Jordan's analysis of his team's struggles...

[Guest]

''The third quarter is when we've been getting killed,'' said Jordan, who is averaging 29 minutes and 16 points. ''The one quarter we get outscored, we let a team back in, momentum switches and it's a fight from there to the end. Hopefully my difference is going to be felt in the third quarter.''

does this sound familiar to anyone?

[Guest]

People have to see that Theo/Big Hog/JT/Email/Dion/

Hendu/Shareef are not youngsters.Some of these guys

should undertstand how to win.These guys have been

horrible defenders all their careers and I doubt that is

going to change....ESP under clueless Lon.

[Guest]

Jordan (who was coming in during those 3rd quarter lapses), Stackhouse, Russell, and to an extent Hughes are not youngsters either...yet the same problems persist.

[Guest]

Russell is passed his prime and Hughes never has

matured and if he can't do it around MJ he likely

never will.Stackhouse has never been a noted defender

either.