However, Bosh was unable to play in a pivotal match against the Bulls on April 11, 2010.

Navratilova admitted she no longer holds the same psychological edge in pivotal matches that she once did.

This was a pivotal match because it broke Nadal's five-match winning streak against Federer.

It proved to be the pivotal match of the series.

His controversial wild-card pick of Curtis Strange backfired when Strange lost a pivotal match with Faldo by bogeying the final three holes.

Paul Azinger's grinding 2-up triumph over Jose Maria Olazabal had been the pivotal match.

"We were all kind of in the same boat," Courier said of the hodgepodge of players that wound up playing this pivotal match.

The pivotal match was a 4-2 Old Firm defeat a Parkhead.

"James's win may prove the pivotal match of this tie," McEnroe said.

In a tennis player's mind, a pivotal match should end with a highlight-reel winner or a frazzled, worn-out adversary's backhand hitting the net.