Word: game
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...last spring from a lowly Army freighter of the sort that toted toothpaste and toilet paper around the South Pacific during World War II, the ship was on her first surveillance mission, gathering intelligence practically on the doorstep of Russia's Pacific fleet headquarters at Vladivostok. The spooking game is a lonely one at best, but as Pueblo's 83-man crew and the rest of the world learned last week, it can also be perilous...
...last week, Cazzie Russell was still trying to live up to his promise with the Knicks. And the Pistons' Dave Bing? Last year, in his first season, he averaged 20 points per game for a spiritless, last-place club and ran away with Rookie-of-the-Year honors. This year he leads the entire N.B.A. with 1,371 points in 50 games for a 27.4 average. Almost singlehanded he has pushed the Pistons into third place in the Eastern Division behind the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics...
Speed & Spring. Against Philadelphia and Wilt Chamberlain early in the season, Bing popped in 40 points to help the Pistons break a two-year, 16-game losing streak to the N.B.A. champions. Last month, on the night Bill Bradley was making his debut with the Knicks, Bing stole the show and the ballgame with 32 points. Last week, as the only second-year man chosen to start the N.B.A.'s All-Star game, which the East won 144-124, Bing contributed the gem of the evening. He stole a pass, drove in for a lay-up only to find...
...close-range lay-ups and hooks. He also has fantastic spring. When he uncoils and jumps, his hands reach twelve feet into the air, right up there with Chamberlain and Boston's Bill Russell. With such talents, Bing is inevitably in position for 25 to 30 shots per game-and though only 44% normally go in, he still leads the N.B.A. parade...
...unlikely that the Yale game will even be close. Last year the Elis beat Harvard 100-75 at New Haven, and this year's team seems to be somewhat stronger...