Abby comes every day to practice and games ready to play. She has started for four years, great athlete. She has played in every game for four years.

I always felt we needed to play more in games and even in practice. As a veteran, I also realize you want to go into the season healthy. That's why I'm glad it's the coach's job.

This is what you talk about; this is why you practice every day ? to play in big games like this. We fought through (a poor third quarter) and now we're Western Conference champions.

You're only playing one game a day and it's hard to get things going. If you play two games in one day, you'd get a better feeling going. But here, there's just a lot of time off and a lot of down time.

I practice every day, I warm up before I play.

We're doing a better job at practice. The games are easy. It's not me. I'm just one spoke in the wheel. We're fortunate to have our fans and the community [behind us].