Word: clutching
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...games Chamberlain seemed unable to produce the same heroics he performed so matter of factly during the regular season. Although he held numerous individual records and honors, he had helped only one team to a national title (Philadelphia, in 1967). The Big Dipper, the knockers said, choked in the clutch...
...time being McGugan is thinking about another trip to Omaha. "The way we came back with three straight wins after losing to Brown last Friday proves this team can stand up under pressure. We've been making the big play all season long, and whenever we get into a clutch situation. I know that one of us will make something happen," he said...
...pennant by seventeen games that year. We had good pitching and good hitting like always, but there's more to winning than just statistics. Some of the best players in the league would have sold their souls to beat us out for the pennant, but in a clutch situation, they would always back down. When DiMaggio or Dickey came to the plate with the winning run on base, the opposing pitcher just knew he was going to lose, and he'd give up. It happened all the time...
...center is Jerry Lucas, who can score consistently from more than 20 ft. out. The starting guards are Walt Frazier, a clutch player who is the Knicks' leading scorer and most larcenous defender, and dazzling Earl ("The Pearl") Monroe, beginning to return to his best ball-handling form after a season hobbled by injuries. Starting forwards are Dave DeBusschere, a bruising rebounder and probably the N.B.A/s best defensive forward, and "Dollar Bill" Bradley, a study in thoughtfully planned perpetual motion...
That's the way it was all game long, and it seems as though Los Angeles has made clutch ballplaying a habit. The Knicks, of course, were lacking a healthy Dave DeBusschere, but in the long run, it might not make any difference. The pendulum of fate may have swung towards the West Coast and it will be long, long overdue...