51.   Denver won its third successive game and beat Chicago for the third consecutive time at home.

52.   Gaze will represent Australian in a fifth successive games in Sydney.

53.   In Denver, Andres Galarraga and Jeff Reed each hit two-run homers as the Colorado Rockies won successive home games for the first time since late May.

54.   In London, Arsenal hopes to win its seventh successive Champions League game at Highbury.

55.   In successive games, the Heat have endured their two most lopsided losses of the season and their two most lopsided home playoff defeats.

56.   In successive games they held Pittsburgh, West Virginia and Syracuse to season-low shooting nights in winning three straight.

57.   It was also the second successive game that Williams featured as top scorer.

58.   Julio Lugo hit his first home run and scored twice for the Astros, who have lost three successive games after winning seven straight.

59.   Maxim Afinogenov and Curtis Brown scored for the Sabres, who have lost three successive games for the first time since last January.

60.   New York has lost a season-high five successive games.