Tonight was just one of those games you have to gut it out. It seemed we were beaten two or three times. However, Shawn had another great game, and Steve (Nash) did everything he could to get us that win.

I don't know what it is with us and triple-overtime games. We don't get overtime pay, so we might as well win it in regulation.

Before he got hurt he was averaging about 20 points a game over the last five games. And Burke is coming along well, too. Dan's really helped them both.

But that might just be bad luck. Sometimes you just lose games. We have guys who are phenomenal athletes, so that helps. And I don't see our guys getting tired that much. But there are a lot of factors.

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.