Sentence examples for playoffs kick from inspiring English sources

The N.H.L. will now try to steer your attention its way as the playoffs kick off.

The 2014 NBA playoffs kick off on Saturday, and the Lakers, the Celtics and the Knicks will all be sitting home.

The MLS Playoffs kick off this week with the two knock-out wild card matchups featuring FC Dallas versus the star-studded New York Red Bulls on Wednesday and defending MLS Cup Champion Colorado Rapids hosting the Columbus Crew on Thursday.

The N.H.L. playoffs kicked off their second round Thursday night, with no rest for the weary Red Wings, who went to San Jose and got knocked silly by three goals in less than a minute and a half.

The N.B.A. playoffs kicked off with a whole slate of games that went pretty much according to plan, unless you had been pulled in by the Lakers' relevance fantasy or Brandon Jennings's prediction that the Milwaukee Bucks would knock off the Heat.

"This is the playoffs, let's kick it up a notch," Croce told them.

The " 'Tuck Rule' Game" in the divisional playoffs of 2002 "kicked off the New England Patriots' dynasty".

PAGE B1 Jets Make the Playoffs John Hall, left, kicked a 53-yard field goal with 59 seconds remaining to lift the Jets to a 24-22 victory against Oakland and into the playoffs.

The Jets needed to win that game, in Oakland against the Raiders, to reach the playoffs, and John Hall kicked a last-minute 53-yard field goal for a 24 22 victory and a playoff berth.

JALEN ROSE -- The Pistons are praying, but Rose got off his need-to-play-point-guard kick during the playoffs.

Return specialist Eric Weems could become a household name with another campaign like the one he had in '10, when he ran in a punt and two kickoffs (including one in the playoffs)  and ranked third in kick return average.