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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Thomas Davis remembers the feeling in his stomach the previous time the Carolina Panthers hosted a playoff game against the Arizona Cardinals.Its something I dont want to relive, the Panthers 10-year veteran outside linebacker said Tuesday.Nor do Panthers fans.Six seasons ago the Cardinals, a 10-point underdog and a team that had shown little ability to win a game east of the Mississippi River, came into Charlotte and clobbered the NFC South champion Panthers 33-13. Carolina entered the game with a 12-4 record, but Arizona forced six Jake Delhomme turnovers.It was tough to lose that game — especially to lose that game the way we did, said Davis, one of six holdovers from that 2008 team.On Saturday, the Panthers (7-8-1) are seeking to get even when they host the Cardinals (11-5) in a wild-card game.Its been six years but Im still mad about this game (and motivated by it). running back DeAngelo Williams tweeted this week, posting a highlight video of the game with a picture of the score.Added fellow running back Jonathan Stewart: I remember how well things were going throughout the season and then you get to the playoffs and you stink it up.The loss marked a turning point in Panthers history.It not only ended Carolinas bid to reach the Super Bowl for the first time since 2003, but also sent the organization into a spiral.Things began to crumble.Delhomme was released one year later, general manager Marty Hurney and coach John Fox were let go the year after that, and the Panthers would go 23-41 over the next four seasons.Carolina didnt return to the post-season until last year, falling to San Francisco 23-10 in the divisional playoffs.We went into a drought, Davis said. We dont want that to happen again. We have back-to-back playoff years going and we want to build off that.Centre Ryan Kalil said there are lessons to be learned from that defeat — namely that anything can happen in the post-season regardless of your record.The Panthers are in just such a situation to use that as motivation.Carolina is only the second NFL team to qualify for the post-season with a losing record in a non-strike-shortened season. The other is the 2010 Seattle Seahawks, who went 7-9 but won a home playoff game over New Orleans.There are a lot of good teams in the NFL, Kalil said. There are a lot of teams that dont have a great records — but that doesnt mean theyre bad teams. It just means other teams have been a little better than them. Anybody can beat anybody, and you better believe that.Said Stewart: It tells you that no matter what you do during the regular season, it just doesnt matter. Things amp up to a whole different notch in the playoffs.For the 31-year-old Davis, the four-year run with a playoff appearance is a reminder for him to leave everything he has on the field Saturday, because he doesnt know when hell be back in the post-season.If we have another drought like that I may never get to go to the playoffs again, he said.The mood this week at the teams facility has been relaxed and loose.Coach Ron Rivera stood behind a podium on Tuesday and said he feels as if the Panthers are playing with house money after winning their final four games to get into the post-season when it appeared their season was over after a 3-8-1 start.But the Panthers are now playing with confidence.We have a lot of momentum right now and were just going to continue to ride that, Davis said.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL Discount Salomon Shoes . -- Sonny Grays fastball wasnt as sharp as it usually is, and the Oakland Athletics young pitcher even had a quirky replay go against him. Cheap Salomon Shoes Australia . He has spent much of his adult life trying to give back to his native South Sudan, the war-torn African nation the Cavaliers forward and his family fled when he was a young boy. http://www.wholesalesalomonaustralia.com/. 11 Ana Ivanovic and American Sloane Stephens, and former world No. Salomon Shoes Online Australia . -- A.J. Burnett was happy to escape from New York. Wholesale Salomon Australia . The alley-oop looked easy -- just like everything else after halftime for the Miami Heat. James scored 32 points, Wade added 22 points and eight assists, and the Heat trailed by 11 early in the second half before running away to a 107-88 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night.LAS VEGAS - A relaxed-looking Georges St-Pierre made weight Friday in advance of his showdown with No. 1 contender Johny (Bigg Rigg) Hendricks at UFC 167. The 32-year-old champion from Montreal raced on stage to cheers of "GSP, GSP" at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, weigghing in at the welterweight limit of 170 pounds.dddddddddddd Hendricks also weighed in at 170. Both men smiled as they posed opposite each other, then hugged. Hendricks promised to knock St-Pierre out Saturday night. St-Pierre told the audience not to blink. ' ' '