11.   The Bills have won four of past five at home against the Jets.

12.   The Mavericks have won eight of their past nine games, including the past five.

13.   The road team has won the past five.

14.   The Yankees have won three consecutive World Series and four of the past five.

15.   The Yankees have torn through the post-season and won the World Series the past three years and four of the past five primarily because of their pitching.

16.   They reached the requisite number each of the past three years and four years in the past five.

17.   Wallpaper has been good to Ms. Dow, who has seen her business double every year for the past five.

18.   The Dow has posted declines in three straight sessions, and four of the past five.

19.   The Hawks had lost their past five at home but salvaged the final game of a five-game homestand.

20.   The past five have been great.