Sentences with phrase «eighth seed»

The seventh seed would host the eighth seed, with the winner of that single game nabbing the seventh spot, sources say.

Damian Lillard dropped 27 points, but Jusuf Nurkic's all - around assault helped power Portland to a much - needed win that's brought it within arms reach of the eighth seed.

The Pelicans have only made the playoffs once prior in Davis» career, and that was as an eighth seed, where New Orleans was swept by the ascendant Warriors in four quick games.

With the Houston Rockets continuing to play well, the Blazers have fallen four games back for the eighth seed after a rough stretch on the road.

The Western Conference's eighth seed is historically weak.

The eighth seed from the Eastern Conference tips off against the eighth seed from the Western Conference on Wednesday night.

The Sixers (21 - 35) are six games behind the Eastern Conference's eighth seed and entered the season without playoff aspirations.

The Kings were extremely dominant last year in the playoffs after barely squeaking in as the eighth seed.

Beating Utah is pretty important in the Kings» push for the Western Conference's eighth seed, so props to Sacramento.

In the other opening - round game, the Panthers and the Runnin» Bulldogs played a back - and - forth first half before the Panthers, the home team and eighth seed, pulled away in the second half, ultimately winning, 70 - 58.

Eastern Illinois (11 - 18, 7 - 11) will go into the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament as the seventh seed while the Cougars (9 - 20, 5 - 13) will go as the eighth seed, which they secured before the game when Eastern Kentucky lost to Morehead State.

They were the eighth seed and they didn't win those series with overwhelming offense.

«We had a team that wasn't as good, then we were fighting to get to 40 wins, fighting to get the eighth seed, fighting to get home court advantage, and each year we seem to get further and further.

«We've had to fight so hard just to get into the eighth seed or the seventh seed because the West is so tough.

Here was the ceiling of the Warriors for nearly 15 years: Getting that eighth seed and maybe, just maybe, stunning the hell out of a better team.

The Celtics are 12 - 17 and currently hold the eighth seed.

The Hornets now sit 11th in the East, 3.5 games behind the Milwaukee Bucks for the eighth seed.

The Bulls are two games behind the Miami Heat (35 - 36) for the eighth seed in the playoff hunt and have only 11 games left on the schedule.

I anticipated seventh, eighth seed.

Maryland became the first team in conference history to win a game as the eighth seed, but the Terrapins did little celebrating.

Right now, New Orleans is 2.5 games out of the eighth seed.

The excitement of winning 43 games and the eighth seed in the West was short - lived, however, when Denver was bullied by a more physical Minnesota team and ousted in four games.

The Heat's last game of the regular season is April 11 against the Raptors, but the team is currently holding onto the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference.

KL: I believe we can sneak into the eighth seed.

If the season ended today, the Bulls (33 - 32) would be the eighth seed in the playoffs over the Pistons (34 - 33)-- the Bulls have a better win percentage, but have played two fewer games than Detroit.

The Heat enter Thursday's action in the eighth seed in the East.

If we sneak into the eighth seed, we did our job.

The Rockets beat the Timberwolves to move into the eighth seed in the West.

With a chance to expand their lead for the eighth seed in the East, the Milwaukee Bucks host the struggling Toronto Raptors on Saturday night.

Washington enters Tuesday's action sitting in the eighth seed in the East, but the seeding for the final three spots is up in the air heading into the team's final two games.

Palo Alto, the eighth seed, finished 26 - 4.

Dominic Thiem, the eighth seed, needed four sets but took down Gilles Simon, 5 - 7, 6 - 4, 6 - 2, 6 - 4.

Maybe the eighth seed should get better lottery odds than the ninth - place team in the conference.

What they do could make the difference between the eighth seed or the ninth this season, or even the length of their playoff run.

Portland is making a late - season surge for the eighth seed, and San Antonio has taken advantage of Kevin Durant's injury to battle the Warriors for the first seed.