"Playoff opponent" refers to a team or individual a sports team competes against in a series of games or matches during the playoffs, or final rounds of a tournament, to advance further towards winning the championship. Full definition
That's a ridiculous gap, and it really should scare all potential playoff opponents. (sbnation.com)
One game later when facing the Spurs, a likely second - round playoff opponent, Harden has an extraordinary first half before he is swallowed up by Kawhi Leonard in the second. (sbnation.com)
Fourteen of San Antonio's 24 remaining games are against playoff opponents. (sbnation.com)