Its as if these teams swapped issues and situations in the last month. In late June, it was the Nationals who were healthy and rolling while the Dodgers were laboring and trying to deal with significant injuries, especially one involving a star pitcher. Now its the Dodgers who are finally healthier and playing well while the Nationals, though not struggling, are dealing with a number of injuries, including one to a star pitcher. Now the teams play in the National League Division Series with compelling storylines at every turn. Here are five questions.What do we make of Clayton Kershaw? He is still the best pitcher in the game, one of the greatest of all time. And despite a back injury that cost him 11 starts, he finished the season with a 1.69 ERA, 11 walks and 172 strikeouts, the greatest walk-strikeout ratio in history for anyone with 150 Ks. And he has been very good since returning: 28 innings, 18 hits, four earned runs, two walks and 27 strikeouts. He hasnt completed a game though, and his stamina probably isnt where it should be, but he has been awfully good. Now he enters the playoffs, which brings the usual question: How can anyone this good have a 2-6 record and a 4.59 ERA in his postseason career? Maybe he will be fresher this October, or maybe the stamina wont be there. The Dodgers need him to be good through because hell be opposed by Max Scherzer in Game 1.How do the Nationals replace Stephen Strasburg in the rotation? They cant, hes that good, but at least they are used to this given how injured he has been in his career. After Scherzer, Washingtons next-best starter is Tanner Roark, one of the most underrated pitchers in the game. Roark went 16-10 this year with a 2.83 ERA, and the league hit just .207 off him the second half of the season. But the key to the series might be Gio Gonzalez. He is left-handed, and the Dodgers really struggle against left-handed pitching: Their OPS against lefties is .622, by far the worst in the league, and way below the league average of .735. Against right-handed pitching, the Dodgers OPS is .772. Additionally, Roark has some reverse splits going: lefties hit .214 off him, and righties hit .241.How healthy is Rich Hill? He is the Dodgers No. 2 starter, and when hes right, hes really good: Since Sept. 1, 2015, the only major league pitcher with a better ERA than Hill is Kershaw. That arching, angled curveball is really tough to handle, especially for a left-handed hitter. And Washingtons two best hitters, Daniel Murphy and Bryce Harper, are left-handed. They can hit anyone when they are healthy and swinging well, but Murphy has taken only three at-bats since suffering a buttocks strain on Sept. 17, and Harper has dealt with injuries on and off throughout the year, and finished with a .243 average. If Hill can avoid another blister issue, and Kenta Maeda pitches the way he has most of the season, the Dodgers rotation is very good.How much will the Nationals miss Wilson Ramos? He is the right-handed hitter that would hit between or around the two big left-handed hitters, Murphy and Harper, and now Ramos is gone for the postseason because of a knee injury. This is a terrible loss for the Nationals.?Jose Lobaton?will be an adequate fill-in defensively, but there is no replacing Ramos production (.307 average, 20 homers, 82 RBIs). The good thing for the Nationals is that they get production from everywhere on the field: Every position other than pitcher provided at least 20 homers this year.How much fun will it be to watch the rookies for each team? Tremendous fun. Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager will win the NL Rookie of the Year, and probably will finish in the top five of the MVP voting. He has been better defensively than some thought, and offensively, he has been terrific, taking such good at-bats all year, against right-handers and left-handers. But the guy that has changed the look of the Nationals has been leadoff man Trea Turner, a shortstop turned second baseman turned center fielder. Despite switching positions, he has put together a remarkable season. In 73 games and 307 at-bats, he hit .342 with a .937 OPS, 14 homers and 33 steals in 39 tries. No player (not just rookies) in major league history has ever hit 10 homers and stolen 30 bases in a season of only 73 games (Rickey Henderson, Davey Lopes and Bobby Bonds all did it in just under 100 games, but none close to 73 games). For the first time since the Nationals got really good a few years ago, they have a leadoff guy who can make something happen with his power and with his speed.Prediction: Dodgers in five. 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"I wrote 36 on my sheet at the beginning of the game," the Cincinnati coach said, referring the yard line the ball would need to be snapped from. Doug Gilmour Jersey . As the crowd erupted, Davis knocked the ball off the glass and back into his hands. With 1:14 to go in overtime, Davis sixth block also became his 17th rebound. That, along with his 32 points -- which tied a career high -- proved too much for Denver to overcome, and the Pelicans held on for their third straight victory, 111-107 on Sunday night. Prolific offense is the reputation by which No. 8 Oklahoma lives, but Bob Stoops doesnt mind hearing about how far his defense has come in a few short weeks as the Sooners pack their bags for a Big 12 showdown at 10th-ranked West Virginia on Saturday night.In a 66-59 win at Texas Tech on Oct. 22, the Sooners gave up 854 yards of total offense.Since, Oklahoma has given up an average of 321.4 yards per game in three wins.We havent changed defenses, Stoops said. Guys are playing better.That improvement needs to keep up for the Sooners to have success this week when they travel to West Virginia in a game that will go a long way toward determining the Big 12 champion.The most glaring improvement has been in the secondary, where cornerbacks Jordan Thomas and Jordan Parker have settled in after a rough first part of the season.Thomas, who was strong a year ago as a sophomore, struggled to maintain his success early, being repeatedly beaten deep by opposing receivers.Parker, a freshman, has been the latest to step into the other cornerback role after three other players started there early in the season.Stoops said the improvement goes deeper.It isnt just the secondary, Stoops said. Its the linebackers, everybody. Its been -- it was really solid the other day. I say the linebackers are a big part of it.Stoops specifically mentioned Oklahomas two inside linebackers -- Jordan Evans and Emmanuel Beal -- for their improvement.Evans had two interceptions and two sacks last week.It has been a complete U-turn from that game, Evans said, pointing back to that game against Tech. Our intensity, our effort. Guys are making more plays. The No. 1 thing is guys are having more fun doing it. Guys are wanting to get back out there each and every Saturday and wanting to get to practice on Monday to get better and to keep it going.Evans said while the Tech game wasnt necessarily a must for improvement, its helped focus the defense in the weeks since.It should never have to happen, Evans said. We should have been doing that since Day One. The only reason I think it was good is we were still able to come out with a win in that game. Weve kind of flipped out defense around. It was a good wakeup call for us.One way the Sooners can effectively quiet West Virginias ooffense is to eat the clock with a deadly running game.ddddddddddddSamaje Perine ran for 242 yards and four touchdowns in Oklahomas last game in Morgantown, his first career game with 100 or more yards on the ground. And tailback Joe Mixon is averaging 6.87 yards per carry during his career, the most in the Bob Stoops era among players with 100 or more carries.Mixon is spending several snaps per game split wide of the formation, ala DeMarco Murray, to help get both players on the field and dictate matchups.Its probably not quite as striking now because more people do it, Stoops said. I still think its effective and it still gives defenses some pause when youve got a linebacker thats way out on the numbers in a space where hes not used to operating. Just Demarco (Murray) along with Joe (Mixon) have such exceptional hands and an ability to get open. It works for us.Mixon enters the week second in the Big 12 in rushing with 937 yards.West Virginia has a very balanced rushing attack of its own with Justin Crawford, Rushel Shell III and Kennedy McKoy all averaging between 67-51 yards per game. This weeks effort might depend on injuries. Shell was sidelined last week at Texas and McKoy carried 25 times for 73 yards to be recognized by WVU coach as the Mountaineers offensive champion.The Mountaineers average about 211 yards on the ground while Oklahoma surrenders an average of 132.4. Last week, the Sooners struggled to slow down Baylors rushing attack early, surrendering 212 yards to the Bears.Perhaps more pressing for WVU is what the Mountaineers will get out of their quarterback.OU allows upwards of 300 passing yards per game, but in part those numbers are a byproduct of grabbing big leads and playing a softer coverage in the second half.WVUs Skyler Howard got away with one at Texas, leading the team to victory despite throwing three interceptions. Howard was 21 of 35 for 269 yards, guiding the offense to just one touchdown after they scored a quick 17 points in the first 15:11 of the game.Oklahoma leads 6-2 overall and 2-0 in Morgantown. The Mountaineers have not beaten the Sooners since they joined the Big 12. 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