regular season game
Non-playoff sporting contest
A regular season game is a scheduled contest that counts toward a team's official standings, as opposed to preseason exhibitions, playoff games, or special events like all-star games.
The regular season comprises the main body of competitive play that determines which teams qualify for postseason competition: The injury happened in a regular season game, not practice.
- matchupScheduled competitive pairing
- standingsComparative position list
- playoffsChampionship elimination series
- schedulePlan of timed events
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
division · home · away · home field advantage · roster · streak · win streak · record · overtime · halftime · scoreboard · box score · arena · stadium · fans · standing room only · sold out · rivalry
- competitionscontests, tournaments, match, matches, game
- school athleticsbasketball game, football game, baseball game, volleyball game, track meet
- sports gamesMadden NFL, NBA 2K, NHL, NBA Live, Wii Sports
- matchesmatch, matches, matchstick, matchbox, matchbook
regular season gameplayoff game
Tournament elimination contest
postseason game · championship game · elimination game · Super Bowl · conference championship
regular, regularly, irregular, irregularly, regularity, irregularity, regulate, regulation, regulator