Game Two of the best-of-five series here on Thursday.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Basketball Association - Trail Blazers vs. Lakers] Reference

So now the Cubs are down 1-0 in a best-of-five series.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jon Greenberg: Slim to None? Cubs Blow First Game] Reference

Orlando cut Milwaukee's lead in the best-of-five Eastern.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Basketball Association - Bucks vs. Magic] Reference

River Cats in a best-of-five series for the league crown.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

Game Two of the best-of-five series is Monday at the Delta.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Basketball Association - Sonics vs. Jazz] Reference

In the opener of their best-of-five American League Division.    From Wordnik.com.  [American League - Major League Baseball - Anaheim vs. New York Yankees] Reference

Game Two of the best-of-five series is Thursday in New York.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Basketball Association - Raptors vs. Knicks] Reference

The first round series have been best-of-five since they began.    From Wordnik.com.  [MLB Players' Union Open To Expanding Playoffs In Two Years] Reference

Game Two of the best-of-five series is Thursday at Los Angeles.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Basketball Association - Trail Blazers vs. Lakers] Reference

Several teams have come back from 0-2 to win a best-of-five series.    From Wordnik.com.  [oh and two] Reference

The win gives the Wildcatters a 2-1 edge in the best-of-five series.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference

Spain won both singles Friday and leads the best-of-five series 2-1.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Bryan twins send U.S. to 2-1 lead over Slovakia] Reference

Stingrays, 4-3, to take the best-of-five series, three games to one.    From Wordnik.com.  [ECHL - East Coast Hockey League - South Carolina vs. Pee Dee] Reference

That yielded the first point in the best-of-five series on a walkover.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Capriati has no regrets about missing Fed Cup] Reference

The third seed plays the sixth seed in the best-of-five first-round series.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Basketball Association - Magic vs. Heat] Reference

World Series, the Cubs seized home-field advantage in the best-of-five series.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

But the intensity of a best-of-five series, as we've just seen, is very special.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Rising baseball ratings spark talk of expanded playoffs] Reference

The Bronx Bombers won 5-2, taking a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five division series.    From Wordnik.com.  [Photos of the Day: Oct. 8] Reference

He is questionable for Game Two of the best-of-five series Monday at San Antonio.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Basketball Association - Sonics vs. Spurs] Reference

They are tied 1-1 in the best-of-five series to determine the Carolina League champion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Are the Nationals playing the spoiler, or just playing?] Reference

Seawolves, 5-2, to take a two games to one lead in their best-of-five, semi-final series.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eastern League Baseball - Erie vs. Reading] Reference

It won first-round series in 1993, 2001 and 2002, which were all best-of-five affairs.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

Cleveland had a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series and needed just one win at Jacobs Field.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Did Indians miss their best title chance?] Reference

Diamond Jaxx, 6-5, taking the first two games of their best-of-five semifinal playoff series.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southern League - Class AA Baseball - West Tennessee vs. Birmingham] Reference

Maybe never has a best-of-five series seemed as utterly over as this one does after two games.    From Wordnik.com.  [It's Over Before It's Over] Reference

They steamrolled the Kings 113-86 in the deciding game of the best-of-five first-round series.    From Wordnik.com.  [USA TODAY Latest news] Reference

I've always felt Game 3 is the most crucial in any playoff, a best-of-five or a best-of-seven.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Emotional Brown key to Yankees' starting pitching challenges] Reference

Mauresmo routed Meghann Shaughnessy 6-2, 6-1 to put France ahead 3-0 in the best-of-five series.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - France dispatches United States in Fed Cup final] Reference

The best-of-five division semifinal playoff series against Gwinnett is currently tied at one game each.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference

With best-of-five matches, the end is in sight almost from the beginning so critical points arise quickly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ronnie O'Sullivan displays full box of tricks against Peter Ebdon] Reference

The conference championships is also a best-of-three, while the league championship series is best-of-five.    From Wordnik.com.  [Game 1: Fever at Mystics] Reference

He and Red Wings star Steve Yzerman, now retired, engaged in spirited best-of-five face-off contests after practices.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Face-Off Artist] Reference

Peavy figured to be the Padres 'best hope of upsetting the Cardinals in the first round of the best-of-five playoffs.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Injured Peavy struggles in first postseason game] Reference

Game 2 of the best-of-five series is Friday night, with 13-game winner Matt Cain going for the Giants against Tommy Hanson.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lincecum Strikes Out 14 As San Francisco Giants Win Game 1] Reference

RBI as the Reading Phillies defeated the Erie SeaWolves, 7-2, to even their best-of-five, Southern Division semi-final series at.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eastern League Baseball - Reading vs. Erie] Reference

Well, history suggests the best-of-five series will end Saturday in St. Louis, unless the popgun Padres can find their missing bats.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Baseball - St. Louis vs. San Diego] Reference

In 1984, the Cubs won a division title and then pounded the lowly San Diego Padres in games one and two in the best-of-five playoffs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Opening Day] Reference

RBI as the Huntsville Stars crushed the Birmingham Barons, 13-2, to take a two games to one lead in their best-of-five, postseason series.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southern League Baseball - Huntsville vs. Birmingham] Reference