Carlos Delfino chipped in 13 points off the bench.Head coach Kevin McHale shortened his bench on Monday, playing only eight players. The group could grow by one if Lin is capable of going in Game 5, but McHale is just impressed with his team's toughness."We're going to need this type of effort in Oklahoma," McHale said after Monday's victory. "It's really important for us to go out there and feel what it's like to play a team that wants to close you out on the road.He blamed former commissioner Paul Tagliabue and players' union head Gene Upshaw for the growing discrepancy in the amount of money recent retirees and oldtimers get in pension and health care. Simpson.But Upshaw, speaking later at a separate news conference, said: "For anyone to say that the NFLPA does not care about retired players is not responsible. They don't know the record, they don't know the body of work."The league says $126 million a year goes into pension and postcareer disability ben