Entering the final game of the 1958 season, Cleveland needed to either win or tie against the New York Giants to clinch the Eastern Conference title and the right to host the championship game.

Entering Super Bowl XVII, the Dolphins were favored to win the game, primarily because of their " Killer Bees " defense, which had recorded 12 interceptions in their 3 playoffs games, including 5 each in the final two.

Entering the final pass, William is losing by 2 lances.

Entering the final round, Aoki had caught Nicklaus after three consecutive rounds of 68, but over the course of the last day, Nicklaus pulled away by two shots.

Entering the final 2 km to the finish Piil and Saachi shook hands and began to race, Piil led out but managed to hold off Saachi to become the first Danish stage winner since Bjarne Riis in 1996.

Entering the waters of the Philippine archipelago, the galleons called at the fortified island of Capul off Samar, offered thanks for a safe crossing at the Jesuit church, and then negotiated the rough waters of narrow San Bernardino Strait toward Manila, their final destination.

Entering the 2001 playoffs as the final and eighth seed in the West, they were eliminated in the first round by the Colorado Avalanche.

Entering the final year of his contract with the Wild in 2008 – 09, the Wild began negotiations early to re-sign Gáborík.

Entering the final game, he was averaging 11. 2 points and 6. 3 rebounds.

Entering the final year of his rookie contract, Seymour held out of the 2005 offseason minicamps and missed the first four days of training camp in hopes of securing a new contract.

Entering the final year of his contract, Hampton was dealt to the New York Mets in the wake of his big season.

Entering the WCHL the Clarke led Bombers continued to dominate, 2 first place finishes, and in the playoffs losing in the final in 1968, and a league championship in 1969.

Entering the final against the Tri-City Americans, the 11 players who returned from the 2009 finals lost vowed not to suffer a repeat of their disappointing finish to the previous season.

Entering Snohomish County at mile post 25, I-405 enters a wooded area before coming to an interchange with the Bothell-Everett Highway ( SR 527 ), which is the final interchange before I-405 terminates at an interchange between Interstate 5 and SR 525.

Entering the final Grand Slam event of the year, Söderling was seeded 5th at the 2010 US Open.

H. R. F. Keating intended Ghote's final appearance to be in the novel Breaking and Entering ( 2000 ), in which he was reunited with Axel Svensson as he investigated a series of cat burglaries that ultimately enabled him to solve the high profile murder that was occupying the rest of his colleagues.

Keating intended Ghote's final appearance to be in the novel Breaking and Entering ( 2000 ), but brought the character back in Inspector Ghote's First Case ( 2008 ).

Entering the final round, Taylor was ahead 106 – 102 on two of the judges ' scorecards, while Froch was ahead 106 – 102 on the other.

Entering his fourth and final year with the Knights in 2004 – 05, Perry scored a junior career high 130 points in 60 games.

He later became a member of Big Audio Dynamite for their final studio album Entering a New Ride ( 1997 ).

Entering the final year of his contract, and with cost-cutting Derby unwilling to match his current contract, Burnley and Queens Park Rangers both made official enquiries about Hulse, whom Derby valued at £ 1. 5 million.

Entering as a science student at University College London, Sutherland came under the influence of Professor Carey Foster, and in the final examination for the B. Sc.

Entering the competition, he was seeded at # 1, but was defeated by Cy from Iowa State University in the final round.

Entering the final stage the beer is filtered, carbonated, and then sent off to storage ready to be used.

Entering the 1999 season, some instrumental players to the 1998 World Series team were gone.

Entering the 2010-2011 season with nearly $ 48 million in salary cap space, the Heat caused a major power shift during the blockbuster 2010 NBA Free Agency, adding Chris Bosh and LeBron James with local superstar Dwyane Wade, whom they had re-signed to a six-year, $ 107. 59 million contract.

Entering the 2002 – 03 season, the team knew it would be memorable for at least two reasons, as David Robinson announced that it would be his last in the NBA and the Spurs would begin play at their new arena, the SBC Center, named after telecommunications giant SBC, whose corporate headquarters were located in San Antonio ( SBC became AT & T after its acquisition of its former parent company ).

Entering the 2006 – 07 season, the Warriors held the active record ( 12 ) for the most consecutive seasons without a playoff appearance ( see Active NBA non-playoff appearance streaks ).

Entering into the fifth season, the production team knew that the series was not being renewed and had saved money from the budget of each season five episode for use in a last climactic battle for the season finale.

Entering the 2008 post season, the Shock posted a 22-12 regular season record, the best record in the East.

Entering the 2010 season under new ownership, many around the league expected the Argos to once again be a non-factor, because the team had an inexperienced roster and a rookie quarterback in Cleo Lemon.

Entering the 2010 – 11 season, Dortmund fielded a young and vibrant roster which looked better.

Entering the 1984 Orange Bowl, the 1983 Cornhuskers were 12 – 0 and ranked # 1 in the country for the entire season.

Entering the 1969-70 season, Chappell hit four hundreds to earn a place on an Australian A trip to New Zealand.

Entering the 1999 season, Burrell was named the top prospect in the Phillies ' organization by Baseball America, and they also named him baseball's 19th best prospect.

Entering high school at 5 ' 9 " and 155 pounds, Williams added an additional 25 pounds of weight before his junior season.

Entering his NHL rookie season in 2001 – 02, Kovalchuk scored 29 goals and 51 points despite missing 17 games with a season-ending shoulder injury.

Entering the 2008 season, the Steelers average ticket price of $ 69. 47 was the 15th highest out of the NFL's 32 teams.

Entering the 2006 season, Pennington trained with new throwing coaches, and worked significantly on the strength of his torso and throwing mechanics.

Entering the following season, Cabrera was once again promoted, this time to the Jupiter Hammerheads of the High Class-A Florida State League.

Entering the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Martin and Johnson were the only drivers still able to win the 2009 Sprint Cup championship.

Entering the 2005 season, veteran Angels closer Troy Percival departed as a free agent which allowed Rodriguez to become the Angels ' full-time closer.

Entering week 14, the last round of the regular season, the Bulls were chasing an unlikely 72-point win over the Queensland Reds in order to move into second place and get a home semi-final.

Entering the 1996 season, Baseball America ranked Rentería as the best prospect in the Marlins ' organization.