slip away, falling to Cincinnati 23-22 last Sunday. While Bowles tried to stay even-keeled up to the game against Rex Ryans Bills, the players knew how important this one was.Since the NFL began its current playoff format in 1990, only 26 teams have made it to the postseason after losing at least their first two games.Its a big game coming off a close game last week, Matt Forte said after rushing for 100 yards and three touchdowns. To come back and get a win out here, hostile environment and division game, is huge. Its must win at all times.Against Buffalo, the Jets rolled up 493 yards of total offense and 28 first downs, both team highs under coordinator Chan Gailey, and the fifth-best total for the franchise since 1970.Fitzpatrick threw for 370 yards, and Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker both had more than 100 yards receiving each, while Quincy Enunwa fell 8 yards shy of joining them.To respond like we did (Thursday), thats one of those things that you try to build off of as a unit, Fitzpatrick said after the game. That kind of stuff gives you confidence going forward as well.While there were good moments, the Jets know theyve got some things to fix, particularly in the secondary. Darrelle Revis gave up a big play for a touchdown for the second straight game, when Marquise Goodwin got in front of him for an 84-yard score in the first quarter.Early in the third quarter, Greg Salas was left wide open -- a bust in the coverage, Bowles said -- and scored on a 71-yard pass play from Tyrod Taylor that shifted the momentum to the Bills, who also returned a fumble for a TD less thhan three minutes later.ddddddddddddIts one guy here or there, but we have to clean that up, Bowles said of the secondary. The communication has to be cleaner. This is Day 1 training camp stuff that we shouldnt be busting, and we have to make sure we correct that.There has also been increasing concern about Revis, the longtime shutdown cornerback who has struggled mightily to start this season.Cincinnatis A.J. Green had a monster performance last Sunday with Revis on him most of the game, finishing with 12 catches for 180 yards -- including a 54-yard TD during which he blew past the Jets star.He gave up two plays and he knows he doesnt want to give them up, and we know we dont want him to give them up, Bowles said. We have to correct it and move on, and hell be better and well move on from there.The Jets schedule has some pretty potent passing offenses up next with Kansas City, Seattle, Pittsburgh and Arizona, all of whom might try to challenge Revis.Its a copy-cat league, Bowles said. Any time somebody sees somebody have success with something, theyre going to do it until you put the fire out.Bowles also took blame for kicking the extra point and not going for a 2-point conversion on the last of Fortes TD runs, which put New York up 37-24 instead of 38-24.Buffalo went down the field and made it a six-point game on Mike Gillislees 18-yard catch with 1:17 left. Then the Jets had to sweat out an onside kick recovered by Marshall to seal the victory for New York.I should have, Bowles said of going for the conversion. I was occupied doing something with the defense and when I turned around and looked at it, that was my bust and Ill get better going forward.In the end, though, Bowles was encouraged by the Jets resolve.The one thing we learned from the first game that we didnt do is we didnt fight and overcome some things at the end, he said. Early on in the season, we made some mistakes and everybody is going to make their mistakes until they get a grab and hold on what kind of team they want to be.So for us to fight in enemy territory playing a division rival was good for us to see.---AP NFL website: www.p