Troy Murphy is feeling comfortable at center and finding that it isn't a whole lot different than his role last year, as he often was the trailer at the power forward position under Mike Montgomery.

"He's where he's supposed to be; he knows all the plays, all the assignments, and he's played very well," said Don Nelson.

"I had help guarding power forwards, too," Murphy said. "I'm going to do the best I can to make it difficult for centers to catch the ball where they want it, and we're going to be crisp with the way we rotate defensively and get the ball out of his hands."