I think sometimes teams that have a playoff spot locked up sometimes just lose their intensity and before they know it a team that's had to claw their way into the playoffs has them on the ropes. You see it in NFL at times where favored teams with the bye just don't show up against a Wildcard opponent that is on a roll. Maybe teams have to look at having their coach crack the whip with regulars in the lineup right up to game 82.
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