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Playoff

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Playoff meaning

A final game in a series needed to break a tie. | A short series of games to select a league champion. | A short series of games to select the last team to be promoted (to elevate to a higher league).

Synonyms of Playoff

Example sentences (20)

He retired with the career records for wins and playoff wins, passing touchdowns and playoff passing touchdowns, and passing yards and playoff passing yards, among other bests.

That, of course, would mean a six-win team hosting a playoff game, as the NFL’s playoff seeding always gives a home playoff game to every division winner.

Only four teams have clinched a playoff berth, with four teams fighting for the final two playoff spots (the Ravens and Colts are in, with the Steelers and Titans on the outside of the playoff picture at the moment).

College Football Playoff main The longtime resistance to a playoff system at the FBS level finally ended with the creation of the College Football Playoff (CFP) beginning with the 2014 season.

Burns added three goals and notched his sixth assist in two playoff games and Liam Connors had another two goals for six in this postseason and 16 in his playoff career.

Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said he told his players to not think about playoff seeding — Miami currently holds the No. 2 spot in the AFC and can clinch a playoff berth with a win Sunday — or the “narrative” that they can’t beat good teams.

It was also her second playoff win this season as Lee held off Charley Hull to win a playoff and take home the Kroger Queen City Championship crown in September.

PLAYOFF STREAKS: Draisaitl extended his playoff points streak to eight games with 13 goals and four assists.

The 81 points were the most ever in any playoff half against the Heat and the most in a playoff first half for the Bucks.

The Islanders’ victory also eliminated Pittsburgh from the postseason race, ending the Penguins’ run of playoff appearances at 16 years, which was the longest active playoff streak in major North American professional sports.

To have to come back from five or six off days in a row into a playoff environment seems nightmarish to me from a playoff perspective.

All 12 of the playoff drivers still have that stress as non-playoff driver Ross Chastain captured the victory at Kansas.

Frederic came into this playoff season with a stat line of 0-0-0 in nine playoff games over two series in his first two NHL seasons.

Not many people really expected us to be fighting for a playoff spot and right now, we’re in an actual playoff spot.

Quarterfinal round: Kansas (winner-Ross Chastain, not a playoff driver), Talladega (winner-Ricky Stenhouse Jr., not a playoff driver), Charlotte (road course).

She scored the game-winner with 5:28 left in the OT to give UMaine its first ever America East playoff title and NCAA playoff berth.

The Bills have clinched the AFC East, the Chiefs have clinched a playoff berth, and 12 more playoff spots are up for grabs.

The College Football Playoff logo is seen before the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship Game at Raymond James Stadium on Jan.

While they have secured a playoff spot already, they are very unlikely to host a playoff game.

Arizona has massively improved over the last 2 years and they are ready to contend for a playoff spot going into Kyler Murray’s 2nd season especially with the expanded playoff format.