Sentences with word «playoff»

Message sending time isn't when you are trying to win games in playoff series.

Yeah, having been at basically all of playoff games in recent years, I can confidently report that we fans are no better or worse than we've ever been.

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

When you combine that with this coaching staff and roster, you get a squad that wins a lot of regular season games and competes for playoff spots.

I do nt care that they have not made playoffs.

And a for sure playoff team in the east.

Warriors blew a 14 point lead in this building in the 2013 playoffs with like only 5 minutes to go.

A couple of nothing teams are simply proving that the last playoff spot is the home of the first loser.

So in other words, both are rounding into playoff form nicely, just in time for this series.

With the college football playoff incoming, more than a half - dozen cities are looking to host the title game in 2016 and 2017.

They've made memorable playoff runs in each of the last two years, but they've yet to make a Western Conference finals.

If not, their # 1 Seed come playoff time could be in jeopardy..

The will have to draw on their experience from multiple playoff series to even the series and send it to a deciding Game 7.

He returned sooner than expected, then earned his spot in the 16 - driver playoffs on the strength of winning four times in five races.

With a loss they could somehow be on the outside looking in come playoff time.

Wait a couple of months or even until playoffs start and you can buy the game for half the original price and still enjoy the game in the height of the current football season.

I'm with you on rings are what matters, but you need to build an experience bridge to get there, learn how to win playoff games first then win it all.

The first playoff appearance of his career is no certainty because the Western Conference is so tough.

As we turn to the final week, there are several scenarios that Teams are looking at in terms of their potential playoff seeds..

They were in legitimate danger of falling out of the Western Conference playoff race.

That number includes both regular season and postseason games; although the percentage was slightly lower during playoffs when public bettors are increasingly willing to take underdogs.

In other news, we still have no idea how the Western Conference's playoff picture is going to shake out.

The loser of this game is likely eliminated from playoff contention.

The first playoff committee meeting rankings of the year.

When they expect you to choose the bowling league playoffs over your son's baptism, it's not you.

The Jazz would perhaps be better off in the lottery, but their super streak has them in the thick of the hunt for the final playoff spot out west.

A second - round playoff appearance that ended just shy of the conference finals.

For purposes of home court advantage, ties will be broken pursuant to the procedures used for breaking two - team ties for playoff position.

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.

When analyzing the various playoff scenarios, look for situations where a team playing late has its game become meaningless IF a certain result occurs in the early games.

IMO, we have the better roster overall and we had home court but yet here we sit down 0 - 3 looking at our tenth straight playoff losses square in the face.

With the postseason picture ever changing, here is what you need to know as teams make their final playoff push.

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

There have been seven sudden death playoffs since the format changed to that.

* No need to trade for cup or playoff experience yet.

Because they take into account predicted results for the final weeks of the regular season, these projections won't change when the new playoff rankings come out.

We like these analyses because they often give different angles on playoff match - ups.

And nobody gave him anything on the two playoff holes.

But that's my opinion after watching playoff hockey for 45 of my 53 years.

Their 17th straight win was the first playoff victory since 2012.

Good playoff teams need those kinds of special plays.

There are a lot of stakes in this game with playoff implications on the line.

Now that my basketball team won't be in playoffs again I have more money.

And then you have to wait to see which teams get hot at the end in section playoffs.

I agree he fills our 2 biggest needs but he's a liability in late playoffs because his defense is so bad.

We know it's not perfect, but here's what those behind the new college playoff system got right and wrong.

Both clubs are currently the No. 2 seeds in their respective conferences and are expected to make deep playoff runs.

A couple of more playoff teams have some housekeeping to do in the early window.

I still don't expect playoffs next year, but I DO expect to see visible and measurable improvement.