1.   As added incentive, the Rams can clinch their third consecutive playoff berth with a victory Monday, and they would love to do it against the Saints.

2.   As the teams prepared this week for a third consecutive playoff meeting, their differences were, as always, unmistakable.

3.   But with the Kings closing in on their third consecutive playoff appearance, Johnson said winning is the greatest reward.

4.   Doctors are uncertain when Murray, who has the Kings headed to their third consecutive playoff appearance, will return to the club.

5.   For the third straight playoff game, they trailed on the road.

6.   Galaxy striker Luis Hernandez will not start for the third consecutive playoff game because of a hip-flexor injury.

7.   Had Tiger Woods been playing Love, CBS might have hung around to show Woods hit his tee shot on the third playoff hole.

8.   His team is two games behind Indiana in the loss column in the race for the third playoff spot and could realistically wind up anywhere from fourth to sixth.

9.   It is that consistency that has the Kings on the brink of their third consecutive playoff appearance.

10.   Landers gained the first conditional exemption with a par on the third playoff hole while Bob Carson bogeyed.