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CINCINNATI - Getting to the quarterback is always a priority in the playoffs. The Bengals have underlined it this week.If Andrew Luck gets time to throw on Sunday, Cincinnati will likely head home one-and-done again.The Bengals (10-5-1) managed only 20 sacks during the season, the fewest in the NFL. Its the second-fewest sacks the Bengals have managed during a 16-game season.On Sunday night in Pittsburgh, Ben Roethlisberger had plenty of time to find open receivers during a 27-17 Steelers win that gave them the AFC North title and relegated Cincinnati to a wild card berth.The Bengals head to Indianapolis for a first-round game on Sunday that amounts to a rematch. The Bengals visited on Oct. 19 and got shut out for the first time in five years. Luck was sacked twice, but threw for 344 yards and two touchdowns in the Colts 27-0 win.Luck cant get that much time again.We have to play great — great — against the opposing quarterback as well, coach Marvin Lewis said.The pass rush has been dreadful much of the season, which is a big surprise. Cincinnati finished third overall on defence last season and had 43 sacks. The Bengals lost end Michael Johnson — 3 1/2 sacks — but returned most of the defence intact. Paul Guenther replaced Mike Zimmer, who left as co-ordinator to become the head coach in Minnesota.Linebacker Vontaze Burfict has missed most of the season with concussions and a knee injury that required surgery. The line hasnt gotten pressure consistently, limiting Guenthers options.Cincinnatis defence finished 22nd overall in yards allowed, 20th against both the run and the pass.The Bengals will be trying to get to a quarterback who is hard to sack. The Colts allowed 29 sacks this season, the eighth-fewest in the league. During their game in October, Luck completed 27 of 42 passes without an interception.Indianapolis piled up 506 yards, one of three times this season that the Bengals have allowed at least 500 yards in a game. The Colts led only 10-0 at halftime, and then pulled away against a defence that was on the field for nearly 40 minutes.Suppressing Andrew Luck is going to be kind of hard, safety Reggie Nelson said. He always starts off kind of slow and the scary thing is, he can always get his team going. The key for us as a secondary is not giving up deep balls, and weve given up a couple of those the last couple of games.Peyton Manning and Roethlisberger were able to complete long passes in the last two weeks, taking advantage of the lack of a pass rush.Obviously, if you get pressure on the quarterback, it helps, cornerback Terence Newman said. But we have to be tight in coverage and defend their receivers. From the wide receiver standpoint to the tight ends to the backs, everybody in that (Colts) offence pretty much touches the ball.The Bengals havent won a playoff game since the 1990 season, a 23-year drought that ties for the sixth-longest in NFL history. Theyve been knocked out in the opening round each of the last three seasons.In order to get the breakthrough, theyll have to get to Luck.Hes a gunslinger — good, bad, or whatever, safety George Iloka said. Hes always capable of making big plays. Were going to have our hands full, as we know.Notes: The club record for fewest sacks in a season is 16 in 1969, with a 14-game schedule. Cincinnati had only 17 in 2008. ... The Bengals will practice at the University of Cincinnatis covered field the rest of the week because of the cold. 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Air Jordan 3 Wholesale . - The width of Alec Martinezs shin guard was the difference between the Los Angeles Kings and the Anaheim Ducks in their playoff series opener.(SportsNetwork.com) - The Sacramento Kings will hit the road for the next four games, starting with Mondays showdown against the Brooklyn Nets. The Kings will also visit Boston, Minnesota and Detroit on the trip, and have lost four straight as the visitor. They are 5-7 away from home. Sacramento made sure it departed Californias capital on a high note and registered a 135-129 overtime victory Saturday versus New York. DeMarcus Cousins scored nine of his season-high 39 points in overtime and grabbed 11 rebounds. He missed Fridays loss to Phoenix due to an illness. Cousins has 15 double-doubles this season and recently recorded his 11th in the past 12 games. Rudy Gay scored 29 points and Darren Collison added 27 and 10 assists for the Kings, who made 55.1 percent from the field and buried 8- of-16 3-pointers. We were really concentrating on how we needed to play to win this game, Kings coach Tyrone Corbin said. The 135 pointts were a season high for Sacramento, which won for just the second time in the last nine tries.dddddddddddd Brooklyn had a three-game win streak stopped with Saturdays 110-85 loss to the Indiana Pacers. Jarrett Jack and Joe Johnson scored 22 and 18 points, respectively, and Sergey Karasev added 14 in defeat. The Nets shot just 36.4 percent and made only 7-of-25 3-pointers. The group battled, we just couldnt stop them, Nets head coach Lionel Hollins said. Brooklyn is 7-8 at home and will start a three-game road trip Tuesday against Chicago, Orlando and Miami. The Nets and Kings will play the first of two meetings this season and are scheduled to tangle again on Jan. 21 out west. The two teams split a pair of games last season and Brooklyn has won four of the past five in the series. Johnson averaged 14.0 ppg against the Kings last season. 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