Sentences with phrase «playoff game this year»

By the same token if Joey Anderson somehow gets into a playoff game this year, do the Devils also lose protection on him?

Two of the three Playoff games this year were classics: the title game and the Rose Bowl semi between UGA and Oklahoma.

Russell Westbrook has three triple - doubles in ten playoff games this year, and is +1200 to get another today in LA.

That's hardly surprising considering the majority of bets have been placed on the over in every playoff game this year.

Not exact matches

As part of the $ 5.2 billion, 12 - year agreement announced today, Rogers obtains the national rights on all platforms to every NHL game through the 2025 - 26 campaign — including all playoff games and the Stanley Cup Final.

Both the Masters and March Madness are among the most popular annual events with sports bettors, with an estimated $ 9.2 billion collectively bet on this year's college playoff games.

Announced on Monday, the three - year deal grants Tencent exclusive streaming rights to live and on - demand NFL games in China, including all regular season and playoff games as well as the Super Bowl.

Years later, former NBA referee Tim Donaghy, who resigned and later admitted to gambling on NBA games, suggested that the conspiracy was true noting that he heard a game had been fixed that matched the description of the playoff game.

«It wasn't worth me giving up $ 9 million a year, or 82 games plus the playoffs, then having a crappy year and being bought out,» he told the Fort Worth Star - Telegram.

That Jared Goff will have Sean McVay (the likely coach of the year), Todd Gurley (an MVP candidate), and an elite defense around him should make his first playoff game a bit easier, even against the reigning NFC champions.

Tebow, who has become a religious figure because of his late game heroics and devout Christian faith, led the Broncos to the playoffs this year.

How come everytime something happens to a jewish person / team / organization it's all over the news??? My old Seventh Day Adventist basketball team was in the same position about 15 years ago in Portland, (Playoff game fell on Friday, the Sabbath, and we didn't play) and the press was called - NO COVERAGE!!

Going to church on a sunday is as exciting as watching the 162nd baseball game of the year between two teams who have missed the playoffs... what's the point?

But then came his dominatingstint with the Brewers down the stretch last year: Traded to Milwaukee inmidseason, Sabathia ignored the pleas of his agent and risked his loomingfinancial bonanza as a free agent by starting three games on three days» rest, throwing seven complete games, going 11 — 2 with a 1.65 ERA and carryingMilwaukee into the playoffs for the first time in 26 years.

But I hope on Sunday that is not what the Flyers bring to their first home playoff game in two years.

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.

Here's a few things to remind you why it's silly: The Rangers won 10 games in a row last year, there were two week stretches of last season where the Angels were better than the Astros, the Angels have yet to play a serious contender, as already stated the Reds were 1st in the NL Central to start the season, the Brewers were in first until a little bit after the all start break (if I remember correctly), literally thousands of other examples of teams starting hot and then finishing outside of the playoffs.

The Brewers trail the Cardinals, last year's September wonders, by 2 1/2 games for the final playoff berth, and they have no games left against the Redbirds.

We'll see next year if Chuck starts taking the Celtics in high profile games and the playoffs.

like who really expects not just a rookie, but a 19 year old rookie with only a dozen professional games under his belt, to just come into the playoffs against a veteran and physical team like the Heat and play really well?

The real proof will be next year when the Celtics should be picked to win almost every game / playoff series they play.

I don't think I've called the Panthers right all year, including the first Bears game, when I had them winning, and the Giants playoff, which I picked them to lose.

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.

Couper Moorhead mentioned on twitter that two years ago the Heat opened up the playoffs with a franchise record setting offensive performance against Charlotte in a game 1 win.

He had four fumbles in 2016, one of which he lost; three fumbles in the regular season this year, of which two were lost; oh, and another fumble in the Divisional round of the playoffs on the first drive of the game against the Falcons.

Three years after Ohio State jumped Baylor and TCU to make the Playoff and one year after Ohio State made it in despite not winning the Big Ten, some folks at Ohio State's 247Sports message board wonder whether ESPN, a company that wants lots of games between big - name teams, exerted influence against the Buckeyes» enormously popular brand.

We went through the last 10 years of Capitals playoff failures to highlight the burden they carry into Game 7 and how wonderful it'll feel if they shed it.

«Well he's a first year starter in his first playoff game / conference championship / Superbowl...» I'll ride the disrespect all the way to a ring like Philly just did.

I want multiple years we are hosting a playoff game or two at Metlife.

Relative to the Caps, that was one of the most «almost» flawless playoff games I have seen them play in 30 + years of fandomhood.

You hate to hang your hopes on the schedule, but that's the Browns» biggest strength: Only three of Cleveland's 16 games this year are against teams that made the playoffs last year.

A goalie two years removed from winning the Vezina Trophy watched the first 100 - plus minutes of his team's opening playoff series from the bench, while his three - year backup was tabbed to ride his 10 - game hot streak into the biggest games of his life.

Team Saltzman, the Runners - Up a year ago, tapped into their past Playoff experience and began to take control of the Game.

We knew entering the League's final night of 2016 that we'd have New Champions as # 8 ZBT avenged their Championship Game Loss from a year ago during the Opening Round to oust 2015 Champs AEPi from the 2016 Playoffs.

Many of you reading this are also likely avid fantasy football players, so with the fantasy football playoffs just around the corner, the «intensity» of that game is increasing this time of year as well.

How many teams in the NBA have been to the playoffs 4 — 6 years with three 2nd round appearances... how many have won your 50 games or gotten to the ECF / WCF?

They had dropped 5 in a row before defeating last year's Runners - Up Team Kozin in a Game that felt like people's Playoff lives were on the line..

A year ago, they were preparing for an Opening Round Volleyball Game and had a quick exit from the Playoffs.

After averaging 23 points and seven assists per game last season, Jones - Smoots will have to watch his team contend in a competitive Delta League this season as they look to top last year's 20 - 10 record and playoff berth.

With 4 to play they are just 2 Games Back of getting to the much heralded 7th seed and would be in an extremely familiar position to the one they found themselves in at the start of last year's Playoff run that ended with them in the Championship Game..

The Pelicans are back in the NBA playoffs this year, and as a No. 6 seed against a Trail Blazers club that only beat New Orleans by a single game in the standings.

It's unprecedented and it's unlikely, but this year, a Stanley Cup Playoffs play - in game is entirely...

They'd move on to face the 9 or 10 seed next — a Team that fought all year to get a seed in the top half of the League but now all of a sudden is staring one of the hottest Teams in the League in their first Playoff Game.

Those flaws are more visible in playoff games against playoff teams, but still 10th seems about right for the year he had.

Five games are on the NBA docket Tuesday night, including a matchup from last year's playoffs and the NBA's favorite story of the year so far, the struggling Lakers taking on a streaking Rockets team.

So if the Giants are working on a 5 - 7 year project, does that mean the Cowboys are currently in the midst of year 22 of «trying to figure out how to win two dang playoff games in a row»?

People seem to forget that the read option wasn't a big part of San Francisco's game plan until the playoffs last year.

Colorado is similarly wealthy in young talent: Chris Drury, 25, wing Milan Hejduk, 25, and Alex Tanguay, 21, were the Avalanche's top three scorers last year after Sakic and Forsberg and are proven playoff forces, notably Tanguay, who had two goals in Game 7 of the finals.

Hopefully it's not a blowout like most of the playoff games were this year.

Not sexy but the game is still won in the trenches; they need DT, OT and Stud LB and should get over the hump and into the playoffs Drafting a QB who won't play for 2 years is a wasted pick in my opinion unless you are rebuilding your team