41.   Carter, who seemed relieved at his afternoon news conference, led the Raptors to their first postseason berth.

42.   Five NFC postseason berths have been claimed.

43.   In Orlando, Florida, the Magic handed New Jersey its third straight loss as the Nets blew another chance to clinch a postseason berth.

44.   Jan van Breda Kolff, who coached Vanderbilt to four postseason berths in six years, is leaving Pepperdine to take over the program at St. Bonaventure.

45.   Jan van Breda Kolff, who coached Vanderbilt to four postseason berths in six years, is leaving Pepperdine to become coach at St. Bonaventure.

46.   Markus Naslund carried Vancouver to the brink of a postseason berth.

47.   Some players mistakenly thought they already had a postseason berth going into their game at Golden State.

48.   Still, the town that watched Sosa grow up somehow kept up as its favorite slugger tried for the home-run record and a postseason berth.

49.   Tampa Bay trails Miami by four points in the battle for the fourth and final Eastern Conference postseason berth.

50.   The Bucks had gone seven seasons without a playoff appearance before Karl led them to two consecutive postseason berths.