Word: basketfuls
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Almost unnoticed in the last Chelsea game was the fact that, by notching 21 points, speedy Don Swegan boosted his three-year scoring record above the 500-mark, reaching a total of 501. A scorekeeper's error almost deprived him of this achievement, however, when he scored a basket just as Lou Decsi was being fouled...
...kind of ball he played a quarter-century ago, when he was one of basketball's greats. He seldom diagrams a play. Once, pressed to explain his "N.Y.U. system," he deadpanned: "Well, we throw the ball around a lot and do our best to put it in the basket." His real formula: hold the score down, wear 'em out, then pour...
...Decsi utilized his height and agility under the basket to score 21 points for the Crimson. Continuing to improve, Paul Swegan filled the injured Captain Gray's shoes ably, dropping in nine field goals from every section of the court...
After Champion tied the score at two all, sinking a pair of free throws, the Stahlmen took and held the lead. They had to move fast, however, to keep ahead of the sharpshooting Chelsea five. Using the fast break, peppering the basket from the corners, and working around Decsi's pivot work, the Crimson quintet looked strong in their ninth straight victory...
...first time this season, Decsi led the team in scoring, netting a total of 23 points. His fine work under the basket, in addition to his usual talents under the backboards, easily made him the most valuable man on the floor. Teammate Wyndol Gray, definitely suffering an "off night", scored only 13 points, six of them in a minute and a half of the last quarter; Johnny Gantt and Saul Mariaschin rounded out the double figures brigade with 11 apiece...