Word: fraziers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Guard Earl Monroe contain the faster, higher-scoring tandem of Jim McMillian and Gail Goodrich? Would Center Willis Reed, slowed by tendinitis, be able to pull Wilt Chamberlain away from the boards by shooting from the outside? And, in the most exciting confrontation of all, could Guard Walt Frazier outhustle Jerry West? "Between us," predicted Frazier, "it is going to be a battle of pride...
...What Frazier got, for starters, was a bad case of humiliation. As Frazier goes, so go the Knicks, and, hounded by the relentless West, Frazier went nowhere. The Knicks' leading scorer was only able to make one meager field goal in the entire first half. DeBusschere and Bradley, who led the Knicks with 25 and 24 points respectively, helped close the scoring gap in the second half, but Reed proved no match for the indomitable Chamberlain, who plucked rebounds like so many oranges off a tree...
...Knicks then held on to the ball until Walt Frazier was fouled with two seconds to play. Frazier sank both free throws to seal the victory for the Knicks...
...York Knicks moved on to the NBA Championship finals, walloping the Boston Celtics, 94-78, yesterday in Boston. Sparked by rookie Dean Memminger and Walt Frazier, the New Yorkers came alive in the third period to thrash the ten-time NBA champions...
...Frazier led all scorers with 29 points. Throughout the game, he found the gaps in the Boston defense and turned them into New York scores. Earl, the pearl, Monroe contributed 22 to the Knick cause...