Sentence examples for before making the playoffs from inspiring English sources

Stoudemire has been this far before, making the playoffs in six of his eight seasons in Phoenix, with three trips to the Western Conference finals.

And then getting traded to Phoenix when they had started the season 0-13, before making the playoffs.

The Saints lost that game, 27-13, and had 20 consecutive seasons without a winning record before finally making the playoffs in 1987.

They had gone eight seasons without making the playoffs before last year.

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They are now dependent on getting a mother lode of help before they can even think about making the playoffs.

Eddy Curry knows what it is like to start a season slowly; his previous team, the Chicago Bulls, started off the 2004-5 campaign with an 0-9 mark before turning the season around and making the playoffs.

The Twins will have a new look and a new identity as Rocco Baldelli takes over as manager on a team that backslid considerably in 2018 after making the playoffs the year before.

We were 7-7 before that six-game stretch and in jeopardy of not making the playoffs.

Hines Ward noted that the Steelers had traditionally gone up and down — winning a Super Bowl, then not making the playoffs, winning another, then missing the playoffs again before making a run now.

Before the season started, virtually nobody thought the Bucks had a shot at making the playoffs.