41.   In perhaps the decisive game of the match, Rusedski held in a long game to start the third set.

42.   In the decisive seventh game, he pitched a complete game.

43.   In the midst of the deluge, they hugged each other in their defensive end, the patch of ice they guarded perfectly in the decisive game.

44.   It was the first time a team had won a decisive postseason game while trailing before the final pitch.

45.   Los Angeles advanced to the Western Conference finals against the winner of the Chicago-Dallas series, which goes to a decisive third game on Wednesday.

46.   On Thursday, Dallas is at Utah for the decisive fifth game of that series.

47.   Rafter looked to have taken the initiative in the decisive game with a high backhand volley played at full stretch.

48.   That is the question of the week as the Spanish league enters the final round with the seven decisive games being played simultaneously Saturday night.

49.   The Avalanche were knocked out of the Western Conference finals by dropping the decisive game on the road to the Stars.

50.   The decisive game could have gone either way.