1.   And it was the theme running through his postgame remarks Sunday.

2.   And his postgame remarks were uncharacteristically bland.

3.   But the Sonics reasoning for the turnaround had more to do with their own collapse, which drew emotional postgame remarks directed toward each other.

4.   He mentioned at the outset of his postgame remarks how few times he touched the ball, and he called this loss the worst of his life.

5.   He sounded cautiously optimistic about the future, but tempered his postgame remarks with constructive criticism.

6.   His inactivity, however, was duly noted by Ed himself in his postgame remarks.

7.   His terse postgame remarks proved he was genuinely annoyed.

8.   Johnson did not comment on any of this Sunday because he was out the door before coach Gregg Williams had finished his own postgame remarks.

9.   We can likewise assume it was exactly what Notre Dame coach Bob Davie expected, even though he was spectacularly disingenuous during his postgame remarks.

10.   Esherick drew a technical foul arguing one call in the second half, but he bluntly put the blame on himself and his team in his postgame remarks.