1.   Anderson was the catalyst, threading passes in the third quarter between the Bulls interior defense.

2.   Allison, behind the net, waited patiently for an opening and threaded a pass to Guerin in front.

3.   Center Travis Green deftly faked a long shot, then threaded a pass to an open Palffy in the right corner.

4.   Connolly threaded a pass at the top of the zone to Aris Brimanis, and Brimanis found Czerkawski with a touch pass.

5.   Deep in New England territory, he threaded a pass to wide receiver Ed McCaffrey between three Patriots defenders.

6.   Defenseman Ulf Samuelsson threaded a pass to him as he passed the blue line and flew past the defenders David Shaw and Roman Hamrlik.

7.   Diouf left veteran defender Frank Leboeuf sprawling like a wrong-footed schoolboy, dashed into the area, and threaded a pass across the box.

8.   Gill threaded a pass directly to Marbury, who sliced through the lane and deposited the ball with a neat finger roll into the basket.

9.   Gilmour is a two-way player who can thread a pass in the most unlikely places and can find the net over and over again.

10.   He threaded a pass between the skates of another Colorado player and into prime scoring territory in front of the net.