Word: layup
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kareem's association with Khaalis was brief, but a vague connection to mystery and darkness lingered. Unlike Wilt Chamberlain, who slouched in layup drills and favored finger rolls over slam dunks, Kareem lacked the good taste to be chagrined by his size, to shrink himself down to tradition, to hide the shame of his incongruous talents. He was as tall as Chamberlain and yet as agile as Bill Russell. "His sky hook," says Russell, who seldom rhapsodizes, "is the most beautiful thing in sports...
...once again, Ferry wouldn't allow the Crimson to take the lead. He fed Brickey for a layup and then hit another three-point basket to up the Blue Devil's margin to 10 points...
Frazier made a driving layup to put the Quakers up by one point with six minutes remaining. Mike Gielen's leaning jumper with four-and-one-half minutes left in the game put Harvard back in front, but 60 seconds later Frazier made a fast-break layup off a Tyrone Gilliams assist to put the Quakers ahead for good...
...Wildcats played a determined, fast-paced second half. At the 16:26 mark, Brusseau broke through three Harvard players for a reverse layup. Kinney capped UNH's 12-point rampage with a jumper to give the Wildcats a 49-37 lead...
...timid, scared team right now and I have to get the losing demon out of our system. We have to exorcise it out, and it's my fault that we haven't yet."--Vermont basketball Coach Tom Brennan after Catamount Mike Lubas missed a wide-open layup at the buzzer during his team's 53-51 loss to Harvard...