21.   Just how much a team can overcome depends a great deal on who goes down.

22.   Murray took no solace in watching his team overcome a three-goal deficit in the final period to force overtime against the disappointing Bruins.

23.   No team has overcome a worse start to reach the NBA playoffs, according to the NBA and the Elias Sports Bureau, which researches records for the league.

24.   Next, he tried a positive spin, saying his team overcame a similar playoff deficit against Utah two seasons ago.

25.   Olajuwon knows how a championship team overcomes problems.

26.   One week represents a small fraction of a six-month season, and teams have overcome four-game deficits in late September.

27.   Playoff-caliber teams overcome.

28.   Sinden acknowledged there was adversity all year, but said the team overcame none of it.

29.   So he knows the history and what the team must overcome on Sunday to shed the image.

30.   Such a surge would be tough for any team to overcome.