"I've told these guys that we're in a playoff push and the intensity is going to change," Fassel said.

It was not a unit that showed the ability to carry a team through the grueling grind of a playoff push.

The defense, the foundation on which a playoff push was supposed to be built, is failing to stop the run or the pass.

With 16 games left, the Knicks have a thin margin for error in their playoff push.

The game had been called the biggest of the season, the start of a five-game playoff push.

Several veteran free agents joined the Giants in anticipation of a playoff push.

With 22 games remaining, he wants desperately to try to contribute to a playoff push.

Jackson's instincts on both sides of the ball have been critical to the Pacers' success in this year's playoff push.

If they only played defense, they could make a playoff push.

Most teams don't want a bye week until the second half of the season, when the break can refresh a team before a playoff push.