31.   Jaren Jackson, signed by the Spurs for his defense last season, missed important perimeter shots at the end of playoff losses to Phoenix and Utah.

32.   Meggett broke his foot in the first quarter of the playoff loss in Pittsburgh, but the injury was never revealed.

33.   Our team suffered some disappointing playoff losses in the first round.

34.   Seattle stuck with him, and Kemp said the team has learned the importance of unselfish play from its playoff losses.

35.   Sensing that they were going down, internal strife circling, he was challenging them like he once challenged his beleaguered Boston teammates after a playoff loss.

36.   Should Montana retire, the Chiefs would be back where they were before he came aboard -- coming off a disappointing season and first-round playoff loss.

37.   Stung by their divisional playoff loss to the Baltimore Orioles, Franco said he has seen a more determined attitude from his teammates this spring.

38.   Team collapsed after terrific regular season with a first-round playoff loss at home to Jacksonville.

39.   The Chiefs, losers of three of their last four, have never fully recovered from the mentally crippling, January playoff loss to the Colts.

40.   The hollowness of an opening-night playoff loss lingered in the Edmonton Oilers locker room ... and center Doug Weight just smiled.