Sentences with phrase «of a playoff spot with»

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

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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»

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.

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.

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!

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..

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

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.

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.

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.

Instead of clawing with the St. Louis Blues for the bottom two seeds of the three guaranteed playoff spots in the Central Division, the Stars leap - frogged both the Blues and, even more surprisingly, the Chicago Blackhawks to win arguably the toughest division in the league.

With less than one - third of the season left, we've got 14 teams vying for seven of the 10 playoff spots.

With the Heat in a spot to make the playoffs, but not necessarily ready to battle for a top spot, it will give Wade the freedom to do a victory lap of sorts.

We're all well aware of the phrase 6 - pointer and the match taking place later this evening will be exactly that for both of these two sides, currently sat in 4th and 5th respectively, as both will be looking to secure their playoff spots at this pivotal point in the season with just eight games of the 46 remaining.

Utah's now one game out of the West's final playoff spot with one game to go after topping the Wolves on Monday.

On this evidence, he has plenty of talent to work with as he aims to push the Berkshire Blues towards the playoff spots, which are currently seven points out of reach.

The Rangers are only four games back of the second wild card spot as things stand right now, with only a 5.9 % change of making the playoffs, but if they have any hopes of making it that far Beltre playing is obviously more ideal that him not playing.

They, along with the Orioles, Mariners, Rays and White Sox, are just a couple of pieces away from making an impact by this time next year — hey, they're much closer to that than the Astros and Twins were last September, and those two are legitimately fighting for playoff spots today.

None of the 10 MLB playoff spots have been officially decided yet, but with just a few weeks to go and some leads much larger than others, we have a pretty good idea of who is going to be in the postseason.

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

On Nov. 2 - 3 the top girls high school tennis players in the Sac - Joaquin Section will arrive at Johnson Ranch Racquet Club in Roseville with hopes of securing a spot at the California Interscholastic Federation playoffs.

Of course, Miami missed the playoffs last season, with their historical second - half rally coming just short of earning a postseason spoOf course, Miami missed the playoffs last season, with their historical second - half rally coming just short of earning a postseason spoof earning a postseason spot.

The Diamondbacks, owners of a six - game lead over Colorado for the first Wild Card spot, can clinch a playoff berth as early as Sunday, with either a win or losses by both the Brewers and Cardinals.

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.

However, Team Lutz is one of few teams in this league who knew they could rest easy with their Playoff spot secured prior to last week..

For the 3rd time these two titans of the Floor Hockey League would meet in the Playoffs with so much on the line... Only one spot existed in the Championship for them..

With just 3 weeks remaining and most of the available points behind us it will be very interesting to see who makes a move for those final Playoff spots!

Tons of time to turn it around and with so many weeks left and so many playoff spots out there..

With Team Greenberg's first points of the year I can't wait to see if this is the win they need to get going and find a spot in the playoffs.

That the long path to Oklahoma getting an undisputed spot in the final four of the 2017 Playoff begins with Mayfield walking on at Texas Tech, not because he didn't have scholarship offers, but because he wanted to «play somewhere big?»

By any measure of logic — and justice — the Hawks should have been playing garbage time from Thanksgiving on, but the luck of the NBA's four - way divisional split has left Atlanta with only Cincinnati to beat out for the playoff spot behind Baltimore in the Central Division.

As the College Football season winds down, almost every game becomes a potential elimination game with a number of teams vying for a spot in the first ever four - team playoff.

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The Cubs don't need this kind of consolation and «get»em next time» speak, though, as they were 49 - 66 with the second - to - worst record in the NL on this date in 2014 — and last held a playoff spot at this point in the season in 2008.

With an extra playoff spot in play this season, these early struggles have a less significant impact and all of these teams are certainly capable of turning their seasons around.

Buffalo then moved to within four points of Quebec for the last Adams Division playoff spot with its eighth win in nine games, 5 - 3 over Hartford.

Considering teams who are hovering around the.500 mark are still competing for a playoff spot, we chose to examine teams with a winning percentage of less than 40 %.

With the possibility of franchising within the next year or so in North America, keeping an LCS spot could be as valuable as any playoff game this split.

Liga MX is heading down the final stretch of the regular season with some playoff spots still up for grabs.

However, there are five teams with a chance of capturing the final two playoff spots.

Denver is playing like they deserve a spot in the post season with a 4 game winning streak and all of those wins were against playoff teams.

With a spot in the College Football Playoffs potentially hanging in the balance, the Fighting Irish take on one of their longest - standing and fiercest rivals: Navy.

A seven - week series of intense matches will begin September 16th with the top four teams earning a spot in the continental Final Playoffs (US and EU).

Zack Snyder took to Twitter to drop this dark new TV spot for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, tagging it in connection with the NFL Playoff games (during which it will be shown).

The Call of Duty World League playoff run is heating up, with four Group B teams fighting for that 4th and final spot in the Stage 1 Playoffs.