SACRAMENTO, Calif. ? He was patient, charming as ever and smiled at lots of the questions, basically because Chris Webber has come to understand what he can't change.

One game, and one loss, into his first-ever conference finals, Webber realized again that he hasn't advanced far enough to impress people.

"It's all or nothing," Webber conceded Sunday, well aware that it's not the scoreless Hedo Turkoglu who is getting the loudest blame for Sacramento's Game 1 loss to the twice-defending champions.

"Hopefully I'll win a championship and then I'll be able to say it was worth it," Webber continued. "It's like hazing a rookie or hazing a new member of a fraternity ? it's worth it when you get in. Hopefully we'll win a championship, and I'll be able to say it was worth it.

"I'm not trying to worry about the criticism, because if we win, there's nothing that anybody could say. But if I don't for years and years it's just going to keep being the same thing. I guess I knew that when I came into this job. You have to accept it."