1.   A flying Joe Nieuwendyk, a stifling Stars defense and a focused Ed Belfour will do that to a guy.

2.   A crisp display of ball movement coupled with stifling defense by TCU took the Lions out of their game early.

3.   But the Sonics guard spent most of last night running around causing great pain for the Milwaukee Bucks with his stifling defense and clutch shooting.

4.   By playing stifling man-to-man defense and pounding the boards, Michigan State also was able to control the tempo of the game.

5.   He won by ruffling his opponents with a stifling defense.

6.   In the final five minutes on Sunday night, the Pacers committed four turnovers and made several mental errors under the weight of a stifling Chicago defense.

7.   Kedra Holland-Corn, a Houston native, had six steals to key a stifling defense that held Cynthia Cooper and Sheryl Swoopes in check.

8.   Led by a stifling defense and the bruising running of second-year fullback Mike Alstott and rookie halfback Warrick Dunn, the Buccaneers are looking to the future.

9.   Remarkable rebounding and stifling defense.

10.   San Francisco, however, owns a stifling defense.