Sentence examples for consecutive play from inspiring English sources

This is the second consecutive play in which he plays not quite straight.

This is the second consecutive play-off that looks ominous for Hiddink.

In the 1972 73 season the Flyers began a streak of 18 consecutive play-off appearances.

Jordan won the NBA's Rookie of the Year award in the 1984 85 season and led Chicago to the first of 14 consecutive play-off berths.

Pat Cummins has come on to replace Watson, and he starts with a brilliant maiden that includes two excellent yorkers and three consecutive play-and-misses from Johnson Charles.

For Leicester City, it was heartbreaking; the second consecutive play-off final they'd lost to a controversial late penalty and their sixth defeat in as many trips to Wembley.

The two would form the core of a reinvigorated team that advanced to the conference finals in both 1989 and 1990, the first 2 of 13 consecutive play-off berths for the franchise.

Wigan have two players in the running for Super League's most coveted individual award, but their hopes of winning the title itself could disappear if they suffer a second consecutive play-off defeat in tomorrow's sudden‑death match against Hull KR.

That has involved eight consecutive play-off victories, each of them sudden death, and extended the club's recent Super League dominance to five titles in the past six, even though they have finished top of the table only once during that period, with 16 wins out of 19 in the play-off series since 2007.

The Rockets surpassed this feat during the 1980 81 season when after finishing the regular season with an unimpressive record of 40 wins and 42 losses Houston amassed three consecutive play-off series upsets en route to a berth in the NBA finals, where they lost to the Boston Celtics.

The 1977 78 Bullets team finished the NBA regular season with an unimpressive record of 44 wins and 38 losses, but they had a string of three consecutive play-off series upsets to capture Washington's first professional sports championship in 36 years.