1.   A Washington loss could have led to playoff extinction, and at the end of the season Turner would have gone the way of the dodo bird.

2.   Season after season they have put themselves on the brink of playoff extinction by mid-November before rallying to survive.

3.   Simple math prevents the New Jersey Nets from playoff extinction.

4.   And the Lakers have won three straight from the Pacific Division champions, putting the Sonics on the verge of playoff extinction.

5.   For the second time in three years, the Sonics find themselves facing playoff extinction.

6.   The loss pushed the Nuggets to the brink of playoff extinction.