21.   The Timberwolves may have to worry about getting drenched by the emotion involved in a playoff atmosphere more than a Seattle drizzle.

22.   The WNBA playoffs are less than a week away but there will be a playoff atmosphere when the Sparks and Houston Comets meet this afternoon at Staples Center.

23.   There was a playoff atmosphere at Fenway Friday afternoon and evening.

24.   They will be games that will be engulfed with playoff atmosphere.

25.   Will Sunday be like a playoff atmosphere?

26.   You always have that playoff atmosphere in your mind.

27.   Both goaltenders made a number of spectacular, diving stops in a game with playoff atmosphere at Madison Square Garden.

28.   But the celebratory playoff atmosphere will be tempered by the knowledge that first-round failure could be devastating to either team.

29.   It has been something of a playoff atmosphere, with some stocks scoring big victories at the expense of others.

30.   With the intensity and emotions of a playoff atmosphere, you can go crazy.