81.   He missed the playoff loss at Tampa the following week.

82.   He played well in a pair of playoff losses before a knee injury forced him to sit out the final game.

83.   He played in a playoff loss and in the Pro Bowl, then underwent surgery in April.

84.   He sustained a concussion after fumbling twice on the same play before he was sacked in a playoff loss to Jacksonville.

85.   He squirted a water bottle at an official late in a playoff loss to St. Louis last season.

86.   His two-stroke win over Greg Norman at the Open followed a playoff loss to Lee Janzen at the Kemper Open.

87.   Ireland has missed out on the last three major international tournaments through playoff losses.

88.   It was the first home playoff loss of the year for San Antonio, which had the best record in the NBA to earn homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs.

89.   Jones was hired during the off-season to replace Bruce DeHaven in the wake of the playoff loss, decided by a wild and controversial special-teams touchdown.

90.   Johnson is making an improbable return to the Alamodome, where his career seemingly ended two seasons ago in a playoff loss to the Spurs.