Sentences with phrase «road against a good team»

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

Not exact matches

The third - ranked Sooners would likely have too much offense for the Cyclones, and giving a new quarterback (Kyle Kempt) his first start on the road against a top - five team doesn't usually work out particularly well.

They play well against contenders at home but plays like a lottery team against actual lottery teams on the road.

Florida only has three true road games, and none are against teams projected better than 36th.

On a side note, I couldn't help but think 2 predominant thoughts when watching the game against Bournemouth on the weekend: (1) Wenger is still willing to put his own personal agenda ahead of the team's best interests when it comes to team selection, which luckily for us didn't cost us the 3 points this time and (2) if Eddie Howe is earmarked to be the successor we are in deep trouble because he's simply a poor man's version of our present manager, as he's tactically inept and has an even worse road record.

If they can keep that up against better teams, they have a shot to win some games coming down the road.

OK, so it doesn't look like a serious incident, but surely any road collision is far from ideal when preparing for a crunch match against the best team in England.

It's the end of the road and you should rejoice now because once the inept dinosaur is gone we shall no longer be perennially handicapped underdogs waiting for our turn to exit competitions against better teams..

Though I don't think there are many Eagles doubters left any more, if they can pull off a win on the road against Seattle, I don't think anyone can deny that they are the best team in the NFC.

However, the betting public seems to have a short memory, as 8 out of 10 spread bets are sticking with Atlanta to win by 7 or more against a 5 - 4 Titans team who has been plagued by inconsistency, yet looked good last week in a 30 - 3 upset victory on the road against the high - flying Panthers

If Clemson didn't have South Carolina on the schedule and a potential ACC title game against a decent team, I'd probably drop them to Barely Alive at best even though they were very competitive on the road against an excellent team.

It makes sense that those road teams would be the best to bet against, however, it's reasonable to assume that sportsbooks account for any potential edge when setting the line.

While the road to the state final started off well, the Grizzlies will be tested by matches against other recent section champions, including Bear River and Vista del Lago, as well as tournaments against top teams from the Bay Area.

Clement was on one good foot, a freshman QB in his first start on the road against a top 10 team, a kicker who had never attempted a field goal before, starting a walk - on on the offensive line who also happens to back up every position, as well as the world.

New Orleans is a road underdog against the best team in the NFC.

Nevertheless, Arsenal will get the chance this weekend for a strong early road win against a team higher up in the standings, as well as vengeance for 2013's 3 - 1 loss.

Meanwhile our betting system — which focused on well rested road teams against ranked opponents — improved to 85 - 51 ATS as Miami (+9) lost to Florida State by just 5 - points to cover the spread.

Normally you want to try to avoid road teams but on the road against the Browns is the best road spot you can have.

Arsenal's struggles against big teams on the road last season have been well documented, but they were not too bad against them at the Emirates.

He has Washington in contention for the College Football Playoff and is a big favorite in Week 5 against Cal but his teams perform much better against - the - spread on the road than at home.

The media, as well as folk like us, will use their dismal record on the road this season as a reason why Sir Alex's men should be avoided at all costs against one of the league's up - and - coming teams in Tottenham, whom sailed into the last - 16 of the Champions League and are a dark horse for the Premier League.

Blackburn Rovers put their strong home record of just two Ewood Park defeats well and truly to the test on Saturday against a Birmingham side whom, despite some poor recent away results, have been a difficult team to overcome on the road this season.

Schmetzer's side earned a road win against the best team in the Western Conference, ended their goal drought and got their captain back.

It's often hard for a new action game to stand out at trade shows like E3 and Games Convention when it's up against so many established brands, but Dark Void - assembled by a team of veterans from FASA Interactive's Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge - faces strong competition from within as well as without.

- the eight protagonists won't have similar stories to each other because the team wants players to enjoy different experiences - the other six protagonists will have jobs different from Orberic (Swordsman) and Primrose (Dancer)- Orberic and Primrose were chosen for the demo because their starting points are closer to other party members - each protagonist will have different starting points, so there may be a gap in the progress difficulty - the team is trying to even things out, but they don't want every character to have the same difficulty, as that would be boring - the demo has surpassed 1 million downloads worldwide - a demo was released because they thought simply publishing screenshots and trailers wouldn't convey this game's fun factor - more than 80 % of the overseas player base found the game interesting - there was one player who won against a high - leveled NPC in a Duel, and another who defeated all bar customers - the team had expected the former, they didn't expect the latter - the music was received very well, which comes from composer Yasunori Nishiki - overseas players complained of hard - to - read text, because the UI was based on the Japanese version, which will be adjusted - the biggest complaints were about slow map movement, and the lack of fast - travel - both of these features have been implemented, with faster movement and fast - travel between cities - players also found the screen too dark, so devs are adding waypoints for paths and also bigger roads - there will be an Event Skip feature, as well as the ability to freely watch events that have been already seen.