We wanted to make them shoot from the outside. We knew that we couldn't guard them on the perimeter, so we packed in our zone.

To hold Bay to 51 points is a pretty good night. Offensively we were rushing every time we had a possession. I don't know why, but it seemed like we couldn't get rid of the ball quick enough. It's nice to have Colin back, but that was part of the problem. We'd get the ball into Colin and guys stopped and watched a little more, but we got to fix that before Wednesday.

We didn't do a good job against stopping their second shots. That's something, against a team like that, you have to do.

I've made a career writing about fictitious anti-heroes. To create these worlds, I've spent a lot of time with active members on both sides of the law. And if I had to pick the most interesting of the two, the choice is obvious - we all love the guys in black.

These two companies gave a must-have lesson for all retailers, Sharper Image combed the globe for unusual and exciting products that weren't run-off-the-mill ... Retailers made the mistake of taking customers for granted and the payoff came two weeks ago in much weaker Christmas sales because of ho-hum kind of merchandise.

I've never been a very prolific person, so when creativity flows, it flows. I find myself scribbling on little notepads and pieces of loose paper, which results in a very small portion of my writings to ever show up in true form.