| The second technical was called after Mayo walked back toward the players gathered at halfcourt. |
| Ford, who keeps his big guys happy, can ease into cruise control and efficiently run the halfcourt game. |
| The key to beating Tennessee is taking away the easy points that come with run-outs and stickbacks of rebounds because its halfcourt offense is not the smoothest operation. |
| Florida needs to be consistently effective with its defense, whether the Gators are squeezing opponents with their full-court press or locking them up in the halfcourt. |
| In back-to-back games, the Magic was able to lure the Knicks into a run-and-gun victory, but the Heat stubbornly refused and beat Orlando in a halfcourt game. |
| Mike D'Antoni's up-tempo, spread-the-wealth system has been almost entirely abandoned, in favor of halfcourt sets and isolation plays. |
