I have a picture of him with a candle on it. I'm going to take care of Steve because he's obviously taking care of me.

The main thing is we got Steve and Raja back, and they both looked good.

I kept looking down the bench to see if Steve was coming back, so much so I may have whiplash. But the guys did a great job without him.

We played extremely well and Steve Nash had more than 15 assists in the first half. It was ridiculous. When we shoot like that and we are active defensively, we are a pretty good team.

Every time we play these guys, a good game breaks out and that's got to be exciting for the fans. They score baskets that you can't guard, and I think we do the same thing. Tonight, we just happened to score more than they did, the reverse of last time.

(Bryant) was a little more passive than usual.