31.   The Lakers represented the second challenge of a five-game homestand that began Sunday with a double overtime victory over San Antonio.

32.   The last one ended in a Pittsburgh overtime victory.

33.   The Mavericks were coming off an overtime victory over Chicago on Thursday night.

34.   The Orangemen had made their way here with a dramatic overtime victory over Georgia in the semifinals of the West Regional.

35.   The Razorbacks opened Midwest Regional play by beating lightly regarded Texas Southern by one point and followed that with overtime victories over Syracuse and Memphis.

36.   The Warriors have beaten the Suns in two of their past three meetings this season, both overtime victories at America West Arena.

37.   Then they claimed a victory in that snow-covered, overtime playoff victory over Oakland.

38.   There was the narrow win at Phoenix, the two-point overtime victory at Utah.

39.   This came on the heels of three overtime victories in the previous four outings.

40.   They proceeded to rally for an overtime victory.