Sentences with phrase «not out of the playoff»

While Los Angeles isn't out of the playoff race, their Griffin deal was widely seen as a move towards rebuilding.

Absolutely not out of the Playoff race, despite being out of the AP poll only about a month ago.

Not exact matches

With 2015 - 16 looking like another throwaway year — the 76ers pretty much sat out of free agency, with their biggest offseason addition being No. 3 pick, Jahlil Okafor — that means they won't start aiming for the playoffs until at least Year 4.

While thousands of hockey fans across North America will be tuned to their TV sets tonight to catch the first games of the 2013 NHL playoffs, they won't be the only ones watching to see how the post-season plays out.

Although his beloved Bills are not in the playoffs, the joy of following along and seeing how it all shakes out is not lost on him.

The playoffs shouldn't be out of the question next year, and maybe even beyond.

It would be on brand for WVU to go 11 - 1 and get shut out of the Playoff because a.) the Big 12's strength of schedule fell apart, b.) they won't play a conference title game, and c.) some random terrible thing happens to them along the way.

Last season, after the Browns failed to make the playoffs for the third year in a row, Modell said, «I'm so positive of Bill Belichick's future here... that if we don't get the job done by the end of his contract [1995], I will get out of football and leave Cleveland.»

Italy's failure to beat Sweden in their playoff not only saw a number of quality individuals miss out on Russia, but it also opened the floodgates to retirements.

Next 2 games on the road will tell us something, if we can't perform I don't think we will do much in playoffs, Clippers will be tough there season is on the line, either they will come out swinging or fold like a pack of cards, we will see

Our friend was not able to go to the Playoff game due to a family funeral out of town that weekend.

The Timberwolves finished nine games out of the playoffs last season, but Jimmy Butler's value can't be overstated.

That'd mean Steve Spurrier would've knocked UGA out of the Playoff — not the first or last time he'd wreck a Dawgs season.

They started out 2013 on a great run and if not for a couple hiccups in the middle of the Season they might have had a better seed and subsequent ride in the Playoffs.

It would be irresponsible to not point out the Playoff experience that's held by members of the Team Klein roster..

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..

I watched here and there during the playoffs, mostly as background noise, and if I was with somebody who was watching a game I wouldn't storm out of the room in protest.

If the season ended today, they'd be seeded # 11 — yes, out of the Bottom4, but a battle with whoever finishes # 6 will not be a fun start to the Playoffs.

Believe it or not, just 2 Weeks remain in the Regular Season, before each Team in the Co-Ed League will duke it out in the Opening Rounds of the Playoffs.

If Rogers and Andrew Luck can continue to develop good chemistry, it's not out of the realm of possibility that Rodgers could end up being the key to a Colts playoff run with a strong effort over the final three games.

Despite being knocked out of the first round of the NBA Playoffs by the Trail Blazers on Friday, some of the Rockets» players don't seem to be too down.

Not that Vancouver didn't have some bad karma coming their way (to use a double negative), but they really just got hosed to be knocked out of the playoffs.

THREE POINTS 1 Buffalo's debacle in Miami on Sunday — blowing a 20 - point lead in the fourth quarter to lose 24 - 23 and drop out of playoff contention — doesn't bode well for fifth - year G.M. Tom Donahoe.

My guess is most people would forgive crashing out of the CCL and not forgive missing out on the playoffs or not performing well in the playoffs again.

I know that some fans think when players know they have been knocked out of the playoffs they will just «give up,» but that simply isn't true as this effort by Hayes reminds us.

The next week he spun Matt Kenseth out of the lead with five laps remaining at Kansas, and last Sunday Logano scored a controversial victory (not of his doing) that prevented Dale Earnhardt Jr. from advancing to the third round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup playoff.

By not winning, Kenseth was effectively knocked out of the Chase for the Sprint Cup playoff and afterward he hinted at seeking possible retribution toward Logano, who's won the past three races and emerged as the championship favorite.

And maybe, just maybe, if a sense of the underdog was so damned important, the Warriors wouldn't have missed the playoffs for 17 out of 18 years in a league where more than half the teams make the playoffs.

I can't imagine a scenario where any of these players are happy to be the joke of many forum and media comments, or out of the playoffs, but happy to brag about their salary.

Not to worry, four out of their last six games will be against legitimate playoff contenders.

The Cowboys were 2 - 4 in the playoffs under Romo, and though he wasn't terrible in those six outings, he never had the sort of performance that solidifies a quarterback as a Great One.

If they don't get out of this funk, I could see the push for a playoff spot taking a whole lot longer than necessary, and making it in as a WC2 is not totally out of the question.

ZILLER: The crazy thing is they weren't really out of the playoff chase until March last year despite the poor record.

You didn't have to see Eddie DeBartolo Jr. and his bodyguard rough up two Packers fans outside Lambeau Field last January — Green Bay had just beaten Eddie D's boys for the third straight time, knocking them out of the playoffs for the second consecutive season — to know that the 49ers» owner was in a bad mood.

While the season didn't start off with tanking aims, after the trade deadline and Justin Verlander being sent out of town in August, their playoff hopes were pretty much over.

Penn State doesn't have as strong an out - of - division schedule as Ohio State had last year, but the barrier for Playoff entry might be lower this year, too.

They're out of games to improve their resume, and they seem likely to miss not just the Playoff but the New Year's bowl slate altogether.

After that, Oklahoma City won't face a team out of the playoff chase until April 11 in the season finale against Memphis.

A team that is all but out of playoff contention will likely be losing focus and won't be fully prepared for their first game back.

We couldn't even overcome good but not great Boston in the playoffs last season, and this season we are looking like a 6th seed that probably won't even make it out of the first round.

That in the most pivotal games of this Devils» season, when the team is trying to lock - down a playoff berth, that they are trying to send messages and not put the team out there that the staff feels gives them the best chance at winning the game.

As it stands it won't matter if he gets reinjured and has to sit out «the rest of the playoffs».

Keenum flamed out at the end of the season and couldn't perform in the playoffs.

He had no chance, really, but for Pastrnak to miss the net completely (read: not gonna happen with the Stanley Cup Playoffs» leading goal scorer) or to reach out with his stick and get an entirely random carom to keep the puck out of the net.

I'm excited for the post season (assuming we don't drop 4 in a row and are out of the playoffs altogether!).

Given the stuff he's played through before, I can't imagine there's much else that would've kept him out of a playoff game...

The math is also not a fan of the Bengals who if they lost vs. Denver and at Pittsburgh would be left out of the playoffs.

I also don't see how Florida State could go undefeated and be left out of the playoff.

Again I bring up that I'm not mad at Thibs for signing Jamal and Rose, I think it's virtually impossible to scout players you don't know if all your free time is going towards coaching a team out of a 14 year playoff drought.

Poulter, who played his butt off to win the Houston Open in a playoff and grab the last spot in the Masters, told reporters that his four rounds last week at the Golf Club of Houston tired him out so much he got to Augusta not at all ready for the men's first major of the season.