Rockets forward Bonzi Wells is not at the arena, apparently text messaging the team's trainer that he felt he was being a distraction (as if failing to show up for a game is not a distraction). Not exactly what a team fighting for the fourth seed in the playoffs needs, especially one which has lost three of four, but it's not like Bonzi doesn't have a history of such things.

On Sonics ' side, Bob Hill said the team's comeback against Utah the other night was one of the best he has ever been a part of, particularly given the opponent and the circumstances.

Since Rashard said a few years back he wanted to be like Tracy McGrady at some point in his career, I went to ask McGrady before the game how close Rashard was to him. He did not want to talk, pulling the superstar BS, so I guess we'll never get his wizened opinion on the matter.

Hill said he spoke to Chris Wilcox at the team's shootaround about getting benched in Utah the other night, and said he basically told him he needs to find a way to contribute on a regular basis, even when he is fatigued. Wilcox needs to learn, Hill said, that his body is capable of doing things that his mind thinks it can't, and he has to learn that.

Hill said he thought Mickael Gelabale's 3-point shooting was progressing nicely, and that the most positive aspect of it is that he always is willing to shoot it. Now, he is getting the confidence to say he is going to make it whenever he shoots it. Hill said one of the things that Gelo needs to work on is being prepared to shoot before he even catches the ball, something that younger players have not mastered.

Earl Watson told Hill he thinks he dislocated his pinky finger in the Utah win but that it popped back in. He started the game. Hill said he was fine.