31.   Better team.

32.   Better teams have lost to the Detroit Red Wings.

33.   A better team showed up last night.

34.   A better team can get in trouble in a hurry.

35.   A better team that thought its bye week was next Sunday but found it came a week early.

36.   A better team will take Brown out of the mix, and then where will the Raiders be?

37.   A better team would require only so much of him.

38.   A few days later Horry was traded to a better team, the Lakers, and the incident actually benefited him.

39.   A signed Blake would have made them a better team, but the Kings still would be short at the gate and the bottom line.

40.   A visit to the Garden, even with boos among the cheers, might bring Keenan warm memories of a better time with a better team.