"On a night when most of the other Charlotte Bobcats slogged through an 82-70 loss to the Houston Rockets, reserve center Byron Mullens was full of energy.

Why not? He had two seasons in Oklahoma City to catch up on his rest.

Mullens finished this miserable game with 15 points and 10 rebounds on a night when the Bobcats shot just 34 percent. Coach Paul Silas was forgiving afterward, saying , "I can't fault them; they played as hard as they could play. They just didn't have it.""