11.   After all, it was Brooks and not the injured Blake who led New Orleans to its first playoff victory in franchise history.

12.   After flying out to right field three times in the first playoff round, Piazza finally drove one over the wall in that direction.

13.   After the triple, Van de Velde took a double bogey on the first playoff hole and a bogey out of the bunker on the second hole.

14.   After their first playoff loss in five games, they showed familiar signs of vulnerability with the outcome in the balance.

15.   Al Testaverde of Elmont, N.Y., was in Cleveland to lend his son, Vinny, some moral support in his first playoff game.

16.   Brodeur had every right to be nervous, playing his first playoff game in his hometown and against the team that was his growing up.

17.   But as they push toward their first playoff berth, the Avengers feel they have finally found their quarterback in Tony Graziani.

18.   But also, the Knicks, less than two weeks away from their first playoff game, did not resemble a playoff team.

19.   But he aggravated the injury at least twice, and, after getting in for three plays in the first playoff game against Chicago, he was finished.

20.   But Stewart was, and he made birdie on the first playoff hole to steal the victory.