11.   The mind games are part of the fun of a seventh game in an NBA playoff series.

12.   The Pirates entered Saturday a half game in first in what is being called the National League Comedy Central.

13.   The Rockets did not approach that, beginning the game in a deep back-to-back lethargy and shorthanded without Hakeem Olajuwon, Maurice Taylor and Walt Williams.

14.   The Sox will win three of the next four to force a seventh game in the Bronx.

15.   Then they defeated Detroit and took eventual Stanley Cup champion Colorado to a seventh game in the second round.

16.   This year, the team with the best record has the extra home game in the division and league championship series.

17.   Wilkens, whose Toronto Raptors have a seventh game in Philadelphia, used to say that Silas would make a great coach with the right team.

18.   Real Madrid faces Villareal, a side playing its first-ever game in the premier division, on Monday.

19.   Boston would have to win then to force a fifth game in Cleveland on Monday night.

20.   He led Philadelphia to a seventh game in the Eastern Conference finals against the New Jersey Devils.