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...just gone out of him. While Kareem still shoots and passes with grace and guile, he does not get his share of rebounds any more. On the worst basketball teams, the center is expected to do everything. On the best ones, he is required to rebound. If the Laker center was not surrounded by so many willowy teammates, it would not seem to matter so much, and when they are all tearing up and down the court, it hardly appears to matter at all. This was the situation for most of the first four games of the seven-game series...
...Chamberlain last week as the National Basketball Association's most prolific scorer. Over 13 professional years, Chamberlain amassed 31,419 points, up to 100 at a time. Abdul-Jabbar, 36, is in his 15th season and showing no signs of halting. With a typical display of integrity, the Laker pivotman could not restrain himself from scoring 22 points, one more than needed, in a 14-point victory over Utah in Las Vegas, although the city of Los Angeles had hoped he would set the record there the following night. "I never played for records," he said. "Whatever...
...minutes later, Kwong teamed with Gary Martin on what looked like a classic Los Angeles Laker fast break. The pair hot potatoed the puck as they skated from center ice to just in front of the crease. Bower committed to stopping Kwong, so Martin got the tally. He leads the team in scoring (eight goals, five assists...
Terms of Abdul-Jabbar's pact were not disclosed, but the team said it gave him "the highest salary ever paid a Laker player...
Angus has more schemes than Freddie Laker, and he decides to get publicity by strapping Jackie into a pair of enormous false breasts and getting her to walk a tightrope between two skyscrapers in the heart of Sydney's TV network district. Armstrong's comment on women and their exploitation in the entertainment world is well taken. Jackie's stunt attracts the attention of Terry Lambert, a poprock mogul, who books her and her band, the Wombats, to appear on television. His show, "Wow," is a scathing parody of Britain's "Top of the pops" an actual weekly music show...