Sentences with phrase «out of the playoffs for»

After the Spurs were swept out of the playoffs for only the third time in the Popovich era, San Antonio reportedly spoke to at least three teams about deals revolving around Aldridge in exchange for a top - 10 pick in the 2017 NBA Draft.

After the Indiana Pacers were knocked out of the playoffs for the second consecutive year by the Miami Heat, 790 The Ticket's Dan LeBatard, as he has often done before, went off on Lance Stephenson, Larry Bird and the entire Pacers organization.

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.

After the Indiana Pacers were knocked out of the playoffs for the second consecutive year by the Miami Heat, 790 The...

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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.

You can dive into every possible playoff permutation of the NFC and AFC through these useful graphics, but for those simply interested in who's in and who's out, there's a few key games you'll especially want to keep your eye on.

CNN: Playoff game rescheduled for Jewish basketball team that refused to play on Sabbath A Jewish high school basketball team that had opted out of a shot at a Texas state championship because it refused to play on the Sabbath will now get that shot, after a playoff game was rescheduled on ThPlayoff game rescheduled for Jewish basketball team that refused to play on Sabbath A Jewish high school basketball team that had opted out of a shot at a Texas state championship because it refused to play on the Sabbath will now get that shot, after a playoff game was rescheduled on Thplayoff game was rescheduled on Thursday.

I mixed it up yesterday with the intent of baking it for dinner but decided to go out and watch the NFL playoffs with friends.

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.»

Just pointing out the streaky nature of baseball and the reality of what this team was last year... an average team for 93 games then an extremely good team for 69 games plus the playoffs.

The Vikings had been knocked out of the playoffs six hours earlier, and Billick appeals to Clark to let him keep his appointment to interview with Modell for the Baltimore Ravens» head coaching position the next morning; Billick promises to be in Cleveland the day after that.

Ultimately, the goal is to be as prepared as possible, and that includes knocking off the rust for those sat out the Week 17 game vs. the Browns, and will have almost three weeks between game action of the regular season and the playoffs.

They are the team most likely to offer Cousins a max deal for a couple of reasons: Boogie clicked with Anthony Davis, who will be a free agent in the summer of 2021, and New Orleans is capped out either way, so their best bet to field a playoff team in 2019 is to keep Cousins.

If they can get a W on Wednesday Night they will be in excellent position to get out of cellar and into 3rd for the Playoffs.

This run is going to be crucial for their efforts to climb out of the Bottom 4 before the Playoffs..

For Team SigEp, no doubt it was a heart - wrenching way to bow out of the Madison Men's League Playoffs but they have so much to build upon from their Rookie season.

The beauty of the Hoops League is they have MONTHS more to figure everything out and still have time for a Playoff Run.

They ended up dropping the Game in extras but they showed that they are never out of a Game and that is something awfully scare for other Teams come Playoff time!

The WCAL is strong this year as 6 out of the 8 teams have qualified for CCS playoffs.

Of course, for either of these teams to make the playoff they'll need to win out, which would knock the other out of contentioOf course, for either of these teams to make the playoff they'll need to win out, which would knock the other out of contentioof these teams to make the playoff they'll need to win out, which would knock the other out of contentioof contention.

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.

If you're willing to sell off 1st round picks year after year, you should be able to make the playoffs, but any chance of actually competing for a championship is out the window.

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There's always a different sense of urgency out there when both Teams know they are playing for their Playoff lives.

With Blake Griffin out for the rest of the playoffs and the Clippers trailing 3 - 2, the Jazz are now -470 to advance.

Both of them are out for the Playoffs due to work related circumstances.

With five centers on his roster, Shero invariably sits out either Kindrachuk, Clement or Crisp in each game, and for the sixth game of the playoffs it was Crisp who was dressed in street clothes.

We need him to do his thing from here on out for risk of making the playoffs..

If the Chiefs lost again on Sunday it was highly likely that they would fall out of first place in the AFC West for the first time all season and their playoff chances would be in serious jeopardy.

The veteran's unwavering work ethic in practices and games — even though Tampa Bay has long been out of the playoff race — has gotten him on the short list to play for Team Canada in the 2010 Olympics.

«We had such a great season and the playoffs were such a disappointment that the toughest thing for us is to get that out of our minds,» says guard Danny Ainge.

While players stood around watching themselves eke out a playoff victory on the big screen, the calm demeanor of the team's veterans set the tone for the Portland locker room.

While the 2006 loss kept the Sooners out of the running for the national title game, the»08 and»15 Sooners both made the title game / Playoff, each time losing in the Orange Bowl to a team with orange helmets quarterbacked by a dual - threat star (Florida's Tim Tebow and Clemson's Deshaun Watson).

None of Andrew Shaw, Raffi Torres or Marian Hossa will take the ice for their respective teams in Game 4 of a series that started out as the least rough and dirty of all of the NHL's playoff series.

Nick Carle, who was part of the side that knocked Palace out of the Championship playoffs last season, has signed a four - year deal at Selhurt Park for an undisclosed fee, thought to be in the region of # 1million.

As for CBJ, they're looking more and more like the Blues of the east, slowly sliding out of playoff contention.

The Soccer Bowl crowd was unforgiving toward Vancouver for knocking the Cosmos out of the playoffs, but the Caps were unyielding on the field, stopping Rodney Marsh and the Rowdies to win the NASL championship

A loss for either team could put them out of the playoff picture altogether in the NFC East and NFC Wild Card.

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.

Strange as this grade might seem for a playoff team trading away its best player for pennies on dollar, the Clippers did what they could with a decision that was out of their hands.

It tied for the championship of the West Coast Athletic Conference but lost the playoff to Santa Clara, thus missing out on the NCAA Tournament.

He defeated Tim Clark in Shanghai with a hole - out for eagle from the sand on the par - 5 final hole of regulation to force a playoff and a 20 - foot birdie putt on the first extra frame.

Now, the Broncos have slipped out of the playoff standings all together, one game behind the Dolphins for the sixth seed, and two games behind the Chiefs.

The Bears have been out of the playoff picture for weeks now and have just a 2 - 5 record at Soldier Field this year.

It's an interesting game because both teams still have a lot to play for — the Panthers can wrap up home - field advantage with a win, and the Falcons need to win out (and get a lot of help) to make the playoffs.

New York reached its nadir in 1975 when Coach Charley Winner, thinking his team was just a few players away from playoff contention, traded his first, fourth and sixth draft choices for three defensive linemen, two of whom now are out of football.

The matchups with the biggest playoff implications were held until lateron Sunday, and starters for a lot of teams sat out, but the first round of games gave us one storyline worth monitoring: Would the Browns really go 0 - 16?

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.