I thought it was just a bruise, ... I figured I'd be able to shake it off. But it didn't get any better, so we X-rayed it at halftime. . . . We'll just have to see how long it takes to heal. They didn't tell me.

Hopefully, we can get something similar like we had in the first game, when we had a 1-2 punch,

I just keep preparing myself like I'm the number one guy,

I took it as a compliment for coach to sit me down and tell me that, ... especially from a coach who has been around a lot of ballplayers and seen a lot of successful ballplayers and had a lot of winning teams. For a coach to say something like that means a lot.

If we get that going, then we'll be moving the ball effectively and taking some time off the clock as well.

To be honest, at the time I knew I was on the edge. I was surprised when I looked at the screen to see how close it was.