Sentence examples for playoff result from inspiring English sources

He was not satisfied with hitting 20 points below his career average, and was especially dismayed at the playoff result.

YEAR, ROUND REGULAR-SEASON PTS SEASON SERIES PLAYOFF RESULT 1992, first NYR 105, NJ 87 NYR 4-3 Rangers in 7 Mark Messier's first season in New York; Rangers' first regular-season title since 1942.

"I'm unwilling to draw conclusions, because I don't want to be accused of overreacting," Specter said Thursday, when asked if he believed there might be a correlation between videotaping and the playoff results.

JUST as the playoff results are making it clearer which teams will play in Super Bowl XLVII, the lineup of advertisers buying commercials in the game is also becoming clearer.

But his teams in Denver and in New York have produced poor playoff results, and he has admitted to failing to fully grasp the essence of collective elegance until last summer's Olympics.

Failure to qualify for the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs resulted in changes to the team's management and evaluation structure.

Porter was then replaced by Alvin Gentry in February after a 28 23 record, but the Suns were unable to secure the final seed for the playoffs, resulting in Nash missing the playoffs for the first time since he returned to Phoenix for his second stint.

Crosby's return in advance of the playoffs resulted in many experts predicting that the Penguins would win their second Stanley Cup in four years, and though the Penguins were accordingly picked to oust the Philadelphia Flyers in their first round series, it was acknowledged that it would be a tough series for both teams.

That's because statistics for those teams unfortunate enough to need a single playoff away result are grim.

In 1987, the last time a Masters was decided by a three-way playoff, the result was provincially popular while eliciting mostly shrugs from the worldwide audience.

From the frantic scramble on the final night of the regular season to the heart-pounding playoffs, the result is heightened interest in a sport that for decades was its own worst enemy.