31.   Glen Rice, who has struggled as a sixth man, will join Sprewell, Houston, Marcus Camby and Larry Johnson in the starting unit.

32.   He could be sixth man for only a day or for a season, but he is not sure how long it will last Tuesday before he begs in.

33.   He said the five shooting victims sat in the first booth on the right, while the sixth man sat at the bar.

34.   He has been a starter, sixth man and seventh man.

35.   He spoke about the challenge of his new role with the Knicks, going from treasured sixth man to starter.

36.   He was the sixth man for much of last season but Barry had a rough time during his handful of starts.

37.   He will be sixth man, he will play point forward and he may not leave again until the turn of the century.

38.   He was the sixth young man from fiercely proud, mostly white, mostly Irish South Boston to commit suicide since the end of December.

39.   His Syracuse teammate, Jason Hart, driving through the lane, had a shot, but delivered it instead to the steady sixth man on a designed play.

40.   In doing so, he has once again become the sixth man of the hour.