Word: backboard
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...years I have been into computers. I remember my family's firstmachine: an Apple IIe. My favorite digital pastime was playing "Dr. J. vs. Larry Bird" and breaking the backboard with a slam dunk so the little cleanup man would come out with his squeaky cart to clean it up like onWoody Woodpecker. But I digress...
Texas Tech, inspired by Ham's backboard-shattering dunk in the first half, advanced to the round of 16 for the first time in 20 years yesterday with a 92-73 victory over the Tar Heels...
With 12:06 left in the first half, Ham grabbed a rebound and dunked to tie it 16-16. His weight collapsed the rim and shattered the backboard glass, which cascaded on him and down to the floor of the Richmond Coliseum...
Harvard took the momentum right back at the start of the second half, scoring the first six points of the half and forcing Brown to call time-out. At the 14:00 mark Hadrick struck again, sinking a dipsy-do behind-the-backboard layup for a 51-46 lead. Harvard pulled ahead by seven, 55-48, at the 12:30 mark when Kosh stole the ball and hit two free throws, but with 5:39 remaining the Harvard lead was down...
...still see Pat unselfishly but knowingly dishing the ball to Asa at the foul line. I can still see Asa taking one more step and then launching himself into the air. Asa sent the ball through the net with a kind of velocity I had never seen before. The backboard shook for five minutes, Wenner shook for the rest of the night...