71.   The Spurs won the next two in Minneapolis.

72.   The Rockets said not so fast, took the next two in Phoenix and now have championship rings in their safety deposit boxes.

73.   The Sox did lose the next two and will be out to snap a three-game losing streak.

74.   The venture, however, will have little bottom-line effect for the next two or three years on CUC and HFS, Silverman predicted.

75.   Then they will not be able to spend the next two, four or six years accumulating money to buy TV ads for the campaign after that.

76.   They could clinch the berth Friday night if they win their next two games and the Angels sputter in their next two.

77.   This game is even more important because the next two are on the road, at Denver and Carolina.

78.   This section and the next two are clotted with mannered, oracular prose.

79.   They split the first four games with the San Jose Sharks in the first round but won the next two to close it out.

80.   Though he played horribly, his presence provided the emotional lift that gave the Rockets the game, as well as the next two to take the series.