It was a treat to play with Mike two years ago in the All-Star Game, and it's great to have him here. He's so quick, and he's such a great player. It adds a little bit more to the story than just him being a local guy.

Full credit to those guys. I had a great view of 95 percent of the their shots, and that makes my job a little bit easier.

You want to come back a little more fired up. I feel like I let the guys down a little bit last week, and I had to correct it.

To their credit, too, I've played seven years in this league and that's the best-defended game I've ever played in.

I wanted to make sure I could go into the game not worrying about what another shot would do. I think that's why I was held out last week. Doctors are there for a reason. But I came out (Friday) and felt great.

We knew that if we called ourselves by our real names, we'd have the freedom to play with anybody we wanted to and still have recognition... we decided that was the best way the names fell off the tongue... Crosby, Stills, Nash-that's the best combination, we thought it rhythmically made sense.