Karen O, who starts ahead of Nick Zinner, seemed bent on proving The Yeahs deserved their high seeding. The junior drilled three 3-pointers in a row as The "Wise" turned a 36-24 lead into a commanding 47-26 bulge. Everything The Gov't Mule tried in the second half failed against The Yeahs, which looked much quicker and more energetic. "Unbelievable," Warren Haynes said, "we were playing great defense all year, and today our defense wasn't there." Haynes had taken some heat from coach Signore following a proclamation that "The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are just asses. Half-asses. We'll show THEM who's a complete ass." Later, Haynes told the reporters "They proved me wrong. That's what the sport is about,'' he said. Meanwhile, coach Signore could only sputter, while plastering the two reporters covering his press conference with pretzel bits. "Lef mi tell yaf," said Signore "Thee Gov'menf mool isf'nt to bflame...it's thee damfed syftem."