31.  He used a mitten-like defensive effort that helped the Sonics control Minnesota rookie Stephon Marbury.

32.  He still can fix players with a scowl that will form frost on their eye shields, and he makes no apology for demanding tough defensive effort.

33.  He pointed out, though, that the Jets were still in the game late in the fourth quarter because of their defensive efforts.

34.  If all this sounds like technical mumbo jumbo, blame a mechanical defensive effort by the Sonics.

35.  Indeed, not all of the Raiders were happy with their defensive effort.

36.  It was an outstanding defensive effort by a team that has struggled at times this season.

37.  It will require that kind of defensive effort to thwart the Packers at home.

38.  Jake Voskuhl led a defensive effort that limited Tim Young, the Cardinal center, to six points, half his average.

39.  Kemp has become a video junkie, continuously watching game film to learn how concentrated defensive efforts against him are thriving.

40.  Johnson realizes he may have received too much praise, saying that it was a team defensive effort.