I was at the game last night and just before tipoff I was looking for Renaldo Balkman's pregame ritual ... even though he doesn't see the floor much - he's always at the scorer's table greeting the starters and going through his elaborate handshakes with Hastings, Marlowe and the rest of press row.

I looked for him on the bench, but could not pinpoint him either. Reading through the postgame stuff on the Denver Post there is no mention of Balkman's absence.

We need to know this stuff! Had I been down in the locker room you can bet I would have asked around and posted what I could drum up here for you folks to read.

Must find Balkman ...