I think [Kobe?s] quite exhausted right now. But that could potentially be the shift in this series.

The first time we played them, he stayed outside. Tonight he went inside. My biggest kid is 6-2 and a half and we're stretching for the half inch. We just couldn't stop him. The first time he fell into what we wanted him to do. Tonight, he started going inside on us.

We wouldn't be as good without [the triangle]. It involves all five people. It gives everybody the opportunity to read the defense, touch the ball and make plays.

The wins and losses don't matter this year. We're concentrating on improving. We're in trouble when we give up. They didn't roll over tonight. They kept on taking the ball strong to the hole. I'm proud of the way they played.

Rockford will die a slow death unless there is a better understanding of what we have here and what we need in terms of harvesting the kids here in Rockford.

Derek?s been on the hot seat defensively, but it?s not one individual?s job to stop an opponent. We?re collectively supposed to pitch in. He feels right now like he?s on an island.

By inference, competitive opposition to other developers' projects will be contested in far more sophisticated ways in the future. If all politics is local, the Saint Index confirms that all land use has become political. It has become an adversarial system being played out. Traditionally business-oriented political leaders may no longer automatically favor all development projects.

The best part of having a sorority living here was that it stayed clean.

Rita got the best of us, ... We took quite a beating. It's going to take a while to come back from this.