31.   Give them two years to make a playoff run.

32.   Grapevine performed well from the start, instead of needing another second-half revival that had marked its playoff run.

33.   Hardaway, his best friend throughout the last six seasons of fruitless playoff runs, has moved on.

34.   He went to San Antonio for a season and a half, where one playoff run was sabotaged when Dennis Rodman sat on the bench in his socks.

35.   He would agree that this playoff run is bigger than any he has been in.

36.   He sucked every ounce of marrow out of the playoff run.

37.   Here was a team priming for a playoff run while getting prepared to welcome back Jayson Williams.

38.   If the Cowboys play poorly in Kansas City this weekend, then the paper tigers could well be in for a brief and bogus playoff run.

39.   If the Bulls do romp, their playoff run will rank with the greatest in history.

40.   I think the coaching staff and all the players were disappointed and bitter at the end because we were really trying to make a playoff run.