Sentence examples for playoff consequences from inspiring English sources

When the Jets and the Giants face each other in the regular season, as they will Saturday in a game loaded with playoff consequences, is it truly a rekindling of a rivalry, one that reverberates throughout the region?

Ten years after they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers at Nassau Coliseum to win their first Stanley Cup, the Islanders will be playing the Flyers there again tonight with playoff consequences for both teams.

And while rivalry games will be played across the country this weekend, the playoff consequences of this Big Ten clash boost the price of admission as the most expensive ticket of the season - just as it was in the beginning of September.

The N.H.L. weighed in Thursday, fining Weber $2,500 -– the maximum amount allowed — and putting him on notice to play smart for the rest of the playoffs or face stiffer consequences.

For some reason in the other sports, the consequences for not making the playoffs don't seem quite as harsh.

Familiar, no? Another Sunday in May on national television, and the Lakers still do not pay the consequences for falling behind in the playoffs.

Butler has not been around long enough to appreciate fully the intensity of the Mavericks' rivalry with the San Antonio Spurs, or the potentially dire consequences of failure in their first-round N.B.A. playoff series.

The Rangers suffered the consequences, a 2-1 defeat at Madison Square Garden that damaged their flickering playoff hopes.

As a direct consequence of the videotape, the wild-card Tennessee Titans won this playoff game, 19-16, to move into the American Football Conference championship game next week.

The funniest consequence of this quirk in the schedule, was that the games that determined the final playoff seedings were not exactly All-Star affairs.

Inside, it was merely a playoff basketball game — players getting knocked to the floor and jump shots being taken with the weight of great consequences.