I suppose we're at an impasse and it always becomes a waiting game. At this point I wouldn't expect to see him back in the near future.

They were unconscious from the 3-point line. That changed the game.

The final point margin was not indicative of the game. It was a much closer game than that. All it takes is a couple of those threes to drop that's worth more than six points to them because then everybody from Benton also gets into a rhythm and we start to question a little bit and as we get out and extend on those shooters, they're likely to drive and draw a defender to foul and it makes for much more complex defensive decisions that you have to make.

You wouldn't expect her to be at her sharpest after that. But I suppose, on the other hand, she has hardly missed a dogfight for months and the other horse is more on the way up.

My least favourite game is the waiting game.

They didn't get a terrific report about going to impasse. If you don't go to impasse and you want to start your season up, then you're going with total replacement players, and that is a tough road. For instance, if you could find some Europeans that are not on a team's reserve list, they wouldn't be able to get visas. I think both sides have now sat back and said, 'We need each other.