Sentence examples for playoff night from inspiring English sources
After the Patriots outlasted the Raiders, 16-13, in overtime in a driving snowstorm in a divisional playoff night game two seasons ago in Foxboro, Mass., it prompted the N.F.L. to schedule late-season and playoff games at night, like this Saturday's Jets-Patriots game at Giants Stadium.
Bill Russell's blessing aside, Mourning still can't get through a hot playoff night without punishing himself with silly fouls.
On another red-hot playoff night against the Celtics, Anthony was partnered with Ronny Turiaf and Bill Walker, Jared Jeffries and Roger Mason Jr., Melo and his merry band of ornery no-names.
Thomas against Bird, the man who canned him, who created the worst playing moment of Thomas's career, stealing Thomas's sloppy inbounds pass on a hot playoff night and costing the Pistons a trip to the finals.
Coughlin took the message to heart, and by the time his face froze to a bright crimson on a bitterly cold playoff night at Green Bay, as his team closed in on a trip to the Super Bowl, to Giants fans he had come to look like Santa Claus in a headset.
Another Stanley Cup playoff night has passed, and there's another headshot and impending suspension to discuss.
Adelson goes on: "Does anyone really think the Knicks and Rangers would be pitted against each other three times in six playoff nights?
Then came the 1990's, the hot playoff nights, the continuing run of sellouts and the era of intrusive technology that now makes it difficult to think, much less judge one crowd from another.
Sadly for King, there would never again be such magical playoff nights but there would be an all-star game return as a Washington Bullet in 1990-91 and a sweet 49-point explosion at the Garden against the Knicks that made him feel as if he had reached the Everest peak after a six-year climb.
On Wednesday's playoff game night, the team had an extra jolt of intensity.
His worst playoff scoring night ever had been a 2-point effort on April 27 , 1997 while playing for the Suns against the San Antonio Spurs.
