61.   The winner could rise, the loser completely sink in the AFC playoff picture.

62.   The Wizards need someone because they are perilously close to falling out of the playoff picture, even though everyone else seems to lose along with them.

63.   They also are the seventh-best team in the Western Conference and just a breath from being out of the playoff picture.

64.   They are in ninth place, one game out of the playoff picture.

65.   They should be able to kick Philadelphia out of the playoff picture near the end of the season.

66.   They were nearly knocked out of the playoff picture by the Braves when they lost five of six games in late September.

67.   They were unbeaten in five games since the Rob Blake trade and had wormed their way back into the playoff picture.

68.   Turmoil, injuries, and poor play have left Golden State apparently out of the playoff picture.

69.   What will be remembered is an impressive December run that put the club back in the Western Conference playoff picture.

70.   We will look at the Eastern Conference playoff picture.