Sentence examples for playoff contest from inspiring English sources

It happened at a high school football game, a playoff contest.

This includes two college football bowl games, including Monday night's championship; three Saints games, including Saturday's playoff contest against Detroit; and four N.B.A. matchups featuring the hometown Hornets.

The previous victory came in San Diego, at Qualcomm Stadium, where the Jets will face the Chargers on Sunday in a divisional playoff contest.

In "Big Shot on Campus, and Everywhere, After Buzzer-Beater," Greg Bishop reports on Khalil Edney's 55-foot, game-winning shot in the final split-second of a high school playoff contest.

His teammates awarded Shields, 23, a game ball in Chicago after he became the first rookie in N.F.L. history with two interceptions and a sack in a playoff contest.

This off-season, after an 8-8 season, in which the team lost seven of its final nine games (including a playoff contest), Reese and the Giants dabbled little in the free-agent market.

The leadoff man has now hit safely in 10 straight playoff contests.

Those who bought into that system won division titles and playoff contests and, before Spygate at least, Super Bowl championships.

In his two seasons with the team, the Nets have won 101 regular-season games and 23 playoff contests.

This is in contrast to the NBA's current broadcast deal with NBC, which airs about 33 regular season games, 30 playoff contests, the finals and the All-Star game.

In six playoff contests, Bertuzzi recorded two assists.