But there might have been a change too subtle to provide an easy answer. Shooters -- and particularly shooters for whom lights are permanently green -- go on streaks all the time. But with Mobley's recent run, as with his controlled, calculated shot at the buzzer Saturday, there seemed a more permanent change.

Unable to find a physical change, he said, the difference might be found a few feet higher than his feet or hands.

"I think it might be just being more comfortable, more confident," Mobley, 26, said. "I'm more relaxed.

"When I was younger, it was all so exciting. Now it's more about getting your job done. Don't celebrate on this one too much because the next one might sting you. It's more of an attitude of responsibility."