Word: basket
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Surrounding the stage are different sized tables with red checked tableclothes. Each table has its centerpiece, its basket of fruit, its wine, and its waiter. "I want to make this a festive occasion. I'm hoping people will come early, be served, drink a little, get to know the table next to them. That's the reason for starting at nine. It's more, uh, celebratory to drink at night as opposed to evening...
...veteran forward acquired in an off-season trade to take over for injured Willis Reed. Too small to battle under the boards with most other pivots (he gives away 6 in. and 50 Ibs. to Chamberlain), Lucas is a center in name only. He floats far away from the basket and fires his high-arcing shots with such consistent accuracy that the opposing center is almost always forced to move out to try to stop him. That clears the lane to the basket for lay-ups and rebounds by the rest of the Knicks. If the opposing center hangs back...
...rabid Madison Square Garden fans screeched DEE-fense. DEE-fense to spur New York into a ball-stealing frenzy. Jerry West calmly sunk a twenty-footer from the right side, and teammate Gail Goodrich followed with another basket moments later to rescue the Lakers from danger...
That was all the Celts and their previously listless fans needed. They started their patented fast break offense scoring 35 last period and never let up, capacity crowd of over 15,000 in Boston's steaming "Ghastly Garden" went wild, jumping to its feet to cheer every Celtics basket...
...that he once ended up in the fifth row of the college band. Today, his fellow coaches in college basketball have good reason to wish Wooden had got permanently stuck in a tuba. For defeating the Wooden-coached U.C.L.A. Bruins has become as seemingly impossible as shooting a winning basket while sitting down-another feat of Wooden's playing career at Purdue...