11.   Hornacek becomes the fifth free-agent to re-sign with the Jazz, following starting forward Bryon Russell and key reserves Howard Eisley, Antoine Carr and Shandon Anderson.

12.   Kerry Kittles, the guard the Clippers passed on to take Wright, is a key reserve for the Nets.

13.   Key reserve Brian Shaw also is a free agent.

14.   Lalazarian is a key reserve who provides scoring off the bench.

15.   Moore has missed most of the season because of ankle and groin injuries, but recovered sufficiently to play a key reserve role against Palmeiras and Kansas City.

16.   Over the weekend, key reserves such as Craig Lewis, Will Kimble and Gary Colbert played important roles.

17.   So is key reserve Sedale Threatt.

18.   The Lakers struggled to hold off a Kings team playing without Webber and key reserves Bobby Jackson and Hedo Turkoglu -- all of them benched with minor injuries.

19.   The same can be said for Charlotte guard B.J. Armstrong, who has three championship rings from his days as a key reserve for the Chicago Bulls.

20.   They have everybody back, every starter and every key reserve, to defend their title.