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SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court on Friday upheld former Giants slugger Barry Bonds obstruction-of-justice conviction stemming from rambling testimony he gave during a 2003 appearance before a grand jury investigating elite athletes use of performance-enhancing drugs. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Bonds testimony was "evasive" and capable of misleading investigators and hindering their probe into a performance-enhancing-drug ring centred at the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, better known as BALCO. In a statement Friday night, Bonds said he was disappointed but he has instructed his attorneys to ask that he be allowed to immediately begin serving his sentence of 30 days of house arrest and two years of probation. "Meanwhile, I also intend to seek further judicial review of the important legal issues presented by the appeal that was decided today," Bonds said. "This has been a long and difficult chapter in my life and I look forward to moving beyond it once I have fulfilled the penalties ordered by the court." Like several other prominent athletes who testified before the grand jury, Bonds was granted immunity from criminal prosecution as long as he testified truthfully. But after Bonds repeatedly denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs -- he testified he thought he was taking flax seed oil and other legal supplements -- prosecutors charged him with obstruction and with making false statements. A jury convicted Bonds of a single felony count of obstruction, stemming from when he was called before the grand jury in San Francisco in December 2003. Bonds was asked whether his trainer, Greg Anderson, had ever injected him with a substance, and he replied by discussing the difficulties of being the son of a famous father. Bonds father is former major leaguer Bobby Bonds. The jury deadlocked on three other counts that Bonds made false statements stemming from his denial that he knowingly used drugs, and those charges were later dismissed. Bonds was sentenced to house arrest and probation after his 2011 trial. Prosecutors had sought a 15-month prison sentence. The three-judge appeals court panel Friday rejected Bonds argument that his rambling testimony didnt amount to felony obstruction. Bonds appellate attorney, Dennis Riordan, argued that Bonds answer was, in fact, true: He felt the pressure of being a child of a celebrity. But Judge Mary Schroeder said that didnt matter. She said it was obvious Bonds meant to mislead -- and obstruct -- the grand jurys investigation into his use of performance-enhancing drugs, often called PEDs. "The statement served to divert the grand jurys attention away from the relevant inquiry of the investigation, which was Anderson and BALCOs distribution of steroids and PEDs," Schroeder wrote. 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Alex Len tallied 14 points and 13 boards, Isaiah Thomas poured in 20 points off the bench and Markieff Morris provided 17 points and six rebounds for the Suns, who have dropped two straight on the heels of a four-game winning streak. After Conley sank two foul shots for a 100-94 Memphis spread with 42.7 seconds to go in the fourth, the Suns closed regulation on a 7-1 spurt. Markieff Morris nailed a triple and Eric Bledsoe drove in for a layup on consecutive trips down the floor. Vince Carter split a pair from the charity stripe to make it 101-99 with 19 ticks on the clock. P.J. Tucker took Randolph off the dribble from the top of the key and got a friendly roll to tie it after Bledsoe leapt and grabbed the net, which made the basket shake. No goaltending was called. Conley missed a leaner at the other end and tip attempts by Gasol and Randolph in the waning seconds didnt drop. Bledsoe knocked down a right wing 3-pointer with 33.dddddddddddd3 seconds left in the first overtime. 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