Word: fast-break
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...rate, the rusty but aggressive Crimson overcame the obnoxious Hopkins cannon and the rainy weather to bring the score to 6-2 midway through the third period, when they found themselves with a man up, but a Bluejay fast-break goal shattered any upset hopes. The final count was 11-4, with Mike Faught (2), Steve Martin, and Mike Ward providing the Crimson goals...
Trailing 9-7 with only a minute to go in a see-saw battle, the Crimson rallied to tie it up. First junior Jamie East won a face-off and initiated a fast-break that ended in a Bobby Mellen goal. Then Hank Leopold tallied to create the deadlock. Hofstra brought the ball inbounds with 25 seconds to go and set up a play. One shot went wide, a second was blocked by First, but the third bounced into the cage, dropping the Crimson's record...
With the Pistons in front 69-58 at the end of three, Boston tried to fast-break back into the lead and almost pulled it off. A three-point play by Tom Boswell (19 points to lead the Celtics) and two straight hoops by White pulled Boston to within three points at 74-71 with seven and a half minutes left...
...most profound change has been in Walton himself. The counterculture ponytail is gone, sacrificed to the heat of arena lights and the sizzling sweat of the fast-break pace. Press conferences denouncing the FBI have given way to post-game interviews in the warm glow of a victorious team's dressing room. The strict vegetarian diet has been modified to include a Pacific salmon now and then. Walton has hardly become a conservative paragon of the Establishment; he still chomps bean sprouts and supports radical causes. But this year, for the first time in his N.B.A. career...
...Crimson made good use of a fluid fast-break offense, as its opponent lost the trace of poise it had shown in the first period...