1.   An outfielder by necessity, not choice, Womack bore the weight of that crushing playoff loss to the New York Mets.

2.   And many of the Cowboys, who come off a bye week, are looking for some payback for the season-ruining playoff loss.

3.   And that was before Buffalo was damaged by a questionable ball spot and ejection in its playoff loss to Miami.

4.   And the Packers are much more dominating than they were in two playoff losses to the Cowboys.

5.   And so months after that playoff loss at Utah, he hit the winning free throws in another game at Salt Lake City.

6.   And without improvement on those fronts, next season the Chiefs will again be vulnerable to the same kind of embarrassing playoff loss that wrecked this season.

7.   Another season comes to Portland, another ends in a playoff loss to the Lakers.

8.   As the off-season dawns, the future looks bleak for the Houston Rockets in the wake of their first-round playoff loss to Utah.

9.   After a playoff loss to Pittsburgh last year, Patriots defensive end Willie McGinest cursed at Carroll in front of the entire team.

10.   After the season, which ended in a first-round playoff loss to the Lakers, Carlesimo was indeed dismissed.