61.   Smith is the player for whom celebrated sixth man Cory Carr substitutes.

62.   Starting Williams allowed Mason to return to his more familiar sixth man role, and Smith has been effective at power forward throughout his career.

63.   Still, Majerle started out as a slashing sixth man who could shut down opposing scorers.

64.   Sure, the Sonics are missing Detlef Schrempf, and the Bulls are missing sixth man Toni Kukoc.

65.   Sprewell is unhappy with his role as sixth man and wants to start, a conflict that led to a meeting with Van Gundy last week.

66.   Terry, the sixth man, suffered dehydration Saturday but will play tonight.

67.   That trade allowed Aguirre to collect two championship rings as a valuable sixth man in Detroit.

68.   That sixth man was Kerry Kittles, whose poor play cost him his starting job before the game.

69.   The Bruins returned four starters and its sixth man, and welcomed three prized freshmen.

70.   The classic sixth man in this generation was John Havlicek, who in that role still played more minutes than anyone on the Celtics except Bill Russell.