1.   Blown defensive assignments, especially early in the season.

2.   A missed defensive assignment allowed the Avalanche a two-on-one break, and Chris Drury passed to Alex Tanguay in front of the Kings net.

3.   After scoring seven points in the first quarter, Kidd found Jordan often switching defensive assignments and lavishing him with more attention.

4.   All week, he would make clear to his coaches and teammates that he understood his defensive assignments.

5.   But Crawford praised the example Gretzky set for his teammates by attending to his defensive assignments.

6.   But if a teammate blows a defensive assignment, Rogers can cover him up with a blocked shot.

7.   But she kept Sheryl Swoopes in check when defensive assignments were shuffled because of the fouls, and Swoopes never found her range.

8.   During five seasons with the Rockets he usually was given the tough defensive assignments against guards and forwards.

9.   Fisher has drawn a difficult defensive assignment in the first two games of this series.

10.   He switched defensive assignments and guarded Toni Kukoc after halftime.