Word: basketfuls
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stood there, just to the right of the basket, a placid. 7-ft. 1 1/16-in, giant watching impassively as his teammates maneuvered the ball in backcourt. The New York Knickerbockers tried to box him in; they clutched at his jersey, leaned against his chest, stepped on his toes. Then Wilt Chamberlain came alive. With the aplomb of a cop palming an apple, he reached out one massive hand and plucked the basketball out of the air. Spinning violently, he ripped clear of the elbowing surge, took a step toward the basket and jumped. For an instant, he seemed suspended...
...Cousy's is setting up plays and passing. Chamberlain does almost everything, better than anyone else. He is the pros' fiercest rebounder, and his shooting repertory includes such inimitable specialties as the "Dipper Dunk" (in which he simply stretches up and lays the ball in the basket), the "Stuff Shot" (in which he jumps up and rams the ball through the net from above), and the "Fadeaway Jump"-a delicate, marvelously coordinated push shot from 15 ft. away that defensive men literally cannot block without fouling. At the free-throw line, where he is most uncomfortable-and most...
...second half, Illinois slowly came on to close the gap. With only 13 seconds left, the two teams were deadlocked, 76-76. Under its own basket, Illinois put the ball in play. The pass went to Starnes, who dribbled across the free-throw line, leaped into the air and-as if putting the shot-threw the ball blindly toward the Northwestern basket 55 ft. away. Starnes looked quickly at the clock; it showed 1 sec. left in the game. The final buzzer sounded, and Starnes glanced back toward the basket. At that instant-swish!-the ball dropped through...
...their shoulders, paraded him to the locker room. "It's like getting beat by a wild pitch," groaned Northwestern's anguished Coach Bill Rohr. "I was standing directly in line with the flight of the ball-and, believe it or not, that shot actually curved into the basket...
...Crimson upset Dartmouth Saturday night, 45 to 40. Coach Floyd Wilson's five, as usual, got off to a big lead in the first half. And, as usual, they blew it in the second half. But after the Crimson had endured an agonizing ten-minute famine without a basket and the Green had taken a 39-33, Harvard rallied and closed the gap to one point. Then Merle McClung hit on a pair of foul shots, and Fran Martin and Leo Scully connected on field goals, giving the Crimson the victory. Scully paced Harvard's scoring with 13 points...