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Those high school football fans who attended Friday’s Class 6AII playoff game in Sullins Stadium were treated to a battle that went down to the wire. At least those who stayed to the finish saw a classic playoff game.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Rams attempted to slow down Sunday’s game to keep the fast-break Chiefs’ offense in check.

Nov. 28—With 4:26 left in the second half, Ole Miss led Oklahoma 55-52.

W L W/L% GB PS/G PA/G SRS Boston Celtics (1) 16 4 .800 — 120.4 113.3 7.50 Milwaukee Bucks (2) 14 5 .737 1.5 112.5 107.6 4.36 Cleveland Cavaliers (3) 13 7 .650 3.0 114.2 107.4 6.67 Indiana Pacers (4) 11 8 .579 4.5 115.7 114.3 0.04 Atlanta Hawks (5) 11 9 .550 5.0 114.0 114.3 0.38 Philadelphia 76ers (6) 11 9 .550 5.0 109.7 106.0 3.70 Toronto Raptors (7) 10 9 .526 5.5 111.4 109.6 1.89 Washington Wizards (8) 10 10 .500 6.0 109.0 110.7 -0.64 Brooklyn Nets (9) 10 11 .476 6.5 111.6 111.2 1.16 Miami Heat (10) 10 11 .476 6.5 108.4 108.9 0.38 New York Knicks (11) 9 11 .450 7.0 114.6 116.9 -2.04 Chicago Bulls (12) 8 11 .421 7.5 111.9 112.0 1.44 Charlotte Hornets (13) 6 14 .300 10.0 109.4 114.2 -4.91 Orlando Magic (14) 5 15 .250 11.0 108.7 114.2 -5.05 Detroit Pistons (15) 5 17 .227 12.0 109.1 116.7 -6.22

So much for momentum. After pulling off wins against the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks — the top two teams in the Eastern Conference — earlier in the week, the Chicago Bulls fell to the Thunder 123-119 in overtime Friday night in Oklahoma City.

Tm W L T W-L% PF PA PD MoV SoS SRS OSRS DSRS AFC East Miami Dolphins* 8 3 0 .727 282 256 26 2.4 1.5 3.8 3.9 -0.1 Buffalo Bills* 8 3 0 .727 309 199 110 10.0 1.2 11.2 6.0 5.2 New York Jets+ 7 4 0 .636 230 196 34 3.1 1.8 4.9 0.0 4.9 New England Patriots 6 5 0 .545 239 202 37 3.4 0.9 4.3 -0.1 4.4 AFC North Baltimore Ravens* 7 4 0 .636 275 227 48 4.4 2.0 6.3 4.4 1.9 Cincinnati Bengals* 7 4 0 .636 285 231 54 4.9 0.8 5.7 4.4 1.3 Cleveland Browns 4 7 0 .364 263 286 -23 -2.1 1.7 -0.4 3.1 -3.5 Pittsburgh Steelers 3 7 0 .300 170 244 -74 -7.4 3.7 -3.7 -3.2 -0.5 AFC South Tennessee Titans* 7 4 0 .636 209 205 4 0.4 -0.2 0.1 -2.2 2.4 Indianapolis Colts 4 6 1 .409 173 220 -47 -4.3 0.2 -4.1 -5.5 1.4 Jacksonville Jaguars 4 7 0 .364 244 232 12 1.1 -1.1 0.0 0.3 -0.3 Houston Texans 1 9 1 .136 174 260 -86 -7.8 -0.7 -8.6 -6.0 -2.6 AFC West Kansas City Chiefs* 9 2 0 .818 326 243 83 7.5 -1.4 6.2 7.7 -1.6 Los Angeles Chargers 6 5 0 .545 252 282 -30 -2.7 -1.0 -3.7 -0.7 -3.0 Las Vegas Raiders 4 7 0 .364 265 276 -11 -1.0 -2.4 -3.4 1.6 -5.1 Denver Broncos 3 8 0 .273 157 194 -37 -3.4 -1.7 -5.1 -8.4 3.3 NFC East Philadelphia Eagles* 10 1 0 .909 303 216 87 7.9 -1.5 6.5 5.4 1.1 Dallas Cowboys+ 8 3 0 .727 279 187 92 8.4 -0.1 8.3 3.6 4.7 New York Giants+ 7 4 0 .636 225 232 -7 -0.6 0.1 -0.5 -2.0 1.5 Washington Commanders+ 7 5 0 .583 233 236 -3 -0.3 0.2 -0.1 -2.9 2.8 NFC North Minnesota Vikings* 9 2 0 .818 262 257 5 0.5 1.6 2.0 2.1 -0.1 Detroit Lions 4 7 0 .364 275 310 -35 -3.2 2.5 -0.7 3.9 -4.6 Green Bay Packers 4 8 0 .333 235 283 -48 -4.0 2.7 -1.3 -0.4 -0.9 Chicago Bears 3 9 0 .250 251 305 -54 -4.5 1.3 -3.2 0.1 -3.3 NFC South Tampa Bay Buccaneers* 5 6 0 .455 200 203 -3 -0.3 -0.5 -0.8 -5.0 4.2 Atlanta Falcons 5 7 0 .417 272 293 -21 -1.8 -1.6 -3.4 0.1 -3.5 Carolina Panthers 4 8 0 .333 230 266 -36 -3.0 -1.5 -4.5 -3.0 -1.5 New Orleans Saints 4 8 0 .333 249 280 -31 -2.6 -1.3 -3.9 -2.1 -1.8 NFC West San Francisco 49ers* 7 4 0 .636 249 173 76 6.9 -3.3 3.6 -1.3 4.9 Seattle Seahawks 6 5 0 .545 291 281 10 0.9 -2.6 -1.7 3.4 -5.1 Arizona Cardinals 4 8 0 .333 264 321 -57 -4.8 -1.4 -6.1 -1.7 -4.4 Los Angeles Rams 3 8 0 .273 178 253 -75 -6.8 0.6 -6.2 -5.2 -1.0.

Nov. 27—It would’ve been easy for Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy to be upset in the aftermath of his team’s 24-19 loss to West Virginia on Saturday afternoon at Boone Pickens Stadium.

Nov. 27—For the second week in a row, Oklahoma found itself looking to hold off a late comeback attempt.

ARLINGTON, Texas – It was ugly and pretty. Maybe that’s how this Thanksgiving Day was supposed to go on a rainy day outside AT&T Stadium.

Thanksgiving sure sneaks up on us, right? The same could be said for the stretch run of the NFL season, as you’ll be seeing lots of “who’s in” playoff graphics over the next month-plus. There are no byes this week, with a full slate of 16 games. Only one of the non-Thanksgiving Day games features two teams with winning records.