Word: costelloism
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...games seemed to crawl. Before the final, Costello summed up the play by saying: "It's strange. We've beaten them three times and haven't played a good game yet." The final was so one-sided that it looked like the varsity scrimmaging the jayvees. The results of the key match-ups-Robertson v. Monroe, Alcindor v. Unseld-told the story. In the series, the Big O outscored the Pearl 94 to 65, while Lew topped Wes 108 to 60. Forward Jack Marin, the Bullets' highest scorer in the series, said of Alcindor: "Every time...
...moment for the Milwaukee Bucks. Staving off a late rally by the Detroit Pistons, the Bucks registered their 19th victory in a row, to set a new National Basketball Association record for consecutive wins. After his team bounded jubilantly into the locker room. Coach Larry Costello locked the door until everyone had a chance to simmer down. Then he announced grandly: "Let the press in!" In they came-three reporters and a stray autograph hound. "No TV cameras, nothing!" Costello fairly shouted in dismay. "If the Knicks had set this record, the news would be in Tokyo already...
...Knicks in the finals. Although the New Yorkers have less rebounding and scoring strength, they have a deeper and more versatile bench-and, like the old Boston Celtics, a relentless, almost mystical way of winning the big ones. If the Bucks can finally shake the Knick bugaboo, Coach Costello will have enough reporters and TV cameras around to fill any locker room...
...madness, of contraction, of elevation, of "growing pains," of terror, of playfulness, of ecstasy. Simply to turn this catalogue of seeming abstractions into something palpable and concrete and real is a measure of the extraordinary achievement of the play. The players who perform the feat are Gerry Bamman, Tom Costello, Saskia Noordhoek Hegt, Jerry Mayer, Angela Pietropinto and Larry Pine. To single out one would be to slight...
...Eagle was far from dead, though, Fierke walked the first two batters in the bottom of the tenth, and Park called on righthander Curt Tucker. The junior fastball specialist struck out Costello and Micherone, and the game ended on a line drive to DeMichele at third...