Sentences with phrase «fivegames of a playoff spot»

Do they have more than enough time to grab hold of a Playoff Spot.

If Texas wins this series, it might be the last one the Astros begin while in possession of a playoff spot.

Beyond that, AD put the franchise on his back in its time of need and brought them within striking distance of a playoff spot.

We've reached the end of the NFL's regular season, and there are still a handful of playoff spots up for grabs.

«I'm starting to get calls about my players every hour,» saysNationals G.M. Jim Bowden, whose club was not one of the 19 teams within fivegames of a playoff spot at week's end.

Vancouver, which entered Monday 18 points out of a playoff spot, traded a couple of veterans before the deadline Monday afternoon.

Despite their ranking at number five in the country, the Sooners have looked like a team deserving of a playoff spot the past few weeks.

Look at the Oilers: even with McDavid they were 17 points out of a playoff spot this year.

In the real - life 2013 - 14 season, the Denver Nuggets fell well short of a playoff spot, finishing 36 - 46.

This season either had more candidates deserving of a Playoff spot, or it had the fewest ever.

Through Sunday, with seven weeks remaining in the season, 15 of baseball's 28 teams were either in first place or within 5-1/2 games of a playoff spot.

The proximity of a playoff spot appeared to be lost on the Royals» front office as well, judging by the way K.C.'s brass overhauled the roster after that 2 - 1 loss to Seattle.

Will teams out of contention try to play spoiler and knock teams on the bubble out of a playoff spot or will they simply mail it in?

It's normal really — as the regular season weeks go by and teams realize they have only a few chances left to grab hold of a playoff spot — it's bound to get more intense.

Behind those five were three teams from the Atlantic Division (the 76ers, Heat and Nets) and three from the Central (the Hawks, Pacers and Bucks), all within range of playoff spots.

With Thursday's win, combined with another Columbus loss, Florida snuck within striking distance of a playoff spot with three games in hand.

Days since the Panthers were within five points of a playoff spot.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, the ninth seed would host the 10th seed, with the winner of that game facing the loser of the 7 - versus - 8 matchup for the final playoff spot»

Out of the seven teams that have clinched playoff spots so far, the Ravens are in the worst shape, and yesterday proved it.

Our Lady of the Hills School in Kerrville, Texas, will take Beren Academy's spot in the playoffs Friday night, the league said.

Connor McDavid alone should get you like 3/4 of the way to a playoff spot and they just keep moving backwards.

Whilst QPR sit in marooned in 18th place, seemingly destined for another season of Championship football next season, Derby County are a much more competitive side, currently sitting in 7th, following Sheffield Wednesday's win last night, and pushing for a playoff spot and their own promotion to the Premier League next season.

I debated moving them ahead of Milwaukee for that last playoff spot.

The Atlanta Falcons are the only team in the NFC that knows where they'll be when the playoffs begin, and there are still a group of teams in the hunt for Wild Card spots.

The most namely of these is Derby vs Fulham, as both can be considered relatively strong Championship sides, and Fulham will have a hard time dealing keeping their 6th place playoff spot with this one.

We do know the 17 Playoff Teams following Monday Night, as mathematically no one will be able to leapfrog into one of those spots.

As we approach the final week of the NFL season many teams have already locked up their spot in the playoffs, however numerous teams are still fighting for their postseason lives while others are simply...

They will compete against whoever lands in the # 2 spot when the Playoffs begin in a non-Elimination Game and the Winner of that Game will go to the Championship!

They held the 16th and final playoff spot heading into the final week of the Regular Season and really had no room to spare.

Team Lalez will be the # 1 Seed when the Playoffs start next week and all of the 11 other spots will come down to the final Week 18 Games.

As mentioned above, with their Win this week, they've pulled into a tie with Team Hernandez for the final spot outside of the Bottom4 seeds for the Playoffs.

By converting implied odds into percentages, I calculated the odds of each team to end up in each of the possible playoff spots.

That 6th spot is very crucial in terms of the Playoffs as the teams seeded 7 - 10 will have to win an extra game to hold the crown at Season's end and in a Single Elimination Playoff setting you don't want extra games.

Being that we are now over the 60 % mark of the Regular Season and with six regular season games remaining, now is the time to kick it into high - gear, grab some W's and secure those top Playoff spots!

Look beyond the top three teams in each conference and you will see a wide swath of the league competing for those final five playoff spots.

Alabama is at -1000 to make the playoff, and they look to be assured of a spot even if they lose a regular season game.

This is one of the best team's out there right now and they have 4 weeks to really push into a top spot before the Playoffs start.

That win locked them into the # 1 spot and with it they get to avoid # 2 Dorfman and # 3 Feldman for Week 1 of the Playoffs..

There's a race for those 10 Playoff Spots... Team Saltzman got their first points of the Season on Monday Night and we'll leave it at that.

They moved to 4 - 1 and with that solidified their spot as being in control of a Top - 4 seed come Playoff time..

Their final 5 are not easy and if they want to climb out of the 15 spot (seeds 15 - 20 have to play an Opening Round in the Playoffs) they need to bring down the stretch..

If Day wins in a playoff after that eagle, they're building a shrine at that spot in the middle of the fairway.

They are in a spot right now where if they can get on a bit of a roll they can get out of the Bottom - 6 and will have a much easier time in the Playoffs.

We've got playoff spots and seeds on the line, coaches» jobs hanging in the balance, and an expert crew to make sense of it all.

With or without a healthy Stephen Curry, the Golden State Warriors threaten the Los Angeles Lakers» chances of hanging on to their playoff spot.

The quarterfinals of the Apertura playoffs in Mexico's Liga MX are almost done, and with the second leg of the tie between Tigres and Pumas starting with a 2 - 2 scoreline, it's still anyone's match to win with a spot in the semifinals on the line.

Brooklyn turned its season around at the start of the new year and finds itself in the middle of the Eastern Conference playoff hunt, while Charlotte lurks close behind while vying for one of the final spots.

Duffy has long been a fan favorite with his laid - back California attitude, his sense of humor (he celebrated Royals clinching a playoff spot by wearing a bear suit as an homage to his favorite show Workaholics), his charitable work off the field, his fan interactions in person and on social media, and his desire to stay in Kansas City.

Time of Death: Ryan Fitzpatrick drove the Titans into Indianapolis territory on their last drive of the game, but his last throw was picked off, essentially locking up a playoff spot for the Colts.

Colorado gets any sort of result next week against FCD in the Rockies, and suddenly we go into Dallas with a chance to swipe their playoff spot.