11.   If the Mavericks have a home playoff game scheduled for the same date as a Desperados game, the Desperados will have to make other arrangements.

12.   Indianapolis has at least a first-round bye and a home playoff game, and has also never been host to a playoff contest.

13.   In this matchup the Patriots, with a chance to grab a home playoff game, had a great deal at stake.

14.   It will be the first Clippers home playoff game in four years.

15.   Momentum and confidence are nice assets to have in a home playoff game.

16.   No one expected them to have a home playoff game.

17.   Not even the consolation of having a home playoff game Saturday against Buffalo eliminated the sting and embarrassment for Miami.

18.   Philadelphia is in the postseason for the first time in four years, and the Eagles will enjoy their first home playoff game in five.

19.   Since they have yet to qualify, the home playoff dates, starting times and opponents are yet to be determined.

20.   That is no way to entice hockey converts in a town that has had some trouble selling out each of its home playoff games.