1.   The sellout Forum crowd stood and applauded while play commenced.

2.   And most of a sellout crowd was screaming for the home team.

3.   And neither the local flavor point guard tandem of Gary Payton and Jason Kidd emerged enough to capture the sellout crowd.

4.   And everyone in the sellout crowd at Nassau Coliseum knew it.

5.   And the Dodgers and Mariners played before two sellout crowds in Seattle.

6.   And the idea of a sellout crowd was anathema.

7.   And on the road, the Bulls played before a sellout crowd every night for four years straight.

8.   And the Jacobs Field sellout crowd roared again.

9.   And tonight, he will stand before a sellout crowd at Shea Stadium alongside President Clinton and scores of baseball dignitaries.

10.   And when the sellout crowd watching the Bruins scrimmage Thursday at Ristuccia Arena in Wilmington realized what had happened, it exploded in thunderous applause.