Reporters were everywhere. Days between games, which are 2-1 in favor of Colorado heading into tonight's Game 4 at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N.J., are just as bad. Cramped locker rooms are transformed into sound stages. Television lights abound. Players are peppered with every question imaginable, and usually more than once as one pack of reporters and then another makes its way around the room.
Some players roll with the experience.
It makes it all worthwhile. You can't get too high after a big win or down after a loss. You have to realize you're in it for the long haul. Some players said that is difficult to do when every game and every move they make is analyzed and debated by the media and fans. I've never gone through this before.