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...team in Game 3 against Utah was, "Let's bury these guys and make them think about it." They routed the Jazz by 42 points. Without the benefit of a rival (imagine Ali without Frazier, Navratilova without Evert) and without innovating the game (Dr. J had already defined the dunk), Jordan became the greatest player of all time through intensity and hypercompetitiveness. Nets center Jayson Williams says that when he faces Jordan, his plan is never to look in his eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Basketball: The One And Only | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

...that included NBA championships in 1981, '84 and '86. They made it to the finals in '85 and again in '87. But their great players started leaving soon after, and the team has been "rebuilding" for nearly a decade. Oh, yeah, Celtics stock has been anything but a slam-dunk, soaring from $18 1/2 to just over $20--in 12 years. Even if you count dividends, the return on Celtics stock has been as exciting as a brick clanking off the Fleet Center rim. Expect no more from the Indians' stock. (By week's end, investors had already pushed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Unhittable Pitch | 6/15/1998 | See Source »

...could be counted on to take it past hisman and straight to the goal all year long.Playing amidst the trees, the 5'7" senior neverbacked down from the challenge and consistentlyouthustled everyone on the field. His last-secondgoal against UMass was the enduring memory of the1998 campaign, a flying dunk set up by a dramaticminute and a half stall behind the net whichfocused the entire stadium on just...

Author: By Owen Breck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Lax Snubbed By NCAA Selectors | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

Bevilacqua answered one minute after Negus' second, scoring on a flying dunk to tie the game at 12 with under five minutes...

Author: By Owen Breck, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Belivacqua's Heroics Spur Crimson Upset | 4/16/1998 | See Source »

...also named to the Kodak District I All-Region Team, chosen to play in the WBCA Senior All-Star Game at the Final Four and selected to participate in the long-distance shootout at the 10th Annual College Slam Dunk & Three-Point Shooting Championships...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Remembering a Historic Season | 3/20/1998 | See Source »

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