31.   Tennessee shooting guard Latina Davis took the defensive assignment of bludgeoning Roundtree.

32.   That means he would draw Grant Hill as his defensive assignment, quite a test for someone who has not moved well laterally for much of the last month.

33.   That means if Iverson is holding the ball on the left side of the floor, the forwards and centers sag off their defensive assignments on the right side.

34.   The man responsible for trying to contain Jordan is Eddie Jones, who always gets the toughest defensive assignment from Harris.

35.   The scene typified his lack of production -- five points a game and numerous missed defensive assignments.

36.   There is no tougher defensive assignment in the league than guarding Iverson.

37.   They failed to carry out defensive assignments in the final minutes and committed a lane violation with eight seconds left and the Beavers down three.

38.   Where the Celtics definitely were not clustered Wednesday was in their defensive assignments against the Bulls.

39.   Although George Lynch has the defensive assignment on Carter at the start of each game, McKie has taken over that role to an increasing degree throughout the series.

40.   And he is having another superb postseason, capped by another important defensive assignment in the finals.