1.   Behind that clutch performance, however, are some troubling statistics.

2.   But Franco, one of many pleasant surprises on the surprising Mets, has quickly won the confidence of the team with some clutch performances this year.

3.   But he surely picked up a few votes Monday night in a clutch performance against the playoff-bound New York Yankees.

4.   Finally the Jazz got the kind of clutch performance it needed from John Stockton, who kept delivering the ball to the right places.

5.   Every home run and clutch performance makes it tougher to overlook a player.

6.   Generally speaking, athletes tend to believe in clutch performance while denying the existence of choke.

7.   In the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship game Monday night against Canisius, Miller turned in the clutch performance his coach knew he was always capable of.

8.   It was the kind of clutch performance that defines everything we love about athletes, the kind that left even his teammates in relative awe.

9.   So the legend grew again Sunday, as Bryant followed one clutch performance with another and pushed the Lakers to within one victory of the Western Conference finals.

10.   So, it would seem that all the evidence indicates that clutch performance and choking are mostly illusion.