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...coming force in the N.B.A. is a Nigerian, Houston Rocket Akeem Olajuwon (whose countryman Christian Okoye, incidentally, gained 105 yds. last week in his pro-football debut with the Kansas City Chiefs). Newell says, "I asked Akeem recently about his wonderful footwork. He replied, 'I played much soccer.' The foreign athletes' background in soccer may be a tremendous asset. They have an ambidexterity with their feet. I think if I were still coaching basketball, I'd have my team play soccer...
...same person." Coach John Wooden's ten championships over twelve seasons -- the great '60s and '70s stewardships of Alcindor, Bill Walton and Sidney Wicks -- are distant memories. The last three dominators to frequent the Final Four -- Virginia's Ralph Sampson, Georgetown's Patrick Ewing and Houston's Akeem Olajuwon -- won one title among them. Other sports only talk of parity...
...secrets," he said. "I've worked too many hard years on my game to give my secrets away." Bird will say that, when teams decline to double-team him, he mourns those lush opportunities to pass. "I love it when I'm double-teamed." Familiar with triple-teams, Olajuwon said, "Bird works out everything in his mind beforehand, but I can't do anything except react to the situation. I never practice my moves because, when the time comes to do them, there isn't time to think of them. They just come." So there are at least two styles...
...With Olajuwon out of the game, the logical choice was Sampson on some alley-oop sort of play...
This time around, a referee stepped forward, wrestling the angry Rocket to the ground. Olajuwon was ejected from the game, leaving the Rockets down by four points, and without the services of their key player...