Sentence examples for a serious playoff from inspiring English sources

"It's never like, 'Let's make a serious playoff run,' " he said.

Whatever notions the Knicks have of being a serious playoff team will come into far better focus by week's end.

While Stoudemire answered every question about his commitment to the process of building a serious playoff team, including playing hurt, Anthony has not.

Together, they would have made the Timberwolves a serious playoff threat, especially with an improved supporting cast that includes a suddenly unretired Brandon Roy and Andrei Kirilenko.

Flames fans have been prepared for a few years of living like Oilers fans, existing perennially on nothing but potential, accepting the long-ish process of rebuilding while watching the seasons slip away without a serious playoff run.

How do the Knicks figure as a serious playoff contender next season in a conference that LeBron James will continue to dominate and that Derrick Rose will return to in Chicago?

Roster machinations aside, the Bulls would have been a more serious playoff team if they had stayed healthy, but a title contender?

Two useful players he got credit for bringing to Utah without great fanfare became the latest names in a lineup from which we still can't pick out the new player who changes the Knicks from a nice team in a slow slide into one with serious playoff hang time.

The Bills believe themselves to be serious playoff contenders this coming season with either Matt Cassel or EJ Manuel under center.

Giants General Manager Ernie Accorsi worked the phones through the morning and afternoon, filling holes that need to be plugged if the Giants are to be serious playoff contenders.

With Ryan Johansen's contract negotiations now sorted, the Blue Jackets will start the season with memories of the franchise's first serious playoff performance still fresh in their minds.