Word: alcindor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Knicks' last game against Milwaukee, he held the highly touted Lew Alcindor to 17 points. Against Boston recently, Reed drove around 7-ft. Center Rich Niemann to sink a reverse layup; seconds later, he went up twice under the Boston backboard to slam away Jim Barnes' layup attempts. When Reed left the game to a standing ovation, he had 27 points and the Knicks had a 25-point lead they held...
Saturday, October 18 WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS (ABC, 2-4 p.m.). Lew Alcindor's regular season N.B.A. debut with the Milwaukee Bucks is covered live from Milwaukee as his team takes to the basketball court against the Detroit Pistons. N.C.A.A. GAME (ABC, 4-7:30 p.m.). California v. U.C.L.A. from Los Angeles...
...Cambridge, Crimson sports editor Pete Lennon reacted with outrage. "If the Milwaukee Bucks can draft Alcindor, I don't see why the Warriors can't draft Long," Lennon fumed...
...Just being there, just standing there, is enough, even if he doesn't do anything at all." The way U.C.L.A. Coach John Wooden sized up his 7-ft. 1⅜ in. center, Lew Alcindor. was decidedly academic. In three seasons of college basketball, Lew scored 2,325 points, snagged 1,367 rebounds and led U.C.L.A. to three straight N.C.A.A. championships. Each year he was a unanimous All-American choice; twice he was named Player of the Year. The foundering American Basketball Association reportedly offered him $1,000,000-to play for any A.B.A. team of his choosing...
...Alcindor, you may have heard of. He is a college basketball player from UCLA and coincidentally, he is 7-1 and was the most valuable player in the NCAA playoffs for three straight years...