Gary can still play. He's going to be even more effective now that he has another guy in front of him. In Boston, he was called upon to be the Gary Payton of old.

That was a major gripe, seriously.

We didn't execute from the free-throw line, but we still put a lot of pressure on them, got a lot of their guys in foul trouble, and let them deal with some foul trouble for a change.

He looked fine, but a lot of teams seem concerned with risks nowadays — maybe because the investments in players have become so big. Maybe the Bulls want Eddy long-term, and maybe this is some kind of bargaining chip. Either way, DNA testing is taking things a little too far.

We gotta concentrate more. When we've got a team down, we've gotta step on them.

We haven't played very well against the top teams in the league, and everybody believes they know what's going to happen to us come April. Sunday is a big game for our confidence - to get a win against a quality team.