1.   As the Nets discovered from their emotional milestones, the playoffs transform teams.

2.   For the last eight days, a series of circumstances transformed a team with the best record in the Eastern Conference into an underdog against second-seeded Milwaukee.

3.   Government financing of stadiums transforms teams from owners to renters.

4.   Haslinger is not the only fan of the man who transformed the team from chumps to champs.

5.   He must come in and transform a team of underachievers who think they are more talented than they are into something bigger than themselves.

6.   In the meantime, Malone is in no position to pull off the kind of blockbuster free-agent signings that would transform the team.

7.   In the process, they tried to transform their team from one that had relied on hitting to one that will try to win with pitching.

8.   The insertions of Dvorak, Kamensky and Daigle into the lineup have helped transform the team.

9.   The two have transformed their team into the best of the six clubs in the Long Island Chargers organization.

10.   The transformation of two individuals, however, helped transform the team.