Sentence examples for had won a playoff from inspiring English sources
It was the first time Querétaro had won a playoff series.
Butler, who has won a playoff series only once — in 2004, with the Heat — has his own motivation.
It's also the first time since 2000 the Pacers have won a playoff series with a home victory.
No N.B.A. team has won a playoff series after trailing by 3-0, and a vast majority (90 out of 100) have lost in four or five games.
Now that the Dallas Cowboys have won a playoff game for the first time in 13 seasons, they can pursue what may be a more difficult objective.
For the first time since 2006, the Miami Heat has won a playoff series — and, finally, it can start thinking in earnest about another showdown with the Boston Celtics.
5: Joe Flacco has won a playoff game in his first five seasons, the first quarterback in N.F.L. history to do so.
The Colts beat the Baltimore Ravens, 20-3, in a somnolent American Football Conference divisional round game, the first time in four tries in the Manning era they have won a playoff game after having a first-round bye.
The Lakers defied the odds last season; only 17percentt of N.B.A. teams have won a playoff series after trailing by 3-2.
No team in National Basketball Association history has won a playoff series after losing the first three games, so perhaps the Phoenix Suns just delayed the inevitable today.
