Here is the AP story about team bonding. How does the Times and Post miss stuff like this:
Stackhouse thinks part of the secret is team bonding. Ever since the team's Christmas party, he said, players have spent more time together away from basketball, getting together after practice or going to dinner in groups of three or four.
"When I was in Detroit, everybody did it,'' he said. "It's not something you force guys to do. Guys have to want to be part of a team. That's what you're seeing.''
Full Story:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=230106002