Sentences with phrase «of the playoffs»

My team hasn't made it past the first round of the playoffs for seven years straight.

A bad week is the difference between the No. 3 seed and being out of the playoffs entirely in this environment.

Instead, they'll be lucky to win a couple of playoff games.

Some guys are anxious because they're in the middle of a playoff race and they know every loss puts them further away from their ultimate goal.

They were the talk of the town in the first week of the playoffs.

At the start of the playoffs most of us would have said we'd be happy to be tied after 4 games.

While all twelve of these playoff teams have to be excited with their seasons up to this point, the same can be said for contrarian bettors.

He was subsequently shut down for the remainder of the playoffs.

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

With so much of the rest of the playoff picture already painted, this two - team (and possibly three - team) race is a welcome one.

More important, he could look forward to advancing past the second round of the playoffs for the first time in his career.

The rest of the playoff picture is incredibly cloudy.

The way they ran it in the second quarter of Game 1 of their playoff series, it's easy to see why.

Lots of playoff action for the kids right now.

Obviously behind the scenes he doesn't believe a team that has the second round of the playoffs as its ceiling as complete and is trying hard to upgrade wherever possible.

The squad still remains in the thick of the playoff chase.

The team falls out of playoff contention early in the season, never to recover.

These are very difficult to price, so they're rarely offered outside of playoff / championship games.

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

Best games of the playoffs by far in my opinion.

But it's not just that they're winning — they're in the middle of the playoff hunt — it's the way they're doing it.

Three teams down 2 - 0 got their first win of the playoffs last night.

Too bad NO couldn't lose tonight and let us take the 7 seed, but the end of the playoff drought is over and that is what really matters.

I can think of nothing that would heal the disappointment of our playoff loss more than this.

At its heart, the combine is a networking event wrapped around the middle of the playoff calendar.

They finish with a 32 - 50 record and fall well short of playoff contention.

Because of their recent dropped points, they're only inside of the playoff places by three points.

The number of playoff wins by those teams last season?

Once the contract is signed and your team is at the start of playoff season, the operational players take to the ice to implement the strategy of the playbook.

To be sure, this is unlikely to be any sort of playoff contender.

And you just aren't going to avoid controversy in any kind of a playoff bracket, or any kind of a postseason event, no matter what it is.

There would be controversy with any kind of a playoff - four teams, eight teams, sixteen teams.

Naturally they'll be pretty fed up of the playoffs from the last few years so I think they are desperate to get that automatic spot.

So, in his position, is Parent, who was voted the MVP of the playoffs for the second straight year.

Fans thrilled to be back in the midst of playoff hockey but teased with so much more.

In this case, bettors naturally assume that any team of playoff quality must be very skilled.

I'm not sure you don't need the reward of a shot creator even more under the heat of playoff defense.

Like them, we could theoretically end up out of the playoffs still I believe if we blew it in the last two games and the others in the hunt win out.

The home games feature four teams out of the playoff chase.

While the top of the playoff picture is all but settled in both conferences, the race for the wild card is still going strong.

But the addition of a teams best player and the excitement of playoffs can do wonders for mental exhaustion.

This could be the best series of the playoffs regardless of outcome.

I expected more of a playoff atmosphere last night and frankly was disappointed.

Sometimes you are a horrible match up against the team you are facing in this single - elimination rock - paper - scissors game of playoff football.

They are back in control of their playoff dreams.

The veterans mentioned above have likely played more than an entire season's worth of playoff games this decade.

It's a classic clip and it's going to be one of the highlights of this playoffs.

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

It seems that the learning process of the playoff hockey by many of our inexperienced players is going well.