21.   Catapano also said he tried in vain last summer to persuade Pitino to bring in veteran Haywoode Workman for a backup point guard job.

22.   Charlie Ward has always been a decent backup point guard in the NBA, even when he has been a starter.

23.   Coach Lon Kruger likes forward Hanno Mottola, and Jacque Vaughn is nice to have as a backup point guard.

24.   Chicago parted with Ron Mercer, Ron Artest and Brad Miller and the backup point guard Kevin Ollie.

25.   Considering the weather outside, it would have been fitting for backup point guard Eric Snow to come up with a career performance Thursday night in KeyArena.

26.   Even the indomitable Epps, a backup point guard, had begun to doubt.

27.   Grunfeld once again had to scour the league for a backup point guard.

28.   He began as a backup point guard to the Jazz All-Star Rickey Green, and then in his third year beat Green out.

29.   Greg Anthony, who had been the backup point guard until Saturday, was benched for the second consecutive game.

30.   He feels strongly that he can be a solid backup point guard for an elite team.