21.   The Astros needed a victory Sunday to force a decisive fifth game at the Astrodome on Monday night.

22.   The Cubs had won the decisive game of the season on Giant turf.

23.   The Devils had restored their two-goal lead and were on their way to heading home for a decisive seventh game.

24.   The decisive game is Monday.

25.   The Kings, standing proudly on the home court for the decisive game, an advantage they long claimed would make the difference.

26.   The Quest won the decisive fifth game of its title playoff with Long Beach.

27.   The Sonics won a decisive seventh game over the Jazz in Seattle to advance to the NBA Finals.

28.   The teams will play a decisive third game at Kansas City on Friday night.

29.   They took eventual three-time champion Houston to a decisive third game in the Western Conference finals.

30.   This is especially true when that team is playing the decisive game of that playoff series before one of the wildest gatherings in its history.