Today he gave his team an inside presence when it was needed the most.

We went right to him, he scored, we had an inside presence from the start and that really opened up our outside game.

Georgetown, unable to establish an inside presence, resorted to outside shooting.

"We were trying to get an inside presence and wear him down a little bit," Randle said.

We miss his inside presence, because that allows everybody else to get their games going.

Dampier is having the best season of his eight-year career and fits Thomas's plan for an inside presence.

"We'd like to have a little more of an inside presence," Smith said.

Phoenix Suns (53-29) Don't have enough of an inside presence to last past the first round.

Mason sparkled with a 14-point first half, taking the ball strongly to the basket and establishing an inside presence.

That was partially because of their defense, but what really hurt us is that we had no inside presence.

He's another inside presence that we've obviously been missing.

Sweetney had an uneven summer league, providing inside presence but needing to work on his defense.

"They have a better inside presence than we do," Nelson said of the Clippers.

Duncan did not say he specifically called for the basketball, but he said, "I think we have a strong inside presence against everybody."

In 1996 Syracuse was a team with a strong inside presence.

If you remember last year, Channing scored a lot for us inside, and he really was our inside presence.

The bottom line was size and talent: every team in the nation knows that St. John's had no answer to a strong inside presence.

Grubler adds a bulky inside presence to a team built on quickness.

The Pistons lost their most consistent reserve and physical inside presence.

Virginia established a forceful inside presence at both ends of the floor that contributed to a 54 percent shooting percentage and created problems for Smith.