Sentences with phrase «playoff matchup»

What began as a way to keep my mind off of my upcoming fantasy football playoff matchup has blossomed into a full - on love affair.

This potential playoff matchup headlines a Saturday slate, but two other Western Conference heavy hitters have our attention, too.

When the Texans come to Gillette Stadium Sunday Jan. 13, they'll be 9.5 - point underdogs in the AFC divisional playoff matchup.

The Wrap - Up this week is going to preview each Playoff Matchup from both the Opening Round and Elite8 Hoops games.

The Indiana Pacers dominated Game 1 of their playoff matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday.

This one had all the makings of a really great Playoff matchup.

Next week should be fun and a possible preview of a late round Playoff Matchup..

Although the Spurs closed as 3.5 - point favorites when they most recently hosted the Rockets, San Antonio actually opened as 4.5 - point home favorites at Pinnacle for tonight's playoff matchup.

When the Cowboys jumped offside during the Packers» first drive of their playoff matchup, the two - time MVP jumped on the opportunity.

The Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers square off this weekend in a rough - and - tumble NFC Wild Card playoff matchup that reprises the regular season finale for both teams.

In addition to Anthony not playing, the Knicks will also still be missing a pair of Game 1 starters from last season's Eastern Conference playoff matchup.

Staying in third would mean a first - round playoff matchup with the Golden State Warriors.

There was a few times during the playoff matchup where Rodgers seemingly refused to look his way.

In their playoff matchup on Saturday night in New England, they know they may be able to bait him, but also realize he has the make - up speed and tools to adjust on the fly and turn a play upside down.

Durant even missed Games 2 and 3 of the Warriors» first - round playoff matchup against the Portland Trail Blazers.

This Team isn't an optimal Playoff matchup early..

In this highly anticipated playoff matchup, the Pittsburgh Steelers opened as an 8 - point favorite at the market - setting Cris sportsbook and, according to Sports Insights» NFL Betting Trends, is currently receiving 56 % of all spread bets.

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.

The Saints have a 2 - 0 lead on the Panthers heading into the playoff matchup with 34 - 13 and 31 - 21 victories in the contests.

This is the first time they're the higher seed in a playoff matchup and still they're not getting it done.

Alabama and Clemson played the first of their three consecutive college football playoff matchups.

Basically, these two Teams hold much of the early Playoff matchups in their hands..

We are going to highlight the Playoff Matchups that are in - store for us on Monday Night's Playoff Volleyball.

The Wrap - Up is changing up formats this week — no more Power Rankings — instead we will dive into the Playoff matchups that are coming this Monday Night!

It was a postseason struggle, though, that was swept under the rug as the Warriors swept through their first three playoff matchups en route to the NBA Finals.

Two weeks ago I was minding my own business, watching film of the previous weekend's NFL Divisional playoff matchups, specifically the Broncos» victory over the Steelers because I was working on a piece about longtime Steelers rush linebacker James Harrison.

The 2 best players on Portland also face tough playoff matchups — I had overlooked playoff Rondo, but it's a real thing.

Who do you think is going to win tonight's epic Game 7 NBA playoffs matchup?

Lastly, it's worth noting that the three officials for tonight's Game 7 NBA Playoffs matchup seem to favor visitors historically.

With only one weekend remaining in the NFL's regular season, it would take an MIT Ph. D. to compute all of the potential playoff matchups

As for the NFC playoff matchups, Dallas seems destined to host the wild card team — let's say Chicago for fun — and Los Angeles most likely will entertain the home folk with Minnesota.

But Belichick wore blue for both of the team's playoff matchups, the Divisional round game against the Ravens and the AFC Championship game against the Colts.

Based on these win totals, we are able to project the potential first round playoff matchups for each conference.

Based on these odds, we can project the most likely playoff matchups along with the lookahead lines from the Golden Nugget.

There are 3 places from Africa still to be determined from group play, as well as 4 spots from playoff matchups in Europe and 2 in intercontinental playoff matchups.

Even the 15 teams with playoff berths clinched had plenty at stake as zero playoff matchups were set.

The only major changes before the playoff matchups start on Thursday are Peru -LRB--1200 to -1000), Australia -LRB--120 to -125) and Croatia -LRB--300 to -350).

Friday also marks the start of the intercontinental playoff matchups with New Zealand hosting Peru, and Honduras hosting Australia.

Next Week, we'll Preview the Playoff matchups.

We are going to highlight the Playoff Matchups that are in - store for us on Sunday's Opening Round — Hoops.

On Sunday afternoon right after the playoff matchups were announced, Pinnacle Sportsbook opened Alabama -9.5 over Michigan State.

This is also the highest total (47) of the playoff matchups, so we should at least see some offense in this one.

We're back with another big slate, though, highlighted by a few potential playoff matchups.

Not exact matches

You're still playing just as hard, you're doing all the things, but playoffs means if you have one team to focus on, that means you can study all your regular - season matchups against them, you can learn all the information you need to learn to prepare yourself for this playoff series.

Meanwhile, the ninth seed would host the 10th seed, with the winner of that game facing the loser of the 7 - versus - 8 matchup for the final playoff spot»

And if wiz and 6ers matchup in the playoffs i think it would be a excellent series.

Offense from the defense seems to be a lot harder to come by in the playoffs considering the target that offensive defensemen have in the matchup game.

The Bengals were one of 18 teams that will kick off at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday in a group of games that features several matchups with playoff implications.

ESPN's Basketball Power Index predicts the probability that each high seeded team in the NBA Playoffs will win their first round matchup.

The Divisional Round kicked off with our most avian matchup of the playoffs: the Falcons and the Eagles.