Word: backcourts
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There are some similarities, though. Seven-footer Pat Ewing, this season a junior, still gives orders in the lane. Another hotshot (Karl Hobbs) deals passes like marked cards from the backcourt...
...Okay, I'll admit the Celtics are the best team in basketball. But, since when does the best team in basketball win the title? Instead, I'm picking a surprise--Kansas City. The Kings boast the league's best backcourt, Otis Birdsong and Phil Ford. In addition, power forward Bill Robinzine's wife sat next to my father on an airplane the other day. Since we're practically related, I'm picking Robinzine and the Kemper Kids over the Celts in a six-game final...
...team suffered the embarrassment of an inaugural five-game losing spin, Kleinfelder, Curry and company realized that a team with strength inside, startling backcourt speed and a duo of senior veteran captains could falter when they changed from practice duds into shiny crimson and white...
None of coach Carole Kleinfelder's backcourt duos could master Yale's stifling full-court press as the Elis converted one turnover after another into easy chippies...
Despite some predictable first game sloppiness--traveling, offensive fouls, bad shots--the Philadelphia native delighted the crowd of 1000 with some backcourt wizardry. A twisting drive to a left-handed reverse lay-up in the course of his seven-straight second half points brought many to their feet; Dixon may be bringing them to their feet for a long time...