We're facing a situation in the latter part of the 2002 not unlike year 2000, when OPEC was in a position of having to unwind quotas to prevent too tight an oil balance.

Last year I wasn't comfortable when I got put into that situation. I had been comfortable wherever I'd gone until then.

I'm looking for an unexciting kind of year; not unlike the one we're just ending.

Eight out of the 10 guys in our rotation were in a quote-unquote insurmountable situation last year when we played against Houston. For us, that's something that's sunk in, that we talk a lot about. We've got some guys who know how to respond. Is this game any bigger than Game 3 in Houston last year? ... I don't think so.

When you're faced with this type of situation, it's not going to be easy, ... but it's doable as long as there is time on the clock.

That's what I want our offense to do, not to dwindle away at the end of the year when it's most important.