Word: elgin
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Suddenly the Lakers' great Elgin Baylor and Jerry West found the range, roared down the court, sinking incredible shots and controlling the backboards for the first time in the game. Boston's defense seemed to dissolve. Its lead was cut to eight points, then six, then four. In the dressing room, Cousy was fit to be tied while trainers bandaged his ballooning ankle: "I tripped over myself," he gritted. "Isn't that something? I never sprained an ankle before. I guess old age is creeping up on me-ten minutes too soon." For Cousy...
...opening seconds of the last quarter, Cousy suffered an ankle injury, and members of the Boston press were getting their "They won it for Cooz" stories ready for the morning papers. Four minutes later the Celtics were holding on for their lives, after Elgin Baylor, Dick Barnett, and Jerry West had sparked LA and narrowed the score...
...Lakers' Jerry West and Elgin Baylor tallied 32 and 28 points respectively, and were the game's high scorers. For Boston it was naturally a team victory; Tom Heinsohn paced the Celts with 22, but it was Bill Russell's fantastic rebounding that gave Boston the victory...
...Elgin Baylor and Jerry West paced the Laker victory; Baylor scored 43 points and West finished the game with 32. Baylor made a key basket in the final period which put Los Angeles ahead to stay. The Lakers had trailed the Celtics by five points at the start of the fourth quarter...
...college basketball season has not been the year of the superstar: there is no Jerry Lucas, Oscar Robertson, Wilt Chamberlain or Elgin Baylor. But this has been the year of the team--and the best three in the country will collide in Louisville, Ky., this weekend for the NCAA championship...