Word: fast-break
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...Brown didn't. The league leading Bruins opened the second half of the contest with a fast-break driven 32-9 run and cruised home to an 81-67 victory in front of 100 fans at Briggs Athletic Center...
...from midway through the second to midway through the third period, the Crimson held control, scoring five unanswered goals. Freshman Chris Pujols started the streak, as the tail end of fast-break started by attackman Peter Follows, and provided the go-ahead goal with 1:25 left in the half, pouncing on the rebound of a previous shot and scoring...
Thus the two teams brought distinctive styles to the championship series; the Celtics swift and efficient, fast-break artists who could run Mercury off the court; the Rockets muscular and intimidating, backboard battlers who could shove Hercules out of the gym. They took turns imposing those styles on one another: Houston won the fourth game, manhandling Boston under the boards, and the Celtics replied by streaking to a 29-point fast-break blitz in the fifth game. In the end the Celtics carried the series with versatility, speed, Bird's brilliant rebounding and a tight defense that kept...
Increased ball movement also ignited the Crimson's fast-break offense, as the ball went quickly from defensemen to middle to an attack waiting behind the net, ready to feed the wings. Doyle, Nullet and Forbush all benefited from the newly-created fast-break situations...
Turnovers, a quick Huskie defense, and usually sure shots that just wouldn't fall plagued the Crimson during that stretch. With both teams running fast-break offenses at full tilt, things got a little too quick for a tired Crimson squad...