playoff game

Example Sentences

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For many Knicks fans, this may be one of the only times they can afford to see a Knicks playoff game.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

“Seeing him five-for-five in a playoff game as a Laker. Yeah, it hits different.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

C’mon Lakers, get this kid in the building for a playoff game.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

He had spent 12 years with the Detroit Lions without winning a single playoff game before teaming up with Rams coach Sean McVay and winning it all in his first season with the team.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Plus, tonight is a playoff game and when my mom gets home from her shift, she’s going to make her bacon-wrapped hot dog bites.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden