Sentences with phrase «out of the playoffs last»

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

Not exact matches

They won their last nine out of 10 games, and made the playoffs.

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.»

Miami returns to the playoffs after missing out two of the last three seasons.

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.

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.

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.

If Dallas beats Seattle, which seems more likely now with Alonso suspended, and Portland beats Colorado, then Portland will control our own playoff fate heading into the last week of the season, regardless of how RSL / SKC turns out.

Just show them the same shit they saw last year and let them have this as their only tape of us against them, then we break out the good shit against them in the playoffs.

Saunders, by contrast, is burdened by years of playoff failurein Minnesota (his Timberwolves made it out of the first round only once innine - plus seasons) and the memory of last year when, in his first season, his64 - win Pistons lost in the Eastern finals to the Miami Heat.

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.

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.

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

Penguins 4 % Chance win Division 59 % Chance 2nd in Division 22 % Chance 3rd in Division 9 % Chance WC1 5 % Chance WC2 1 % Chance Last team out of playoffs

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.

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.

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.

The last team before the Clippers to knock Memphis out of the playoffs was Oklahoma City, winning in seven games in 2010 - 11.

Just like the Mavs swept the reigning champion Lakers out of last year's playoffs, the Thunder did the same to them, which OKC fans have to consider a good omen for a team with championship - or - bust type expectations.

Tuesday morning, with his team 7 - 8 and out of the playoffs, in a no - win situation coaching his last game on Sunday at the Jets, where he had last been fired, Ryan took control in the only way he viewed he could take control.

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.

True, Phoenix had finished a 59 - 23 regular season by winning eight of its last nine games, had swept the Portland Trail Blazers in the opening playoff round and then last week had blown out Houston in Games 1 and 2 in Phoenix.

They're going to be favored in two out of their last three remaining games against the Patriots, Vikings and Jets, but a 9 - 7 record likely wouldn't be enough to capture a playoff berth considering the strength of the AFC West and North.

All of that followed a dramatic playoff at last month's Northwestern Mutual World Challenge in which he prevailed over Woods, who could only smirk in knowing respect for Johnson's hole - out for par on the final hole of regulation following an uncharacteristic shank into the hazard that seemed to sew up the win for the tourney host.

The man who lost to Woods in a 19 - hole playoff at last year's U.S. Open — Tiger's last appearance before knee surgery — pulled out of the Buick Invitational after having arthroscopic surgery on his left knee.

Lawrence started to stand out when he was finally healthy and it was since last games of that season not until playoffs.

Last fall, these guys were at or near the top for seemingly the entire Regular Season before faltering a bit down the stretch and bowing out in the Elite8 round of the Playoffs.

«You go out and try to win a league title to control home field in the playoffs, but none of that matters if you lose your last game.»

While the Western division crown is out of the picture for Team James, if they can rack up a couple of wins over the last three weeks, they'll be able to move up in the standings and improve upon their playoff seeding.

In fact, Rodriguez has batted.281 and has an.865 OPS (on - base plus slugging percentage) against Boston since becoming a Yankee, including the playoffs and last weekend when he reached base eight times in 11 plate appearances as New York lost two out of three games.

If you're somehow wondering why Indians fans might not take this lead for granted, please recall: in addition to the franchise's streak of not winning a World Series since 1948, the last two times the Red Sox and Indians faced each other in the playoffs, Boston pulled out victories following 2 - 0 and 3 - 1 Cleveland leads.

As for the Panthers getting one, we've been to the playoffs 4 out of the last 5 years.

Honestly, in spite of how much I try to shove it to the back of my mind, I hold out a secret hope that (unlike last year), we start to peak with a month or two left in the season and go into the playoffs on a tear.

Last year they were able to make a deep playoff run without Didier Drogba who is definitely out of the picture now.

It's been far too long that this club has been out of the Premier League, and after coming so close last year to the playoffs, missing out on them this year has a portion of the fans in close to open revolt.

Jacksonville better not get caught looking ahead to its Week 2 matchup with the Patriots, who knocked them out of the playoffs in dramatic fashion last season.

Leeds are currently joint top of the Championship table, having beaten Ipswich 3 - 2 over the weekend, but Christiansen has earmarked several targets to strengthen his squad in the winter, with the club having narrowly missed out on the playoffs last season after finishing 7th.

Woods provided 27 goals in 44 league outings for the Peacocks last term, but despite his extreme efforts, the Yorkshire club missed on the playoffs owing to a patchy form in the dying stages of the campaign.

Cuomo in his State of the State address last month gave a shout - out to the Bills: «We ended the drought in Buffalo, returning to the playoffs for the first time since 1999, «Go Bills!