1.   After all, other international skyscrapers managed to carve out careers in the NBA with little more going for them than excessive height.

2.   But what if we could get a little courtesy going?

3.   In a play about obsession, there was more than a little creative obsessing going on.

4.   It is that age, plus the youthfulness of Maloney, that makes Barkley a little anxious going into the first-round matchup with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

5.   There is little going on regarding extensions for tight end O.J. Santiago or strong-side linebacker Henri Crockett, who can become restricted free agents.

6.   It seems to hug the ground a little better going back.

7.   Snuck In broke alertly but was fighting his rider a little going into the first turn, but settled nicely heading down the backstretch.

8.   We were a little confident going into the match.

9.   Agassi said he was a little flat going in to the match after his emotional win over top-seed Sergi Bruguera of Span in the quarter-finals.