Word: foul
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After a rally brought them into a 105-105 tie with the Cincinnati Royals with a minute to go, the Celts stood by in embarrassment while Happy Hairston and Oscar Robertson foul-shot the Royals to a 113-107 victory and a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five semifinal series. They play again in Cincinnati Wednesday, and if the Celts lose, they will be out of the play off finals for the first time since...
Then the hero of Saturday's Boston win, Sam Jones, sabotaged the Celtics' lead. Benched midway through the second period when he had just six points and four personal fouls. Jones reappeared early in the last quarter and looked no better. He tried half a dozen of his one-hand jump shots and missed them all. He missed three straight while the Royals trimmed the Celtics' lead and tied them at 99-99 on Lucas's foul shot...
Then came disaster. Hairston sank two free throws, then looped back and stole a full-court pass. As Robertson dribbled up the left side, Sam Jones fouled him and Oscar made both. A Havlicek jumper brought the Celts within two points again, but they had to foul; Hairston made two more to put the game out of reach...
...performance for the Celts, entering the game midway through the second quarter and popping home jump shots almost unerringly. He would up with 36 points to lead both teams. Robertson and Lucas had 27 for Cincinnati. Thirteen of Robertson's points and 45 of the Royals came from the foul line...
...final with the very upsetting Violets of New York University. N.Y.U. had been invited almost as an afterthought and had gratefully beaten every team it faced. But the streak could not go all the way, even when Brigham Young's All-America Dick Nemelka got sidelined by foul trouble. Forward Gary Hill filled the gap left by Nemelka by scoring 21 points, 13 more than his season average. The whole Brigham Young team played such thoughtful run-and-shoot basketball that, after its 97-84 win, Coach Stan Watts gleefully added two words to the frequently used description...