Sentences with phrase «playoff position»

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

It's hard for me to give up on a season like that, though, when they're in playoff position.

Both teams continue battling for favorable playoff position with the regular season drawing to a close.

The team is currently holding down the final playoff position, not by much, but so much better position than last year.

I feel like they are better than most of the teams on their schedule, which should help playoff position, if they are as good as I hope they are.

Season points determines playoff positioning and regulation status, playoff determines champions?

And they might have to keep up that unlikely pace, because playoff positioning in the Western Conference is as competitive as ever.

You have a team that was lighting it up after the new year, and put themselves into solid playoff position.

The Tacoma Stars have two regular season games remaining, sitting one game out of playoff position.

Colorado has outscored opponents 37 - 15 in the last nine games and has not trailed during the winning streak, which has moved the team into playoff position in the Western Conference.

The third and penultimate episode will feature an in - depth look at G2 Esports» rise to prominence in the North American professional scene, as they face the most recent Rocket League Championship Series winners Gale Force eSports in a duel for playoff position at ELEAGUE.

The Avalanche now have 64 points, just two behind Minnesota for the last playoff position.

The Canes will look to extend a three game win streak and vault back into playoff position tonight with a win as they take on the Red Wings.

He's received Coach of the Year push for keeping the decimated Boston team in good playoff position, but that honestly had a lot to do with the Cavaliers» foibles and how big a cushion the C's had built up when (relatively) healthy.

I would think that Brown sees the immense playoff positioning value that comes with finishing with the 3 seed.

The floodgates have been opened and these guys still have a great opportunity to climb up and into a great Playoff position before the Season concludes..

Both teams come into the game looking to solidify playoff positioning.

II title from the same playoff positioning, the No. 3 seed, and on the same field in Dublin they had done it on four years prior.

It's been horrible thus far and Toronto FC should not sit quietly by as this injustice might cost them a chance at a meaningful playoff position.

Adding more pressure to this weekend is that Frankfurt play 7th place Hoffenheim who could vault them with a win and knock them out of the Europa League playoff position as well.

While most squads are jockeying for playoff position in Week 10, the 49ers (0 - 9) and Giants (1 - 7) are battling for draft order.

The Chiefs know that Alex Smith will play well enough to put them in playoff position at bare minimum.

Chicago, 11 games back in the Central, was also in contention for the last playoff position.

Gabriel Landeskog, Blake Comeau and Tyson Barrie also scored to help the Avalanche remain in playoff position with 10 games remaining.

Seven of the eight MLB teams in playoff position last weekend were expected, more or less, to be there — they were no worse than cofavorites in their division or a top contender for the wild card when the season began.

Memphis looked like they were fighting for playoff position tonight.

Due to this, they are within six points off Sheffield United, who are currently clinging onto the final playoff position.

Both # 3 Massel and # 6 Nolan improved their Playoff positioning with 1 - point Wins on Thursday Night.

The injury to Austin Brown certainly hurt their overall record and, thus, their Playoff positioning..

We'll see how they play against the Washington Wizards, then that will give us an idea on how they will play against teams fighting for playoff positioning or a spot like Utah Jazz (Mar. 21), Milwaukee Bucks (Mar. 25), LA Clippers (Apr. 3), LA Lakers (Apr. 4) and New Orleands Hornets (Apr. 11).

Maybe if they were fighting for a playoff position they'd have played like this for months?

Portland would head into the last week of the season - One point behind RSL and Seattle, knowing at least one of them has to drop points because they play each other; or - One point ahead of SKC and in a playoff position heading into Vancouver; or - Tied with SKC (and the tiebreaker would be close depending on how many goals Portland can score on Colorado), one point behind Seattle, and two behind RSL, again knowing that at least one of RSL and Seattle must to drop points.

However, given the number of new faces, it was always going to take time for the squad to gel, and although the table doesn't make for great reading currently, two wins in the next two games could lift Villa up to the cusp of being in the playoff positions.

QPR are 15th in the Championship table — 11 points adrift of the playoff positions.

Unlike Keane, however, he has failed to produce against the league's best — scoring a paltry two against sides in the playoff positions.

The Nuggets are clinging to playoff position — they're 17 - 14 and currently hold the eighth spot in the Western Conference — but they could really use a high - quality win on national television, say, against the Thunder, to right the ship.

The Grizzlies are currently in a close race for playoff positioning in the Western Conference.

It feels like the hard - earned, character victory than a team fighting to defend its playoff position needs.

This is a great time of the year for sports fans — and especially sports investors — as the baseball season is starting up, the hockey playoffs are heating up, and NBA teams are jockeying for playoff position.

Had Kahne not snapped his 102 - race slump, Bowyer would still hold a playoff position instead of being 33 points behind Matt Kenseth, possessing the final transfer position entering the Overton's 400 Sunday at Pocono Raceway.

Week 2 is now behind us and teams are already jockeying for playoff position.

They have looked good in other sports this Summer and have a few more weeks to improve their Playoff position.

Burfict's bad blood with the Steelers really boiled over in a Week 8 game between two teams jockeying for a playoff position.

A third consecutive defeat here for Team Schwartz could be devastating for their playoff positioning.

«It was a great win, short - handed and on the road against a good team fighting for playoff position,» Warriors coach Steve Kerr said.

They will take on Team Colmery in the League's final week as they continue to jostle for Playoff positioning.

Somewhere around the middle of the fourth quarter in a critical game for playoff positioning, it became clear that the Blazers needed more than Damian Lillard's normal routine of greatness to force the Lakers to yield their double - digit lead.