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Consistency is also always potentially dull, even when the consistency demonstrated happens to be excellence. John Havlicek, never former basketball star of the Boston Celtics, almost never made a mistake on the court. He used the backboard with astounding precision, and stood exactly where he was supposed to on every fast break. Yet Havlicek was a far less satisfying player to watch than Philadelphia's Julius Erving, who continually sur prises spectators and defenses with moves no one (including him self) is possibly anticipate. One might argue that Erving is consistently amazing, but the reason he so grasps...
...Crimson could barely hit the backboard in the first half connecting on only 14 percent of its attempts. Down by 19 at the midway point, the hoopsters did improve in the second half, and were only outscored...
...with 10 minutes remaining in the first half when Martin found herself alone with the ball 11 yards from the goal. The senior right wing made a 170-degree turn on the ball and drove it at the right side of the net. When the ball thudded against the backboard, the Crimson had a 3-0 lead and Martin had made her school-record 33rd career score...
Seven minutes into the second half, Lili Pew stroked a Harvard penalty corner to Beth Mullen at the top of the penalty circle Mullen took the stick stop and launched a rocket toward the Quaker not. The ball boomed against the backboard, and the Crimson had the day's only score...
...while it even looked as if All-American Howard Sands was going to become Harvard's fifth casualty in the singles competition. After quickly falling behind Princeton's Ted Farnsworth, who had excellent ball placement and resembled a backboard when he returned his shots. Sands rebounded to nip Farnsworth in the first set, 7-5, and to manhandle him in the second...