In the NBA Finals
teams facing elimination have done even worse.
Teams facing elimination that are underdogs have gone 27 - 54 (33.3 %) straight - up and 38 -41-2 (48.1 %) ATS in the last five years.
Whether they're favored to win or lose,
teams facing elimination haven't performed any better than the rest of teams at home in the playoffs.
Since 1991,
teams facing elimination in the NBA Finals have gone 10 - 20 ATS and 9 - 21 straight up.
Dating back to 2012, Verlander has pitched 24 consecutive scoreless innings in games with
his team facing elimination, tied for the longest such streak in postseason history per Elias.
Not exact matches
Former Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona had a similar, difficult decision when his
team was
facing elimination against the Yankees in the 2004 playoffs.
Team Maione would have to go right into
Elimination Game territory and
face off with # 3
Team Kaufman.
They will have to
face # 4
Team Hernandez in the first
Elimination Game of the Summer..
# 11
Team Sternberg fell into
ELIMINATION GAME territory and will
face # 19
Team Kaplan — a
Team that has not won since October — and a group they defeated a month or so ago.
Team Zimmerman in the first
ELIMINATION GAME of Week 5 with the Winner
facing 3.
For
Team Berzon, they were
facing elimination for the first time this season and with their backs against the wall they rallied to take Game 2 by a score of 25 - 22..
Team popchips will
face the Winner of our first
ELIMINATION GAME for the right to take part in the Championship and hopefully get retribution on # 1..
They moved on to
face # 1
Team Guggenheim and # 5
Team Roberson will go to
Elimination Game territory next week.
For
Team Maione, they now move into the
Elimination zone and will
face the Winner of 11.
Team Holzman are off during Week 3 and
face Elimination Games in Week 4.
Sometimes you are a horrible match up against the
team you are
facing in this single -
elimination rock - paper - scissors game of playoff football.
It would have been more interesting if the streak had held when either
team was
facing elimination, but even then it's not that notable.
I guess it only counts if the home
team is
facing elimination, so nothing to note here.
That said, it's not advisable to take the series price when a playoff
team is
facing elimination.
I'm guessing he isn't at 100 %, but is going to give it everything he's got, since his
team is
facing elimination.
There are many instances where playoff
teams can be
facing elimination whether it's the NCAA Tournament, NFL Playoffs or their opponent is one win away from advancing to the next round.
There's also been some value on the under when
teams are
facing elimination, with the under going 23 - 16 over that same time period.
Since 2005, not including Wild Card games, there have been 83
teams that have
faced elimination at home.
Since 2005, 93
teams (not counting Wild Card games) have
faced elimination at home.
Mandzukic had his own issues with Glik as stoppage time approached as the Pole completely melted down in the
face of his
team's
elimination.
Over three weeks each spring, 68 college
teams compete,
facing immediate
elimination if they lose.
This map is featured in games where players will
face off in an
elimination style match, knocking players out one by one until the opposing
team has zero players alive.