Word: nba
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Boston Celtics used a balanced attack to beat the heralded Denver Nuggets, 112-108, while John Havlicek tied Hal Green's NBA record by playing in his 1222 regular season game. At Landover, Md., the Boston Bruins overpowered the hustling but hapless Washington Capitals...
Boston tried to put the game away in the final frame, and rolled to a 98-88 advantage with only seven minutes left to play. But Denver had not won ten of its first 11 contests in their first NBA season by giving up in the stretch. They hung tough, and high-flying David Thompson sparked a rally...
...NBA team has ever won a championship with five shooters on the floor at the same time--although the 76ers tried real hard last year--mainly because the game is played with only one basketball. Which of the above five (who all, incidentally, have averaged 20 points a game for their careers) is suddenly going to Jon his Lennie Wilkins costume...
...certainly not going to be Wicks, who, after he wrenched himself from the clutches of John Wooden at UCLA, went on to become one of the NBA's better known gunners. Wicks's pistol was loaded so often that it prompted a continuing feud with Geoff Petrie, Portland's other fine shooter--who has since been traded--and with the Trailblazers front office, as they have tried to trade Wicks for the last two seasons...
Silas is the finest offensive rebounding forward the game has ever known. His four-year presence on the Celtics has resulted in two NBA titles and his character and class off the court are rare commodities in today's "kid in a candy store" type of professional athlete...