Sentences with phrase «playoff games a season»

When New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi decided to bench star third baseman Alex Rodriguez in the 9th inning of a playoff game this season, he chose to replace one of the all - time greatest hitters in MLB history with Raul Ibanez, an aging pinch hitter.

They earned the Win in their first Playoff Game this season and now move on to a date with Cinderella # 16 Team Schwartz squad..

The Packers» offense has outscored their opponents, 257 - 156, during their current eight - game winning streak, with Rodgers passing for at least 350 yards and multiple touchdowns in his two playoffs game this season.

In each of his two playoff games this season, he's had three tackles.

The Patriots covered ATS once again in the Divisional Round despite a huge number of -16, while the Steelers obviously covered their second straight playoff game this season.

The Warriors allowed only eight runs in four playoff games a season ago and gave up 24 in their final 16 - game run.

Tonight's total opened 212.5 at Bookmaker and, as has been the case in every playoff game this season, the majority of bettors are taking the over.

Not exact matches

If the season ended today, the Vikings would be preparing for a home playoff game as the third seed in the NFC.

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.

«Verizon's portfolio of premium digital and mobile media properties, including Yahoo Sports, will stream in - market and national games, including national pre-season, regular season, playoff games, and the Super Bowl nationwide to sports fans — regardless of mobile network,» Verizon, the no. 1 U.S. wireless carrier, said in a statement.

We'll have eight teams play a 14 - game season, and a two - week playoff with four teams in the playoffs.

Are you ready to kickstart the next onslaught of game day eats for the NBA Playoffs and the start of the MLB season?

I think that — for the last 6 - 8 games of the season (once it is assured that we are going to make the playoffs), that we go into «load management» mode — especially for Embiid, Simmons and Saric.

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 Packers ended the season with a 12 - 4 record after averaging an NFL - high 39.8 points per game while winning all eight home games, and so it is the first time in NFL playoff history that a team with a perfect home record faces one with a perfect away record.

Leach capped his 61 - goal regular season by scoring another 19 in 16 playoff games, topping Phil Esposito's overall mark (79) set in 1970 - 71.

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.

Chris Boucher as mentioned below is a two - way, so he won't factor in the playoffs, but would love to see him get a lot of minutes in the remaining games this season if he's healthy enough.

Next 2 games on the road will tell us something, if we can't perform I don't think we will do much in playoffs, Clippers will be tough there season is on the line, either they will come out swinging or fold like a pack of cards, we will see

This will also create regional rivalries through the six regular season games plus two rounds of playoffs teams play in - conference.

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.

The NFL had a singular championship game even before the Super Bowl era, but the college game didn't adopt a system with a guaranteed consensus champion until the Playoff began in the 2014 season.

Tampa Bay defeated Edmonton, 3 - 1, on Sunday, snapping its two - game losing streak, and clinching a playoff spot for the fourth time in the last five seasons.

With just one game left on their schedule, they could end the season five points off the playoff ticket.

Team Mazurek was coming into this Elite8 Matchup coming off back to back Playoff Ws and then managed to win the first game in this one... For the first time all Season Team Kirshner was pushed up against the wall..

The Lakers were able to win their first round playoff matchup with the Nuggets last season, but looked overmatched as they lost in five games to the aforementioned Thunder.

They won 56 games in their first season back in New Orleans and reached the second round of the playoffs.

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

They are going to finish the Season w / a Top - 3 seed and their Game on Wednesday will determine if they are the # 1 seed heading into the Playoffs.

Entering the final week of the NFL regular season the playoff picture is almost set, but there remain a number of meaningful games to be played in week 17.

Whoever comes out of this Game with their Playoff life still in tact is a real threat to pull the biggest upset of the Season..

Boston (93 - 68) has been vying for AL East supremacy with the playoff - bound New York Yankees (91 - 70) all season long, and now lead the division by an insurmountable two games with one left to play.

That 6th spot is very crucial in terms of the Playoffs as the teams seeded 7 - 10 will have to win an extra game to hold the crown at Season's end and in a Single Elimination Playoff setting you don't want extra games.

The Massel crew has been on top nearly all season long and as they have a few All Sports Series vets, they know all about top seeds falling in their Opening Playoff Game..

It's hard to say that there's a Game with true Playoff implications this early in the Season but next week they will take place in the co-Accelerated Games of the Week when they line - up against Team Zimmerman..

They are off this week, so they have extra time to regain their composure as they will face - off in the first Elimination Game of the Season in Week 3 of the Playoffs.

After recording a touchdown catch in eight straight regular - season games, Ngata exploded for 679 yards and 11 scores in the playoffs.

Our data shows that since the 2005 - 06 season tipped off, playoff games have gone Under the total at a higher rate than regular season games.

They start in the Opening Round this season and will have to win an extra Playoff Game to get back to the Crown..

Being that we are now over the 60 % mark of the Regular Season and with six regular season games remaining, now is the time to kick it into high - gear, grab some W's and secure those top Playoff Season and with six regular season games remaining, now is the time to kick it into high - gear, grab some W's and secure those top Playoff season games remaining, now is the time to kick it into high - gear, grab some W's and secure those top Playoff spots!

Alabama is at -1000 to make the playoff, and they look to be assured of a spot even if they lose a regular season game.

Yes, the Wizards showed they could dominate a team in the playoffs that swept them in the regular season, but those games they lost to Toronto were were more competitive than the ones they lost to Atlanta.

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.

For Team Schwartz, they exit earlier than hoped, but they finished the Regular Season in the top - half and played well in their Playoff Game.

The 1,230 - game regular - season schedule has concluded, and the NHL playoffs are finally set to begin this evening.

The win marked the sixth time since the start of the 2017 - 18 season the Penguins posted at least five goals against the Flyers, including twice in three games in the playoffs.

As the Regular Season comes to a close, they have one Game left to focus on before the Playoffs begin.

After adjusting the season type to include both regular season and playoff games, we utilized the «home / visitor» filter to focus solely on road teams.

For the Chiefs, this gives them another roster spot for a while and let's them see what the depth at that position looks like this season in real games in case Tamba can't contribute in the late season or playoffs.

But in a recent interview, Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany laid out his main argument for OSU getting into the Playoff, if it beats Wisconsin: playing nine conference games during the regular season and having no FCS games on its schedule.