Word: backboard
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...twisting rims, McGinnis is usually bending other players. "I like physical contact," he says. "I like to take smaller guys inside where I know I can overpower them." When you collide with McGinnis, says Pacer Reserve Forward Darnell Hillman, "you wonder whether you've run into the backboard support." When finesse rather than force is required, McGinnis is equipped for that too. He has a graceful, accurate jump shot that he puts to good use for the A.B.A.'s 3-point baskets from 25 ft. out, and he often dribbles the ball the length of the court...
Human Helicopter. Erving's on-court style has made him the A.B.A.'s top draw. When he drives to the basket, floor-bound opponents are flabbergasted by a human helicopter who can soar from the foul line to the backboard with magnificent ease. With Erving handling the red, white and blue A.B.A. ball, a standard stuff shot turns into airborne acrobatics, often ending in a backward, over-the-head slam dunk. A lay-up is embellished with the kind of fakery that the Harlem Globetrotters made famous...
...second foul shot saw Silver fling the ball against the backboard in the hope that a Harvard player might recover the rebound for a basket. The ball dropped into the basket and doomed Harvard's try. Wolfe led Harvard with 16 points, Jenkins tallied 15 and Arnie Needleman chipped in with...
...points. The 6-8 junior shot at a 63 per cent clip, and hauled in 12 rebounds against Downing. Captain Marshall Senders led the team in rebounding, pulling down 14, Early in the contest sanders, Jenkins and center Floyd Lewis did a good job keeping Downing off the offensive backboard, by boxing out well...
Kydes best coach was his father, a former Olympic heavyweight wrestler. On weekends they would go down to the high school backboard with a couple of balls and Phil's father would drill him up the fundamental skills which most American players never bother to learn...