Playoff game affected The NFL rescheduled a playoff game because of the ice storm.
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TORONTO — Twenty-four seasons, 1,920 regular-season games, 21 playoff series, 260 playoff games.
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The Badgers, No. 5 in the playoff rankings, padded their playoff résumé in a grinding, physical matchup against the Wolverines, who are No. 24 in the playoff rankings.
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Playoff rankings revealed: The College Football Playoff committee announced its first rankings of the season.
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The Western playoff picture is crowded, but a playoff push isn't out of the question.
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The College Football Playoff committee will select this year&aposs playoff teams on December 8.
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Seattle won its 28th straight home playoff game, while Detroit extended its lengthy postseason drought: The Lions have no playoff wins since 1992 and no road playoff wins since 1957.
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It's a playoff for the playoff, so naturally things are heating up between the forever rivals.
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EditorsNote: updates with playoff matchup Playoff-bound Bengals beat Ravens CINCINNATI — The preliminaries are over for the playoff-bound Cincinnati Bengals who now can focus on ending their postseason victory drought.
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Malkin's sixth playoff goal was followed a mere 22 seconds later by Carl Hagelin's sixth playoff goal.
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The Seahawks' playoff streak is the second-longest active run behind New England's nine straight playoff appearances.
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The last-minute flipping of playoff seeds could have a huge impact on the AFC playoff picture.
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The Buccaneers had only two playoff appearances, and no playoff wins, since their Super Bowl title in 593.
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Glass responded well in limited playoff duty, scoring the winning goal in the Rangers' playoff opener in Montreal.
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College Football Playoff veteran Oklahoma is the playoff for the third consecutive year and the fourth time overall.
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Check out their amazing interactive NBA playoff bracket, which doubles as a hub for all their NBA playoff coverage.
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In the two years of a playoff committee, A.P. voters have appeared to take cues from the playoff rankings.
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Eric Gordon added a playoff career-high 210 points with a playoff-best seven 210-pointers for the Rockets.
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"This isn't about winning one playoff game, it's about winning a playoff series," Hornets coach Steve Clifford told reporters.
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Lillard set a franchise playoff scoring record as the Trail Blazers clinched the first-round Western Conference playoff series.
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"That's a playoff team and that might be a deep playoff team," Sixers coach Brett Brown said of the Raptors.
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Oilers lock up playoff spot, put Kings on life support EDMONTON, Alberta — The longest playoff drought in NHL history is over.
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So he procured some faulty math to tell them this: Conference championship + expansion = marginally improved Playoff chances Marginally improved Playoff chances + ????
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If you are likely headed for a playoff bye, think about trading for Elliott as a nice addition come playoff time.
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The Packers-Cowboys playoff game last month, for instance, drew 48.5 million viewers — a record number for a divisional playoff game.
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Then William Nylander scored his first career playoff goal on the first career playoff assists from Auston Matthews and Zach Hyman.
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García Wins in Playoff Sergio García made par on the first playoff hole to win the Byron Nelson in Irving, Tex.
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After bogeying the 18th in regulation to drop into the playoff, Kim rebounded on the par-4 hole in the playoff.
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The selection show is in less than a month and we're officially in a wild playoff to get to the Playoff.
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Buffalo (7-6) stayed alive in the A.F.C. playoff picture, while the Colts (3-10) were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention.
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Shit, forget about playoff wins; the Giants only have four other playoff trips during Eli's time outside of the Super Bowl seasons.
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This team's season already is a success because of a playoff date; a playoff victory would be the cherry on the sundae.
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Playoff teams become also-rans, also-rans become playoff teams, unheralded nobodies become superstars, and superstars find their powers have abandoned them.
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The Flyers trail Detroit and Boston in the playoff race but can secure a playoff berth by winning their final two games.
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The Raptors had lost 10 consecutive opening playoff games, not nine, and Saturday's win was not their first in a playoff opener.
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And thanks to the new playoff format, which adds a seventh team to the postseason in each conference, Cleveland has a chance to earn its first playoff appearance since 29, which would end the longest active playoff drought in the NFL.
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I have the Spurs down as a playoff team largely because I'm too afraid to pick against them after 22 consecutive playoff berths.
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It was the 64th career playoff victory for Fleury, which moved him past Curtis Joseph into 12th place for all-time playoff wins.
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The victory kept Washington alive in the Eastern Conference playoff race, but the chances of landing a third straight playoff berth are low.
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He has the playoff experience the team wanted, leading the Indiana Pacers to four playoff appearances in his five full seasons with the team.
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The top two teams advance to the playoff upper bracket, and the third- and fourth-place teams move on to the playoff lower bracket.
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CHINA OPEN WON IN PLAYOFF Alexander Levy beat Dylan Frittelli in a one-hole playoff to win the European Tour's China Open in Beijing.
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This year was his first playoff appearance since 2016, and the Packers&apos longest playoff run since 2010 when they won the Super Bowl.
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Their playoff hopes continue to dwindle, as they sit three and a half games out of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
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The four-team playoff field will be announced Sunday, when ESPN will air the College Football Playoff Selection Show from noon to 20163 p.m.
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Playoff hockey is good, but playoff hockey played between two teams that seem to genuinely hold each other in contempt is so much better.
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On Sunday, she'll become the first woman to officiate an NFL playoff game as the Patriots and Chargers face off in the AFC divisional playoff.
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It was the 17th playoff goal of Carlson's career, breaking a tie with Kevin Hatcher for most playoff goals by a defenseman in Capitals' history.
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Though the Vikings were the only playoff team with a 1,000-yard rusher, every other playoff team did have a 600- to 133-yard runner.
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After winning their first playoff game Wednesday night and their first overtime playoff game Friday night, the Vegas Golden Knights notched another first Sunday night.
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Using very scientific measures and high level mathematics, I was able to break down every non-playoff team's chances of climbing into a playoff spot.
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Now it's up to the College Football Playoff selection committee to decide whether No. 8 Ohio State has done enough to earn a playoff bid.
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The key to Titans playoff success, however, is Henry, who is harder to tackle than a tank, rushing for 377 yards in two playoff contests.
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Anunoby has missed Toronto's entire playoff run after undergoing an emergency appendectomy April 12, one day before the team's playoff opener against the Orlando Magic.
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"With the playoff, there's always an argument," Mapes said, referring to the gripes of some teams left out of the four-team College Football Playoff.
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It was the 78th career playoff win for Fleury, who broke a tie with Mike Vernon for seventh place on the all-time playoff wins list.
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Rockets keep playoff hopes alive with win over Timberwolves MINNEAPOLIS — Needing a win to keep their playoff hopes alive, the Houston Rockets did their part, emphatically.
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Ducks dump Canucks, seal playoff spot VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Anaheim Ducks managed to clinch a playoff spot without injured captain Ryan Getzlaf on Tuesday night.
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Miami has four different players with more playoff experience than Charlotte's Courtney Lee, who has more playoff games under his belt (28.673) than any other Hornet.
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Washington finished off a terrific 12-1 season with a No. 4 finish in the College Football Playoff rankings, and a berth in the Playoff itself.
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Not one of the 636 players on the 12 playoff teams kneeled during any of the 85033 playoff games played in 2018, including the Super Bowl.
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It was the 03th career playoff win for Fleury, who broke a tie with Mike Vernon for seventh place on the all-time playoff wins list.
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The playoff berth is the first for New York City F.C., which tumbled out of playoff contention last year at the end of its inaugural season.
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Adding an estimated 40,000 miles of cumulative playoff travel to the roughly 90,000 miles last season's 16 playoff clubs logged would work against all those measures.
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With two games remaining, we took a look at the playoff picture in both conferences, with the remaining scenarios in play, and playoff odds from 538.
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Heat tied for final playoff spot in East after road win WASHINGTON — The Miami Heat haven't clinched a playoff berth, but they've kept those hopes alive.
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The 145 points by the Sixers also set a playoff franchise record; likewise it was the most points the Nets have allowed in a playoff game.
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A year after making the College Football Playoff, Oklahoma returned with the majority of its offense and looked like a candidate to make the Playoff once again.
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We found that among eventual playoff teams, their playoff stats involved 15% more dribbling, 10% more standing around, 4% less passing, and 4% fewer points per possession.
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For more playoff content, check out Down Goes Brown's first-round playoff preview: And Lozo on why your team isn't winning the Cup: Follow Biscuits on Twitter.
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A PLAYOFF PLAYOFF Scott McCarron missed a birdie putt on the 18th hole but made one on the first hole of a playoff to win the Dominion Charity Classic, the second of three PGA Tour Champions playoff events, in Richmond, Va. SHAKY, BUT SUCCESSFUL Shanshan Feng closed with a double-bogey 6 but still won by a stroke at the Japan Classic in Ibaraki, her second straight L.P.G.A. Tour victory.
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And it ended with the Houston Texans graduating from Maybe the Worst Team to Host a Playoff Game to Definitely the Worst Team to Win a Playoff Game.
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Clemson (219-213), also No. 217 in the playoff rankings, is expected to face third-ranked Notre Dame, which was idle Saturday, in the playoff on Dec. 214.
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BTW -- the total pool number is essentially made up of playoff stadium ticket sales and is divided by the 10 playoff teams based on how far they got.
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The Nationals (87-69) reduced their magic number for securing a playoff berth to two, while the Phillies (79-77) were eliminated from playoff contention with the loss.
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"We're a young team that is trying to become a playoff team, and once you become a playoff team, you hope to become a championship team," Malone said.
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Record (AP rank): 8-1 (4)Last week's result: Lost to LSU 41-46Last week's playoff rank: 3The outlook: A College Football Playoff without Alabama is impossible to imagine simply because it is unprecedented; the Crimson Tide have competed in every College Football Playoff since its inaugural year in 2015.
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With both teams eliminated from playoff contention long ago, the Sedins were the story of the game — and they did not disappoint as the contest had a playoff atmosphere.
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Both the Big 253 and Pac-12 missed out on last season's college football playoff as the conference winners racked up too many losses to justify a playoff invitation.
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The new College Football Playoff rankings are out, and with one week left, we have a better idea of which teams will be selected for the Playoff on Sunday.
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Though this 1974 playoff win didn't feature Jones, it did feature James "Shack" Harris becoming the first black man to start and win a NFL playoff game at quarterback.
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That shouldn't be forgotten after this loss to Alabama in the College Football Playoff, because after all, that's the reason the Huskies made the Playoff in the first place.
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There are teams fighting for better playoff positioning, others simply fighting for a playoff spot and some at the lower end that are probably playing for their coach's job.
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Last year, former Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III selected three players after the first playoff event and made his final pick after the playoff finale, the Tour Championship.
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C Tristan Thompson collected 14 rebounds in Game 1 to raise his playoff average to 11.6 and he has reached double digits in all five of Cleveland's playoff games. 2.
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"We did it," said Caps captain Alex Ovechkin, whose 26 playoff goals set a franchise record and helped him win the Conn Smythe Trophy as this year&aposs playoff MVP.
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"As long as our group takes on the playoff mentality right now - learning from our mistakes and moving on - that's what playoff hockey is," Anaheim captain Ryan Getzlaf told reporters.
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Reed beat Spieth in a playoff at the 2013 Wyndham Championship in North Carolina, before Spieth gained revenge by besting Reed in another playoff at the Valspar Championship last March.
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F Derek Stepan skated in his 85th career playoff game with the Rangers on Thursday, tying Ron Greschner for fifth place on the franchise's all-time playoff games played list.
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Luongo made 41 saves for his first playoff win in five years as the Panthers beat the Islanders on Friday night to even their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series.
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We've seen this movie before—last year, in fact, when the 230.7-226 Texans hosted a playoff game and got demolished, 30-0, by actual playoff-caliber team the Chiefs.
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Apart from his U.S. Open victory, he clinched the 2009 Masters in a playoff with Kenny Perry and Chad Campbell, and lost the 2013 Masters in a playoff with Adam Scott.
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" Batum said, "You know what, the playoff race started like two weeks ago and this team will chase us for a playoff spot, so it was a big game for us.
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Now, unlike some of the other mind-numbingly complex playoff scenarios, the task for the Eagles is relatively simple on Sunday as they battle the Minnesota Vikings for a playoff spot.
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But if the Rangers believe what they said, that a team that lost hope of a playoff spot months ago is a difficult task for them, playoff positioning won't matter much.
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Sale lost his only playoff start last fall; Price is 22004-210 in nine playoff starts; Porcello is 0-2 in four; and Nathan Eovaldi has never appeared in the postseason.
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Alabama's 48-45 loss to Auburn on Saturday knocked the Crimson Tide out of the playoff race — and made life a whole lot easier for the College Football Playoff selection committee.
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With their record 123th Big 12 title, the Sooners (12-1, No. 238 College Football Playoff) are a lock to be in the playoff for the second time in three seasons.
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In a study looking at more than 40 years of NFL playoff games, lead author John Robst found the impact of offense and defense to be essentially the same on playoff outcomes.
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In two previous seasons since the College Football Playoff was implemented, the top-four in the initial set of rankings has never been the top-four that eventually comprised the playoff field.
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PELICANS 131, TRAIL BLAZERS 123 Anthony Davis scored 173 of his franchise playoff-record 47 points in the second half, and host New Orleans completed a first-round playoff sweep of Portland.
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Goalie Robin Lehner, in his first season with the Islanders, earned the first playoff win of his career, making 41 saves, in only his third career playoff game and first since 2013.
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A little more than an hour after the team won its fifth straight to keep its slim playoff hopes alive, it was eliminated from playoff contention when Toronto rallied to beat Pittsburgh.
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Matthews, 25, was on the third playoff hole in Buenos Aires about to take a make-or-break putt that — if he sunk it — would have extended the playoff against Ricardo Celia.
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This year's game, the 116th edition, has College Football Playoff implications for Ohio State, which on Tuesday moved into the top spot in rankings by the committee that sets the playoff matchups.
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NO PLAYOFF PAYOFF A Magic victory on Tuesday would have put them into eighth place and the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference by a percentage point over the Charlotte Hornets.
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I also purchased playoff packages for the four years that the Nationals made the playoffs (22005, 2014, 2016 and 2017.) I have attended all 11 Nationals' home playoff games in their history.
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Record (AP rank): 9-1 (5)Last week's result: 38-7Last week's playoff rank: 5Key games remaining: Auburn on the road, SEC title gameThe outlook: A College Football Playoff without Alabama is impossible to imagine simply because it is unprecedented; the Crimson Tide have competed in every College Football Playoff since its inaugural year in 2015.
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"Even though we're not in the playoff race, we're playing like we are in the playoff race," Kings center Willie Cauley-Stein said after Sacramento pulled out its second consecutive last-second win.
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Lillard set a franchise single-game playoff scoring record as the third-seeded Trail Blazers clinched the first-round Western Conference playoff series despite trailing by 15 points with 7:45 to play.
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Still, given the substantial revenue that the NFL generates from playoff games and given that NFL player fines are not discounted during the playoffs, perhaps pay for all playoff players should be higher.
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But as long as the AFC South keeps being the JV division of the NFL, no other team is going to take these playoff appearances—or this playoff win—away from the Texans.
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Robby Fabbri, the rookie playoff points leader, had a goal and an assist, and Dmitrij Jaskin scored his first career playoff goal to put the Blues ahead for good in the second period.
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He managed to par the 18th on the first playoff hole, but his approach on the second playoff — also on 18 — found a muddy area near the grandstand, well left of the green.
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D Ryan McDonagh skated in his 83rd career playoff game with the Rangers on Thursday, passing Brian Leetch for sole possession of seventh place on the franchise's all-time playoff games played list.
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Under the current system, whichever champion in the so-called Group of Five conferences is ranked highest by the playoff committee is guaranteed a berth in one of the six playoff-affiliated bowls.
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He sees in it the power of his spirit, the mojo that has driven him all the way, to point after point, contract after contract, team after team, playoff berth after playoff berth.
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He lost a playoff to Jim Furyk at the RBC Heritage tournament in Hilton Head, S.C., using birdies at No. 18 to force a playoff and then to force a second extra hole.
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He told Holaday that it had taken roughly 20 minutes to calculate that Shawnee Mission North had won that playoff game, which was contested soon after Kansas implemented a high-school playoff system.
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The College Football Playoff has certainly been a success in its three years of existence, and the run-up to the Playoff is far more exciting than the debacle that was the BCS.
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Johnson, along with fellow playoff veterans George Hill and Boris Diaw, can offer a calming presence to the team's younger players as they face the madness of playoff basketball for the first time.
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Using this index of injuries—playoff games missed by starters—in the plot below, we can see the history of important playoff injuries during every NBA title run since 1952: What stands out?
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Both conditions are potentially curable before playoff berths are settled.
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James has carried some pathetic teams to deep playoff runs.
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Malkin recorded his 100th career playoff assist on Schultz's goal.
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The Broncos were on their way to a playoff game.
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Dick Stockton got me ready for my first playoff games.
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Dallas, out of the playoff contention, has seven games remaining.
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It was his 15th career playoff goal in 22 games.
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Teams have until April 14 to set their playoff rosters.
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The playoff history between these teams is much more lopsided.
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"It was like a playoff game for us," Edmunds said.
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That led to three straight playoff appearances, but no titles.
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Brady has 21 playoff victories, the most by a quarterback.
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In 2014 they barely missed making the College Football Playoff.
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We're still a Playoff player, so we're still in this!
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A win would bounce the Packers from the playoff picture.
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Despite his injury, he played in last weekend's playoff victory.
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We have had five playoff series the last three years.
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It was Tarasenko's 11th goal in 15 career playoff games.
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The top 13 players qualified for the first playoff event.
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He now has three career playoff goals against the Sharks.
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Where they're at: Back in a playoff spot, albeit barely.
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That makes the Leafs' playoff appearance all the more remarkable.
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The Clippers were eliminated from playoff consideration with Saturday's loss.
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LaMarcus Aldridge's PER was 25 during last year's playoff run.
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January 11 - The College Football Playoff National Championship takes place.
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The Hawks won last year's playoff series in six games.
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Then he became a hired gun for another playoff run.
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It was his 43rd straight playoff start for the Sharks.
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Of the two, Brady is known for his playoff performances.
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He didn't play at all during the Penguins' playoff run.
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Typically, there are 7193 bears for the 2719 playoff spots.
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Here's an odd statement: the Miami Marlins are playoff contenders.
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The Wizards have won seven straight playoff games at home.
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Lincicome admitted that she battled nerves during the playoff showdown.
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Don't get too high, don't think we're a playoff team.
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That's the Canucks, only Donald Trump isn't deciding playoff teams.
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Clemson doesn't have to be great to make the Playoff.
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The Penguins had lost their last eight overtime playoff games.
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This season's playoff collapse included three losses on home ice.
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Flip Saunders guided the team to eight straight playoff appearances.
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The playoff series win was the Islanders' first since 1993.
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Here are schedules for Sunday's N.B.A. and N.H.L. playoff games.
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Giving the College Football Playoff a permanent home on Jan.
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They are fighting to get one of eight playoff spots.
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Ned took Frank to those playoff games at Wrigley, too.
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This is some goddamn playoff basketball we're watching right now.
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"It was pretty much like a playoff game," Kopitar said.
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Hornets playoff tickets peaked out at $625, according to Ticketmaster.
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The issue: Scrapping the current playoff format Was it discussed?
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But it means the rule won't ruin a playoff series.
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You will always be my playoff MVP, Phil Kessel. 2.
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Once he returns, they could bounce back into playoff contention.
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The hit came as the Marlins chase a playoff spot.
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While all three teams are decent, none are playoff locks.
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"When you win games, you're a playoff contender," Bowles said.
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Leonard's playoff road this year is paved with gilded statistics.
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The team hosts Tennessee in a playoff game this weekend.
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It was Perron's first multigoal playoff performance in 73 games.
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The winner gets a playoff spot; the loser goes home.
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"My goal is bigger than one playoff game," he said.
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That's why we're bringing back our interactive N.F.L. playoff simulator.
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The team won 11 games and catapulted into playoff consideration.
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Greece hosts the second leg of the playoff on Sunday.
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A fourth team will advance to a playoff against Argentina.
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Still, the Capitals have a long history of playoff problems.
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They have won only 18 of their 45 playoff series.
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Yes, at the P.G.A. Championship he won in a playoff.
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Some playoff games were shown on tape delay, not live.
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Bryant and LeBron James never met in a playoff game.
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Players have literally gotten frostbite during playoff games at Lambeau.
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Here's a look at where the playoff races stand: 1.
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This was the seventh straight playoff defeat for the Raptors.
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Blazers beat Wolves, inch closer to playoff berth PORTLAND, Ore.
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On Monday, he packed a playoff game full of them.
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"The details in playoff hockey are so big," Stepan said.
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On Monday, Powell added scoring punch to his playoff résumé.
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Rangers at Canadiens in the playoff opener, 7 p.m. (NBCS).
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Halak eventually returned to the Islanders for the playoff push.
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They ended up 1 point out of a playoff spot.
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Playoff LeBron collected 222 points, 216 rebounds and 4 assists.
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Last spring he broadcast 44 playoff games in 51 days.
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In the playoff loss to Houston, he had three sacks.
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And this weekend's College Football Playoff semifinals showcases that trend.
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We have to get ready to win a playoff game.
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Heading into Week 14, the playoff race is heating up.
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McIlroy rallied from three strokes down to force a playoff.
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Amusingly enough, this could be a playoff preview of sorts.
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The final rankings and playoff pairings will be released Sunday.
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The Leafs have not won a playoff series since 2004.
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January 2119 - The College Football Playoff National Championship takes place.
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But the key piece to the playoff picture is Georgia.
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Lewis had never appeared in a playoff game before Saturday.
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Justin Fields led Ohio State to the College Football Playoff.
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The Knicks are four games out of a playoff spot.
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New England Patriots: The Patriots have clinched a playoff berth.
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The Titans cannot clinch a playoff seed in Week 16.
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I knew he'd be a tough competitor in the playoff.
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In pro football, the N.F.L. playoff matchups are now set.
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Consider this a playoff aperitif to whet the postseason palate.
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In the playoff, both missed the fairway and the green.
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I think you go 264 (playoff teams in each conference).
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The winner of The Ticket gets the final playoff spot.
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The College Football Playoff as we know it will remain.
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Now, check out our rankings of all 12 playoff teams...
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Take a look at this year's crop of playoff teams.
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Before long, the Lakers were officially eliminated from playoff contention.
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And besides: The playoff curse has to end sometime. Right?
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Utah's current group has yet to win a playoff series.
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"Damn." Smith made seven of the Cavaliers' NBA-playoff-record-tying 20 3-pointers, and Cleveland smashed the Detroit Pistons 107-90 in Game 2 of the teams' first-round Eastern Conference playoff series.
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IF THE SEASON ENDED TODAY AFC NFC Still alive: Buccaneers, Washington * Clinched playoff berth ** Clinched division title *** Clinched first-round bye **** Clinched home-field advantage AFC Incredibly, the AFC playoff field is already set.
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While the Bulldogs playoff hopes took a big hit with their loss to South Carolina, a big win over the Gators could go a long way in getting them back in the playoff conversation.
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All five major conferences hold their championship games this weekend, setting the stage for Sunday, when the College Football Playoff selection committee will release its final rankings and determine the four-team playoff bracket.
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Having already locked up a spot in the conference championship game, the Bulldogs, No. 21 in the playoff rankings, could not afford to slip up against the Tigers, No. 24 in the playoff rankings.
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Goran Dragic scored a career-playoff-high 83 points and the Miami Heat won their 10th straight playoff elimination game at home, defeating the Toronto Raptors 103-91 on Friday night at AmericanAirlines Arena.
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Dave and Sean debate Steve Yzerman's trade deadline, break down what went wrong with the Kings, try to call the close Eastern playoff race, and get excited about a playoff system that does not exist.
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In two weeks, he went from his team never winning a playoff game he started, to his team winning the two most important playoff games possible: decisive games for the pennant, and the World Series.
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The loss by the Blues clinched a Western Conference playoff berth for the idle Los Angeles Kings, and the Anaheim Ducks also clinched a playoff berth by beating visiting Minnesota 227-33 later Wednesday night.
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Michigan's only loss came at Notre Dame in the season opener, which means the 115th Ohio State-Michigan rivalry game, in Columbus, may yet hold playoff implications, though Michigan looked far from playoff-worthy Saturday.
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It was also the largest win in Golden State's playoff history, and was the team's 16th consecutive playoff victory at home, which broke a record set by Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls in 1990 and 1991.
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WIZARDS 114, HAWKS 107 John Wall scored a playoff career-high 43 points, Markieff Morris added 21 in his N.B.A. playoff debut, and Washington beat visiting Atlanta in Game 1 of a first-round series.
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My criteria were basically preseason odds (expectations before the season), round-by-round playoff series odds (expectations at actual playoff time), quality of opponent defeated and the team's success before and after winning the championship.
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His 195 rushing yards on Saturday was the ninth-highest total in a playoff game since at least 333, and resulted in his breaking the Titans-Oilers franchise playoff record for a second consecutive week.
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While Kansas City may not have exacted revenge for last season's playoff loss, the result may have dealt the Patriots a damaging blow to their customary status as one of the top-seeded playoff teams.
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Only defeats came against playoff teams, the Cardinals and the Texans.
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There is certainly a hunger for playoff success in Kansas City.
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Antoine Roussel scored his first career playoff goal off a deflection.
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He had five goals and three assists in 13 playoff games.
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One playoff appearance can be a lonely notch on a resume.
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It's amazing how he's getting jobs umpiring in these playoff games.
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The Pacers' magic number for clinching a playoff spot is one.
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"Hopefully we'll maybe be a playoff team next year," Jackson said.
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Dion Waiters, despite his avant-garde playoff heroics, remains Dion Waiters.
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NFL player DeAndre Hopkins pledged his playoff paycheck to her family.
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The performance marked the fifth career NHL playoff shutout for Jones.
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Los Angeles last won a playoff game on May 18, 2012.
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How does the Dodgers' best hitter celebrate a massive playoff win???
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Pacioretty produced the first two-goal playoff game of his career.
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Success in the west is a key to their playoff ambitions.
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The team's 2016 playoff run now begins this Sunday in Minnesota.
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The Mavericks were eliminated from playoff contention nearly a month ago.
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The Sixers earned the third playoff seeding in the Eastern Conference.
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The Packers had won nine playoff games in the same span.
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I talked to four coaches today and it is playoff hockey.
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Two teams with playoff hopes that can&apost afford another loss.
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I first met Julia on the eve of that playoff debut.
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It was the second such playoff that Jones's Bulldogs had contested.
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The Packers haven't looked much like a playoff team all year.
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"We want him, if possible, on the playoff roster," Baker said.
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We've got to treat every game like it's a playoff game.
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The Rangers also own all tiebreakers in possible playoff tiebreaking scenarios.
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Every WNBA roster becomes a playoff roster with her on it.
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The disparity has even prompted calls for a new playoff format.
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He tallied eight goals and 13 assists in 23 playoff games.
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Here are the four teams in the playoff and their seeds.
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All we've done is put ourselves back in the playoff picture.
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The World Championship playoff will run through the month of October.
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Not good for the Thunder in a must-win playoff game.
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There's value there and he can manage on a playoff team.
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Three days later, the Cardinals' confidence and playoff aspirations are restored.
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"He shouldn't be doing these playoff games," the veteran lefty said.
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"We're coming for those playoff spots," rookie center Joel Embiid said.
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Minnesota (262.2-62.2) is out of playoff contention but played spoiler.
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The engagement came after Leno secured his first-ever playoff appearance.
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But yes, they're more excited now because of the playoff run.
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Net effect Gilmour Academy won its basketball playoff with 108 POINTS!
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I don't have to worry about the whole playoff thing anymore.
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The loss drops to Toronto 218-27 in playoff series openers.
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The Islanders already have clinched their first playoff berth since 2016.
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Look, we've got all summer to argue about the playoff format.
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The incentives for the Cubs are dictated by their playoff possibilities.
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The 11 strikeouts were one shy of his career playoff best.
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The National Basketball Association's Charlotte Hornets recently clinched a playoff spot.
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Carolina (6-8) meanwhile, keeps its very slim playoff hopes alive.
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They haven't won a playoff game since the 221-283 season.
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That could leave just three other spots for a Playoff bid.
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Right now it's at a career playoff high of 21.9 percent.
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James hasn't lost a first round playoff game in five years.
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Last season, 14 of 16 teams in playoff position on Dec.
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Both set a team record for points in a playoff game.
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Lundqvist extended his streak of consecutive Rangers playoff starts to 112.
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Duncan's 21 minutes of playing time were also his playoff low.
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Poor play at home last season cost them a playoff spot.
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Los Angeles fell to 4-6, seriously damaging its playoff hopes.
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In 178 playoff games, he had 27 goals and 66 assists.
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You have to treat it as another playoff game: No panic.
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Only Jerry Rice (22) has caught more scores in playoff history.
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It was their seventh playoff loss in eight series against Pittsburgh.
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Jackson, 26, is the oldest member of Detroit's regular playoff rotation.
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It was the first two-goal playoff game of Pacioretty's career.
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In 40 career playoff games, Tarasenko has now scored 22 goals.
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Honduras finished fourth on goal difference and goes to the playoff.
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In a rare co-incidence, Korda beat Masson in the playoff.
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They have combined to produce 55 points in 12 playoff games.
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Chicago, though, plays its final four games against non-playoff teams.
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It was Kunitz's first goal in his past 22 playoff games.
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The traveling complications might be as tangled as the playoff rules.
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Nevertheless, the Sharks have plenty of playoff experience to draw on.
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Melancon immediately became a cornerstone reliever for three Pittsburgh playoff teams.
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The Seahawks haven't lost a playoff game at home since 2005.
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Youngstown State's N.C.A.A. playoff game Saturday was scheduled for 5 p.m.
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You look at Scott Foster and Tony Brothers this playoff season.
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Eight innings, no runs in the heat of the playoff race?
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Can't have a playoff beard when you're not in the playoffs.
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"We worked hard for that," Bobrovsky said of the playoff berth.
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Their teams get to play in the lucrative College Football Playoff.
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The Wild continued their playoff push with their fourth straight win.
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The 4-1 defeat knocked the IceCaps out of playoff contention.
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Maybe it's too fragile to withstand long playoff runs after all.
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And NFL referee Jeff Triplette got to call a playoff game.
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The Flyers aren't far off from being a perennial playoff team.
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Guess who ended Dan Marino's rookie season with a playoff loss?
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And I'm tired of little asterisks cluttering up my playoff schedule.
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In terms of playoff experience, this series couldn't be more lopsided.
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Malkin's 22 playoff power-play goals since 2007 lead the NHL.
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However, right now the Pacers would have the seventh playoff seed.
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The Toronto Blue Jays ranked second in homers among playoff teams.
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Heading into Week 13, the playoff race is just heating up.
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He has played in just three playoff games total, all losses.
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Win all three and their playoff chances climb to 66 percent.
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Jamal Murray had a playoff-high 28.4 points for the Nuggets.
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Two months of playoff basketball, they never seemed tired to me.
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They lost their first playoff game against a plucky Magic team.
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Seattle has various possibilities for clinching a playoff spot this week.
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Those teams are ranked 19th and 20th in the playoff rankings.
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The Flyers entered Tuesday 11 points out of a playoff berth.
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A win could bring a berth in the College Football Playoff.
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Maybe the Redskins will win out and grab a playoff spot.
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Tyrod Taylor (BUF at Dolphins) — The Bills' playoff hopes are alive.
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He could not help but treat it like a playoff game.
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Mark James captured the inaugural, beating Peter O'Malley in a playoff.
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A loss Sunday has no impact on the Chargers' playoff chances.
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They haven't won a playoff game at home in 11 seasons.
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Then, during the team's third playoff game against Culiacán, on Jan.
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"Siakam obviously had the game of his playoff life," Thompson said.
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But that didn't stop our baseball writer from making playoff predictions.
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It was the first playoff win for the Yankees since 2012.
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Washington clinched the division and a playoff spot on Sept. 10.
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The early playoff rounds had be scheduled for July 29-Aug.
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The Cowboys lost and have not won a playoff game since.
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In 76 playoff games, he added five goals and 11 assists.
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They have not won a playoff series without James since 1993.
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And yet fans are trained now to think playoff or bust.
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A Panama loss guarantees the Americans at least a playoff spot.
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The Cowboys have just three playoff wins since their last championship.
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His team's playoff hopes are almost wholly dependent on his health.
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Crosby had 27 playoff points, on eight goals and 403 assists.
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All three players dyed their hair blond during the playoff push.
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But the Panthers won only one playoff game the following season.
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He has started only one playoff game, though, and lost it.
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It was the 1983 Sixers whose playoff mark is most remembered.
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He got down in par but Smith's birdie forced the playoff.
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He leads the Predators with 2104 points in 22 playoff games.
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They currently occupy the sixth seed in the AFC playoff race.
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Last-gasp playoff dashes are hard to win on weary legs.
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The Blue Jackets have, in fact, won only two playoff games.
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If they win, they get a home playoff game next month.
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A season that started out with playoff hopes is dissolving quickly.
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He added two goals and two assists in 24 playoff games.
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The victory kept alive Arizona's fading hopes for a playoff berth.
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True playoff momentum for Washington, however, has been problematic for decades.
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The Coyotes have won two playoff series since, both in 2012.
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But Morris also had 21 points, tying his seasonal playoff high.
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It has one playoff series win in the last 18 years.
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Henry has rushed for 377 yards in the two playoff victories.
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He has only one playoff series win to show for it.
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The College Football Playoff field is set Celebrate or complain accordingly.
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Houston lost all three playoff games in New York in 2017.
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Now and then the team rewarded them with a playoff berth.
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He was 26-21, with a playoff appearance, for the Eagles.
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But playoff failures are not the reason the Cowboys cut him.
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With a win, Cleveland's playoff chances would improve to 6 percent.
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Only one playoff spot seems up for grabs in the West.
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Their playoff opener is against Holbrook, and their defense goes taut.
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Do we already have our eight playoff teams in the East?
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Ahead of the College Football Playoff semifinals, the team at BetOnline.
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EST Saturday, when the first playoff game is set to start.
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The two other semifinalists have experience in the young playoff system.
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And all of a sudden we're in the playoff hunt here.
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South Plains finished 21-9 and out of the playoff picture.
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When watching Sunday's playoff games, you probably won't think about Turner.
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The win kept alive Arizona's fading hopes for a playoff berth.
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Patel said he tried to keep Wu loose throughout the playoff.
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See where the remaining teams in the playoff race stand today.
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Minnesota Vikings: The Vikings have not yet clinched a playoff seed.
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The loss very likely eliminated Michigan from contention for the playoff.
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That's the highest over-under ever for a playoff game, Bookmaker.
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But here they both are, together again in a playoff showdown.
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They also lost each of their past five playoff OT games.
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Derek Fisher is first on the list with 161 playoff victories.
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The Indians were eliminated from playoff contention shortly after the defeat.
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The crowds in the city during those playoff runs was great.
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Houston lost all three playoff games in New York in 2017.
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Justin Upton was eager to get back into a playoff race.
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The Lakers finished 35-47 and out of the playoff chase.
|
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Fowler also lost the Phoenix Open in a playoff in 2016.
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Instead, it was just another year added to the playoff drought.
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The football playoff restricts itself to four teams playing two rounds.
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With 54 saves, Lundqvist bested his previous playoff high of 49.
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He has only 11 goals in Washington's last 33 playoff games.
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Age doesn't seem to be as important for a playoff quarterback.
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That should have them back in the playoff mix this season.
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Derrick Favors had career playoff bests of 246 points and 23 rebounds for the Jazz, and Ricky Rubio had 22 points, 9 assists and 7 rebounds in the first playoff win of his seven-year career.
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As some are already noticing, those teams' inclusion in the playoff would lock out three Power Five conferences — which could be a problem for the four-team playoff just five years into its 212-year contract.
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While the Packers had lost their previous two playoff games against the Giants, Rodgers was the quarterback for only one of those games; he had not lost to the Giants in their two previous playoff matchups.
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Raptors 98, Magic 93 Pascal Siakam scored a playoff-career-best 143 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as visiting Toronto won in Orlando to take a 2-1 lead in their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series.
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Syria took third spot in the group to seal a playoff place as Omar Al Soma's late goal earned Ayman Hakeem's side a dramatic 2-2 draw with Iran that pushed Uzbekistan out of the playoff positions.
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Perhaps the most dubious playoff decision this postseason was Baltimore's decision to not use closer Zach Britton in the one-game Wildcard playoff against Toronto; a decision that was highly criticized by players and on social media.
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Finally, Ohio State and Penn State lost, damaging the Big Ten's playoff hopes and holding out the possibility that — Reed's analysis aside — Georgia might be able to absorb a loss and still make the four-team playoff.
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Chris Finke caught an early touchdown pass for the Fighting Irish (12-0), No. 3 in the playoff rankings, who showed playoff-level tenacity in rallying from an early 10-point deficit, their largest of the season.
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Anaheim became the first team in Stanley Cup playoff history to force overtime or win a playoff game after trailing by three goals with less than four minutes left in regulation, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
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Many fans and players pay little attention to the third-place playoff but for Belgium, to win it would go one better than an earlier "golden generation" who lost both the semi-final and playoff in 1986.
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Bill Belichick's 23 playoff victories are the most for an N.F.L. coach.
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Through his first 12 seasons, Palmer did not have a playoff victory.
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"It was playoff ball, man, they exploded off the ball," he said.
|
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The feel-good vibes of the 2001 playoff run was long gone.
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ET. The other semi is Wednesday, ahead of Saturday's third-place playoff.
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Now it's time to talk seriously about Houston being a Playoff contender.
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He now has five goals and 1 points in 225 playoff games.
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It's not a perfect group, but on paper it's a playoff squad.
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He figures to be in Milwaukee for a few more playoff runs.
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Taurean Prince had 14 points in his playoff debut for the Hawks.
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The Oilers lost McDavid, and are still hanging around the playoff race.
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The Maple Leafs last beat Boston in a playoff series in 1959.
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Panarin has nine goals and 26 points in 27 career playoff games.
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Third was Brad Keselowski of Team Penske — also a non-playoff driver.
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The defending champions clinched a playoff berth for the 211th consecutive season.
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Cut the season in half, or cut the playoff field in half.
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Instead, those problems have the Lions falling behind in the playoff race.
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None of that has done much to impress the playoff selection committee.
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Let's see where everyone stands as the playoff picture rounds into focus.
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"That felt like a playoff game from the first shift," Seguin said.
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" The user added, "It's playoff basketball emotions are hight that was it.
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It was just the third playoff goal in 18 games for Edmundson.
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Crosby now has four goals and nine points in six playoff games.
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This could either help or hurt the Big 12's playoff hopes.
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They entered Thursday 6 1/2 games out of a playoff spot.
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Some even thought he deserved the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.
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We'll take (the playoff berth) and we don't take it for granted.
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They lost a bunch of games, falling out of the playoff hunt.
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Give me a gameday experience that leads to a deep playoff run.
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Next weekend, he will suit up for his first career playoff game.
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This qualification round, Australia beat Honduras in the inter-confederation playoff match.
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The Maple Leafs are chasing the Bruins for an Atlantic playoff spot.
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Pavelski, in defiance of that tradition, leads all playoff scorers in goals.
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It was a playoff-style game with the implications in the standings.
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Ohio State won the inaugural playoff championship game, routing Oregon 42-20.
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Will the Detroit Red Wings' streak of 25 straight playoff appearances end?
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So, how does it stack up to playoff bonuses in other sports?
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Meanwhile, all four wild card playoff slots are still up for grabs.
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The Patriots had a playoff-franchise-record eight sacks in the game.
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The team is 4-5 and still gunning for a playoff spot.
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They haven't won a playoff series since the 1998 NLCS against Atlanta.
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Maybe they were just saving up strength for a deep playoff run.
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We played a hard game, but we didn't play a playoff game.
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I haven't really kept track, but that's a lot of playoff games.
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Extreme playoff adversity has been met and surmounted, and here comes LeBron.
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Van de Velde instead made triple bogey and lost in a playoff.
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Finally, there is the playoff between counter puncher and granite chinned brawler.
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His playoff career equates to essentially one full season of NHL play.
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Cash's Rays went 96-66 and earned a wild-card playoff berth.
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The next year, Odom attended a Spurs playoff game in San Antonio.
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Despite the playoff loss, Castro refused to the dwell on the negative.
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"He's one of the best playoff goalies around," Jones said of Quick.
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They led only two of their five playoff victories after two periods.
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L.S.U. took over the top spot in the College Football Playoff rankings.
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She also served on the College Football Playoff Selection Committee until 2016.
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If not, his minutes will continue to dwindle come playoff time. 3.
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The Toronto Blue Jays snapped a 23-year playoff drought last season.
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The top four teams in each group advance to the playoff round.
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Their playoff run tallied seven wins, a single loss and one stigmata.
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It was Durant's 28th consecutive playoff game with 20 or more points.
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We're in a good spot when it comes to the playoff race.
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Benn also had five goals and 26 assists in 23 playoff games.
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Winnipeg (883-30-6) is fighting to stay in the playoff chase.
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There are a couple of complications, even if this playoff is needed.
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Guentzel was credited with his playoff-leading eighth goal of the season.
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Under Armour Playoff Men's Golf Polo Shirt, $59.99, available at Under Armour
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You know, the Dodger game, the Cubs game, these three playoff games.
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That still wound up being five games short of a playoff berth.
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There are big games with potential playoff implications ahead in Week 12.
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"I wish we could fight for the playoff right now," Rubio said.
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After the playoff loss, Rodriguez called Keuchel a left-handed Greg Maddux.
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It's the kind of feeling you deserve out of a playoff game.
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His line's rollicking play set the tone in playoff games last season.
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The playoff win snapped a nine-game tournament win streak by Albany.
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The Canadiens, well out of playoff contention, have only three games left.
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The Senators' playoff chances are on life support — and so are Canada's.
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Instead of going to the Oscars, you're going to attend playoff games.
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The days of triple-teaming Thomas in a playoff series are over.
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This they change but the playoff format is somehow not a problem.
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The 203 shots were a Penguins record in a regulation playoff loss.
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"There's nothing like beating a team in the playoff hunt," Collins said.
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If they used me more, there never would have been any playoff.
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In the 1973 playoff, as a member of the A's, he batted .
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It is a formula that just might end their long playoff drought.
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It's amazing how he's getting a job umpiring in these playoff games.
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Last winter it was shut out of the college football championship playoff.
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They currently have the longest playoff drought of any professional sports team.
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The Bruins are in the thick of the Atlantic Division playoff race.
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It would be like ejecting the referee from a playoff basketball game.
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That birdie began the three-hole playoff that gave Woods the title.
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Since winning the N.F.L. championship in 1957, it has one playoff victory.
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"We were able to secure a playoff spot," Coach Lionel Hollins says.
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Alabama has made the playoff all four years of the format's existence.
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I certainly don't mean to downplay the importance of a playoff game.
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Alabama has reached the semifinals in all five years of the playoff.
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Visualizing the playoff chances and seeding possibilities with one week to go.
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Lewis leaves the Bengals after 73 seasons that included seven playoff appearances.
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Once again, an N.F.L. playoff game could be decided by the referees.
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They lost a first-round playoff game to the Green Bay Packers.
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That, or a playoff team should manage to draw up something better.
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Since moving to the A.L., their playoff series record is 3-1.
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Carolina is looking to end the league's longest playoff drought, nine seasons.
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Murphy was out of the lineup Friday, easing into another playoff run.
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Scotland's Euro 2020 playoff against Israel is scheduled for later this month.
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Teams often line up strong intersectional competition to improve their playoff résumés.
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The teams that advance will contest a final four playoff on Oct.
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Alabama is the new No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings.
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The victory also clinched a seventh-consecutive playoff berth for the Raptors.
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I grounded it out and somehow managed to win in the playoff.
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Honduras will face a home-and-home playoff against Australia in November.
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Everything seemed in place for their 17th consecutive playoff victory in Oakland.
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Tom Brady 5280 Autographed Playoff Contenders Championship Ticket Trading Card: $400,100 3.
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Alabama: It was the 218th bowl or playoff-game win for Saban.
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Major League Soccer is a young league, with a shifting playoff format.
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But this may be James's lowest-stakes playoff series in a decade.
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He also had six goals and six assists in 73 playoff games.
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FedEx has sponsored the four-tournament playoff since its inception in 2007.
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He was busy at Yankee Stadium covering the Bronx Bombers' playoff game.
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Rangers host Senators, in Game 4 of their second-round playoff series.
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The Rams, at 3-5, are slipping out of the playoff chase.
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Atlanta returns home to host the playoff-bound Philadelphia 76ers on Friday.
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"It definitely felt like a playoff game," Cavs coach Tyronn Lue said.
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Jaguars jolt Texans, clinch first playoff berth in 10 years JACKSONVILLE, Fla.
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The last few minutes of N.B.A. playoff games are an unsightly mess.
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The two have combined for five assists in the three playoff games.
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Go deeper: Alabama's loss sets up a final College Football Playoff scramble
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He extended his playoff scoring streak to eight games, a franchise record.
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It's hard to be in a playoff race, but guys are committed.
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I kept telling myself, 'this is a playoff I'm going to win'.
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Senators filibuster Rangers, 2-1, in round 2 of the playoff series.
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LSU sits second and Georgia fourth in the College Football Playoff rankings.
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N.F.L. results: Eight of the league's 12 playoff spots have been secured.
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The slow-emerging reward: He led Oklahoma into the College Football Playoff.
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Two seasons ago, the Sooners played in the College Football Playoff semifinals.
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If they develop that chemistry, they'll be playoff threats in the East.
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They have the worst home record of any playoff team this spring.
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Three timid putts on consecutive holes led to a playoff with Rose.
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But the magical 2007 playoff run altered the trajectory of Manning's career.
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How many playoff spots have not been guaranteed because of one game?
|
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Love could provide a boost to a playoff contender down the stretch.
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They have lost three home playoff games behind Brady in that span.
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Exploring the playoff chances and seeding possibilities with one week to go.
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Spain's Sergio Garcia defeats Englishman Justin Rose in a sudden death playoff.
|
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And logic says it will be a playoff contender needing a quarterback.
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The Raptors have lost home playoff openers in three consecutive seasons. 2.
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The Phillies saw their tragic number for playoff elimination slip to one.
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His blistering slapper beat Rinne blocker side for Rakell's seventh playoff goal.
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Charlotte had lost seven straight, exiting the playoff picture entirely, for now.
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No, Williamson can&apost single-handedly transform them into a playoff team.
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The Knicks have won one playoff series in the last 17 years.
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They were playing their first game since being eliminated from playoff contention.
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There's also the matter of who gets the final AFC playoff spot.
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Now, they are both bubble teams, with their playoff futures in doubt.
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It was the first-ever playoff overtime victory in Jets franchise history.
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Eliminated from playoff contention, Buffalo is 22-21-20183 since Feb. 22018.
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Pastrnak had two assists to give him a playoff-leading 11 points.
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It was the first playoff series win for the franchise since 1993.
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ABC News agreed to stream two of the three N.W.H.L. playoff games.
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At the time, the Knicks were already drifting out of playoff contention.
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From 2001 to 2011, the Panthers had a 10-year playoff drought.
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Italy, a four-time champion, is on life support in a playoff.
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The Slovakia-Ireland playoff for Euro 250 will be played without fans.
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The Slovakia-Ireland playoff for Euro 2020 will be played without fans.
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Producers started the playoff music and ultimately cut sound to the microphone.
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Besides, the Titans beat the Houston Texans to secure a playoff berth.
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Eliminated from playoff contention, Buffalo is 3-18-3 since Feb. 15.
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"It's going to be a playoff-like atmosphere here," said Luke Voit.
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They finished 10th in the Western Conference, well out of playoff position.
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The team is 8-3 and on course for a playoff berth.
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Kyle Lowry: star point guards with embarrassing playoff failures to shake off.
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The bonus money is pooled from gate receipts from the playoff games.
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He's also doing this on a team currently battling for playoff spot.
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The Pistons are just outside the playoff picture at a game under .
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Then they gutted his hapless Rams right out of the playoff race.
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No, I'm telling you, they are legitimately a playoff team right now.
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When the College Football Playoff was first conceived in 113, the Playoff and the major conferences decided that a four-team format was best suited for including the "four most deserving" teams in the country, regardless of conference.
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Louisville (9-2) entered the game ranked fifth in the College Football Playoff rankings but was outdone by a Houston team whose own playoff hopes were foiled by two losses to unranked teams after a 5-0 start.
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Unfortunate not to earn an automatic place — Switzerland finished tied with Portugal but fell into a playoff on goal difference — the Swiss were extremely fortunate to be given a controversial penalty in their subsequent playoff against Northern Ireland.
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Powell scored 25 points, a career playoff high, Kyle Lowry had 16 points and 10 assists, and the host Raptors beat the Milwaukee Bucks, 33-93, in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series on Monday night.
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TCU's shot at a spot in the College Football Playoff took a big hit when it fell at Iowa State last weekend, and the Horned Frogs opened at No. 8 when the first playoff rankings were revealed on Tuesday.
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The Spurs, whose league-record run of 22 consecutive playoff appearances is in jeopardy, entered the N.B.A.'s hiatus in 12th place in the West at 43-36, four games out of a playoff spot behind Memphis (32-33).
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After a promising start, the team has swiftly tumbled out of playoff contention.
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The Ducks face the Oilers on Saturday — another potential playoff-series dress rehearsal.
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Jacksonville had gone nine consecutive seasons without a winning record or playoff berth.
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The game was the season finale for two teams out of playoff contention.
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The Braves clinched the National League East and a playoff berth last Saturday.
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That was one of only two playoff goals he scored in the NHL.
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These considerations are likely fluid, at least until a playoff opponent is revealed.
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McKegg poked in a rebound 66 seconds later for his first playoff goal.
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The first-to-five playoff final begins on Saturday in Bermuda's Great Sound.
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A deep playoff run would be a major achievement for the 2017 squad.
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She eventually bogeyed the third hole and lost the playoff by three strokes.
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They've won three straight and are sitting just outside of a playoff spot.
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I knew there was the possibility of making a birdie in the playoff.
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Ellington is negotiating a buyout so he can sign with a playoff team.
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Neither team is in contention for a playoff spot in the Western Conference.
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The Harvard quarterback's 11-year N.F.L. career has not included a playoff appearance.
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Cooper downplayed the fight as just being a part of physical playoff hockey.
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Houston Rockets playoff game Sunday night went over REAL WELL with Gene Simmons.
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But neither managed a pick-six in every playoff game in a season.
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Thrust into the lineup in the middle of a playoff chase, Bird hit .
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But business picked up a lot when the Astros started their playoff run.
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In the playoff rankings, Georgia is No. 1 and Alabama is No. 2.
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Lawrie prevailed in a playoff against Van de Velde and American Justin Leonard.
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They shouldn't need motivation in a playoff series, their sixth in four years.
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He was injured in the Titans' playoff loss to the New England Patriots.
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It took me back to 2013 a lot in those two playoff games.
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Olsen could be a boon for your fantasy team during your playoff run.
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It was the first home playoff win for the Jazz in seven years.
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Probably not you, and maybe a team you're fighting for a playoff spot.
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Boston had been 22-2 in playoff games when Krejci scored a goal.
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He admits it was frustrating at times, but Powell's playoff heroics motivated him.
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The Atlantic managed to completely turn over its playoff presence in one year.
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That's the number of playoff goals Nash has scored in 65 career games.
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It's rare for a team in the red to make much playoff noise.
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He also has 19 points (nine goals, 274 assists) in 229 playoff games.
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James finished the night with 5,995 playoff points, topping Jordan's mark of 5,987.
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James now has 5,989 playoff points, just inching over Michael Jordan's 5,987 points.
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He has 16 career victories, and this was his first in a playoff.
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It will be the Clippers' seventh playoff appearance in the last eight years.
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Among those involved included playoff drivers Ryan Blaney, Matt Kenseth and Jamie McMurray.
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This is a team that can be a playoff threat if it gets .
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Greer averaged nearly 221 points a game in the 2586ers' 219.2 playoff games.
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Yet he gets paid the same as Tom Brady for his playoff work.
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Sacramento has employed eight different head coaches during its 10-year playoff drought.
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Toronto evened the Eastern Conference first-round playoff series at one game each.
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The matchup between two teams out of playoff contention included some riveting moments.
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He added 52 goals, 97 assists and 149 points in 205 playoff games.
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Charlotte's best player, Kemba Walker, has less playoff experience than seven Heat players.
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I understand that, and we are in the playoff hunt at this point.
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According to the team, Strop's availability for a potential playoff run is unknown.
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It's playoff time and if I have to go (Monday), I'll be ready.
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I think it will be great to get Myles (Turner) some playoff experience.
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Callahan's goal was the second fastest for the Lightning in a playoff game.
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So here's one performing an interpretation of the Lightning's late-season playoff run.
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The Chiefs face the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC divisional playoff on Sunday.
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The record is 12 straight playoff wins -- set by the '98-'99 Spurs.
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How do you get your mind off a crushing Game 5 playoff loss??
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The Rays won 22013 games, but fell short of clinching a playoff spot.
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Ryu then birdied the 18th, the first playoff hole, to win the title.
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Pacioretty also has 583 goals and nine assists in 38 career playoff games.
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Both teams are virtually locked into their playoff positions in the Western Conference.
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The Jets actually had a pretty good year, last-minute playoff disappointment notwithstanding.
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Milwaukee had lost in the first round during its past eight playoff appearances.
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"It's been a playoff team every night," San Diego manager Andy Green said.
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That he wasn't is having a profound impact on yet another playoff series.
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But his nerves betrayed him in the playoff as he three-putted twice.
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That's how you become consistent and that's how you become a playoff team.
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Both NBA playoff games last night were bad and Tony Parker's knee exploded.
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And just like that, the Big Ten's playoff hopes are on life support.
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They sit six points out of a playoff spot with 12 games remaining.
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Last season, after five consecutive playoff appearances, the Bengals went 6-9-248.
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The AP also ran through the proposed playoff if it happened this cycle.
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Alabama is the only team to make the playoff in all five years.
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An had a 60-foot birdie putt that would have forced a playoff.
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"We felt like we clinched a playoff berth," left fielder Brett Gardner said.
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Both are one point out of the final playoff spot in the conference.
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Within two years, the fourth or fifth playoff seeding in the Eastern Conference?
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It's a battle in this division to try to make a playoff push.
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And yet when the playoff rankings were revealed, they were in fifth place.
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Victory here meant that the Cougars must be taken seriously as playoff aspirants.
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