Even though they were eliminated from the playoffs tonight, the Nets felt a sense of pride in what they had accomplished in the hard-fought series.

However, the Rangers lost the next round to Buffalo four games to two in a hard-fought series.

I think you're going to see a very hard-fought, physical series with two very good defensive teams.

The Jazz had won both regular season match-ups with the Bulls, and many analysts predicted a hard-fought seven-game series.

The 76ers and Celtics played a hard-fought seven-game series, with the Sixers prevailing in the seventh game 83-77.

This time, the Shock emerged victorious from the hard-fought series, winning it 2-1.

The Celtics won a hard-fought 5-game series with the 76ers in the first round, 3 games to 2.

There should be enough feeling for it to be a hard-fought series.

"If they get goaltending like that," O'Reilly said, "it's going to be a very hard-fought series."

It was a hard-fought series and a long time coming, as far as we're concerned, to defeat them.