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This story appears in ESPN The Magazines Nov. 28 Tall Ball Issue. Subscribe today!Game day is all about preparation, and for Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson, 26, that means factoring in the season and the city hes in to develop a signature look. We caught up with Peterson after the Oct. 30 game between the Cards and the Panthers Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte.?Heres what Peterson had to say about how he puts himself together:Any thoughts on our idea for The Walk-In? I always believed photographers should catch us right before we leave our hotel or go into the stadiums. It helps the League, fashion-wise, which then helps our marketability. My image is part of my brand and kids want to see what were wearing pre and post game. ?How would you describe your style? I guess I would say laid back, business causal, but I could also be into todays?fashion trends, as far as?the?skinny?look goes, European-fit jeans with the long white tees. Im very versatile with my style. I take pride in it as well because I have a brand and image and I want that brand to represent who I am.?How do you put this outfit together? Its all about feel. I always try a couple of things to see if they look good?and see how I feel in them. It also depends on weather and at what point of the year it is. The seasons dictates the color, but its really all about feel.?How did this outfit come about??I use Elevee, its a custom suit maker. Jennifer Duran is my stylist, she put this look together for me. Before the season starts, she comes to my house and I buy 8-12 new suits for the season. We go through colors, fabrics and looks and really plan out these suits before the season starts. So when it comes to Sunday, I dont really have to think about it much. It still takes me about 30 minutes?to an hour?to get the look ready and to get dressed, but the color combos are usually all planned out.?Jacket: Its for the winter and I thought it was a great touch to bring into November. I go for the slim-fit looks, its in style nowadays. Its a look I love. Ive been going for this style for a while.?Silk Tie: The tie is an Elevee product. I picked it because I needed something to give it a pop. I have the plaid jacket and the button-down shirt. That tie was chosen so you can get the focus off the jacket with the polka dot tie. ?Silk Pocket Square: Im not really big on the pocket square, but I am huge into the detail and that adds. If you look at the picture, you will see my left cuff, above the watch, you can see my logo P2 in the shirt.Do you consult your stylist every Saturday night before the game??Every weekend I have a game plan for my outfit. It actually starts in the beginning of the season when I pick out the colors I am going to wear and the ties we choose. The planning is in the beginning of the season but I do think about it each week. ?Watch:?Its a Rolex, I got that in 2013 as a gift from my jeweler for making, I believe, my third consecutive Pro Bowl. ?Pants + Shoes:?The pants are Elevee as well. I love the slim fit, a little more slender around the ankle so you can actually see the details in the shoes that you may wear. I went with my Size 11 Louis Vuitton two-toned shoes with no socks. So I have a European look all the way down, from top to bottom. ?Your backpack: What is it? Whats in it? And it looks like your backpack has a backpack??Yes, (laughs) my backpack does have a backpack. It is a Gucci Sport backpack. I keep my iPad, my toiletry bag and pretty much my notes from the game plan in there. Youll see I have a backpack on the backpack, its really nothing, its just a Fendi bag. I thought it was pretty cool, I basically have a different one on every backpack. Theyre just fun. ?Sunglasses:?Those are some Tom Fords. I take good care of them. In the early stage of my career I was the guy who would lose almost every pair of sunglasses. As Ive gotten older and more responsible I dont lose them anymore, I take good care of my things.?Are you using skin care products?? No, not really, I am not into that, though I do get?a facial?twice a month. Right now I am growing my facial hair.Whose style do you admire??I like the style of Russell Westbrook, I also like the way will.i.am dresses, and I like the way LeBron puts together outfits. They all have their own style in their own unique way, but it looks nice. So I do look to see what other guys are wearing, but I really keep it to what looks and feels good on me. Clearance Custom Baseball Jerseys . But by the time the game started, the Toronto Raptors forward felt even worse. And, for three quarters, it showed as Gay shot a woeful three-for-13 from the field. Custom Baseball Jerseys . Gerald Green and Miles Plumlee? 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The Mercury are a victory away from advancing to the best-of-five semifinals but will have to win in New York on Saturday to do so.Meanwhile, Atlanta got one of the best individual performances in playoff history from Angel McCoughtry in the first round. On Sunday, the Dream head to Chicago, where they hope to avenge a painful playoff series loss to the Sky two years ago.Awaiting the winners are No. 1 seed Minnesota and No. 2 Los Angeles.No. 8 Phoenix vs. No. 3 New York (NBA TV, ESPN3, 7 p.m. ET Saturday)Heres the deal with the Mercury: No one would have been stunned to see them lose in the first round at Indiana. But no one will be stunned to see them move on to the semifinals. Thats how hard it has been to predict what Phoenix might do.It has been an up-and-down season for the Mercury because they couldnt count on their defense, which is the very thing that was a rock for them when they won the WNBA championship in 2014.During the 2016 regular season, Phoenix allowed foes an average of 83.3 points per game. The Mercurys effort in their 89-78 victory over the Fever on Wednesday was much closer to what theyll need to beat the Liberty. The Mercury held the Fever to 37.2 percent shooting while shooting 54.5 percent themselves.Any night we play good team defense, we pack the paint around the ball and get on shooters, the results come out in our favor, Phoenixs Brittney Griner said. We know what we need to do now; everybody has to go up another level.Phoenix got important offensive contributions from several players on Wednesday, with Diana Taurasi leading the way with 20 points. Griner and DeWanna Bonner each had 18, and Candice Dupree and Penny Taylor each scored 12.Bonner has been coming off the bench the past five games, with Marta Xargay starting instead, and that worked well for the Mercury on Wednesday. Bonner was fresh and very effective in the fourth quarter, scoring 11 of her points to hold off the Fever.It was an emotional night, as Indianas Tamika Catchings played her last game, but it could also have been the last for Australias Taylor. Now Saturdays game will be the end for either Taylor or New Yorks Swin Cash, who is also retiring at seasons end.Neither the Mercury nor the Liberty played much defense in their first meeting this season, a 104-97 Phoenix victory in New York on June 26. Dupree had a season-high 26 points in that game, going 11-of-13 from the field. Tina Charles had 26 for New York but took 27 shots to do it. And the Liberty went 12-of-15 from the line compared with the Mercurys 27-of-33.The second meeting, in Phoenix on July 1, was more the type of game that defined the Mercury much of the season: They scored a lot, but they gave up a lot more. New York won 99-88, led by Charles 31. This time, the Liberty were able to match -- actually, slightly exceed -- the Mercury going to the line, with New York at 25-of-29 and Phoenix 23-of-26.The last game, though, was a Liberty blowout: 92-70 on Sept. 3 in New York. Phoenix shot just 32.8 percent from the field, and Griner had her lowest output of the season with two points. The Liberty held Griners offense down without center Kiah Stokes, a defensive specialist who has been out since Aug. 26.Were a bit of a toss-up, Taurasi said of the Mercury this season. But since the Olympic break, we kind of know who we are. Everyone is healthy. We see ourselves playing differently and feeliing differently.ddddddddddddEven so, Phoenix was 6-4 after the Rio Games going into the postseason, so toss-up really is probably the best way to put it. However, as they showed at Indiana, the Mercury are especially hard to beat when they face elimination. Thats the Taurasi factor as much as anything. New York will have to find a way to limit her, which Indiana could not do.No. 6 Atlanta at No. 4 Chicago (ESPN2, 1 p.m. ET Sunday)Wednesday, the Dream didnt have their second-leading scorer, Tiffany Hayes, who was out because of a suspension after her seventh technical foul in the regular-season finale. They didnt have inside veteran presence Sancho Lyttle, who is injured.But they had McCoughtry, who knew she had to put the Dream on her back. She did just that in a 94-85 victory over Seattle, scoring 37 points to go with seven assists and three rebounds. She shot 66.7 percent from the field (14-of-21), which also was critical. During the regular season, she shot 43.4 percent.It was one of McCoughtrys finest performances, and it couldnt have come at a better time. But rookie Bria Holmes also had a very timely big game, playing all 40 minutes and finishing with a season-high 21 points, plus seven rebounds and three assists.Seattle No. 1 pick Breanna Stewart, whos sure to win rookie of the year, had 19 points, seven rebounds and three assists. But her first WNBA season came to a close, while Holmes, who was drafted No. 11 out of West Virginia, moves on.The Dream prevailed 2-1 in the regular-season series with the Sky, winning the first two games in Atlanta, 87-81 on May 22 and 101-97 on June 17. In the teams first game back after the Olympics, the Sky won 90-82 in Chicago on Aug. 26.The big difference is that Elena Delle Donne, last seasons MVP, had 34 points in that victory over Atlanta, but now shes out after thumb surgery. And although the Sky actually played surprisingly well in five games without her -- winning three, including against Minnesota -- theres no getting around the big void it leaves for Chicago.Defense is going to be key for the Sky, which is a worrisome proposition. That hasnt been the Skys strength, not this season or in recent ones. And no team is more successful getting to the line than the Dream, who went there a league-high 909 times in the regular season. However, they made just 75.1 percent (683); only Connecticut was worse at the stripe (71.5.) So against the Sky, the Dream not only have to draw fouls, they also must convert the free throws.Few are better at that skill than Delle Donne, who shot 93.5 percent from the line this year and is at 93.8 percent for her career. But with her out, the Sky have been led by veteran Cappie Pondexter, who averaged 22.3 points in four games after Delle Donnes injury. Neither Pondexter nor Courtney Vandersloot played in the Skys regular-season finale at Seattle, as that had no impact on their seeding.In 2014, the Dream and the Sky met in the Eastern Conference semifinals (in the WNBAs old playoff format), with Atlanta as the No. 1 seed and presumed favorite. But Chicago won the series 2-1, rallying from 16 down after three quarters in Game 3 in Atlanta. Delle Donne had 34 points in that 81-80 victory, and the Sky then went on to beat Indiana in the East finals before losing to Phoenix in the WNBA Finals.That tough defeat at home to end 2014 sat irritatingly with Atlanta through last year, as the Dream didnt make the playoffs. Now they hope to end the Skys season at home this year. ' ' '