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Word: dunks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ultimately two free throws by rejuvenated guard Kevin Stacom with 1:31 left in overtime gave the Celts the breathing room needed for the victory. After a Kareen Abdul-Jabbar dunk with five seconds remaining, Sidney Wicks hit two foul shots to round out the final score...

Author: By John Donley and Bill Scheft, S | Title: Pro Sports Roundup: Celts Win; Bruins Zing Blues | 2/2/1978 | See Source »

Booker's slam-dunk at the 3:15 mark pretty much put the game away, but the important news out of Cabot Gym last night was not the victory. It was that the Harvard five, for the first time this season, played 40 minutes as a cohesive team...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Icemen, Cagers Bag Three-Point Wins | 1/4/1978 | See Source »

Hooft came off the bench and began his plexiglass-pummeling performance to make it 13-8. Cy Booker then went into his rim-bending routine with a swooping slam dunk to keep the lead at five points eight minutes into the game...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Rams Rebound to Gore Cagers, 82-75, at Rose Hill | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

...some of the most thrilling moments in a season of slogging defensive domination. Among the best: the Houston Oilers' Billy ("White Shoes") Johnson (5 ft. 9 in., 170 Ibs.) of the end-zone victory dance, scooting past Chicago Bear defenders, then performing the N.F.L.'s first dwarf dunk-a triumphant spike over the goal posts. The Baltimore Colts' Howard Stevens (5 ft. 5 in., 162 Ibs. and the smallest man in the N.F.L.), the Nureyev of the sidelines, dancing beyond the grasp of lumbering would-be tacklers. The Atlanta Falcons' Rolland Lawrence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Runts in the Big League | 12/5/1977 | See Source »

...Rupp Trophy as the nation's top player, is a dunker nonpareil. James Hardy has shredded the strings so often for San Francisco that Dr. J. comparisons follow him like autograph hounds. His teammate 7-ft. Bill Cartwright has a soft shooting touch and an altitudinous, B-52 dunk that conjures up memories of U.C.L.A.'S Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the man whose size and skills were largely responsible for instituting the anti-dunk rule in the first place. But size is not quintessential. Alabama's Kent Looney, a 5-ft. 9-in., 141-lb. guard, went over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Year of the Superstuffers | 3/21/1977 | See Source »

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