We're excited. We've been having some bad bounces go our way ... the past few games and just wanted to continue working hard.

It was really frustrating. Not so much that (the games) were so close. We started out (the trip) so good and it went downhill so fast.

I'm still focused on these last few games this month,

We really emphasize how big these Western Division games are. We are the Western Division champs and we want to come out here and defend our title. So we wanted to come out here and play this game strong and we did.

It'll be a little bit more competitive than it has in the past.

We've had big guys in the past. This year we have smaller guys, but they're faster. You can compensate for size, but you can't compensate for inexperience.