Words similar to playoffs

Example sentences for: playoffs

How can you use “playoffs” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

NBA playoffs news: New York Knicks center Patrick Ewing will miss the rest of the NBA playoffs because of a torn Achilles' tendon.
In the National Football League playoffs , the Denver Broncos will play the Pittsburgh Steelers for one berth in the Super Bowl, and the San Francisco 49ers will play the Green Bay Packers for the other.
When lured out of retirement a year ago--he was "bored to death" of fishing and golfing--the Pacers had just finished a miserable 39-43 season, had missed the playoffs, and were led by a core of aging, disgruntled players.
Of course it wrote a suck-up about Michael Jordan during the NBA playoffs, a suck-up about Robert Redford for the release of The Horse Whisperer , a suck-up about Warren Beatty for Bulworth . (Click for another reason Brown favors celebrity.)
The cynical spin: This is the first interesting story of the playoffs.