Word: basketfuls
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...period of the East-West professional All-Star basketball game, Boston's Bill Sharman cut loose with a long pass to his teammate Bob Cousy. Cousy never got his hands on the ball. It sailed over his head and dropped cleanly through the net for a 70-ft, basket, probably the longest unintentional field goal on record...
...however, was a sloppy one, with both squads missing many scoring opportunities. The contest ran into overtime when M.I.T. missed two foul shots with the score tied up at 75 apiece. The Yardlings took possession of the ball with a half-minute remaining, but muffed five tries at the basket. Then the Tech quintet took the ball and scored the winning tally...
...Manhattan's Whitney Museum Annual. Four and a half months in the painting, it is a real Wyeth tour de force. Its breeze-blown, transparent valances swaying from the old-fashioned fourposter, its daring use of bare wall and blank window contrasted with the meticulous rendering of wicker basket and window-shade drawstring, require skills and technique that few modern artists even claim to possess...
...string of coordinated spaghetti, put on a pro uniform for the Celtics and overcame first-game nervousness to put on a defensive display of perfection. Cousy, cool as ever in the clutch, fired the team to a last-minute rally and Bill Sharman came through with a last-second basket that won the game...
Brown scarcely got more than one shot at the basket, and often was lucky to get that, as Bob Hastings, George Harrington, and Dick Hurley repeatedly stole the ball to institute fast breaks...