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...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...
...Diego childhood coincided with U.C.L.A. Coach John Wooden's great Los Angeles success, so Wooden's methods reached Walton long before Walton reached U.C.L.A. He already knew how to play. At 14, Walton had been a 6-1 guard; by 16, he was a 6-10 pivotman. In the N.B.A., where centers are apt to lope foul line to foul line, he ran base line to base line playing all the positions. "I love almost everything about the game," he says, "the life, the players, the crowds. Just being out there, the competition. I missed...
Because of the nature of basketball, centers, however incomplete, are more important than forwards. Bird could be the best player in the N.B.A. at the same time that Robert Parish, Boston's 7-ft. pivotman, is the most valuable one on the team, and that is probably the situation right now. Still, Bird's impact approximates a center's. It used to be said of Bill Russell, "He improves every player on the floor." Now it is said of Bird...
...last season the Crimson were expected to field what might have proved the best frontline in the Ivies with 6-ft. 9-in. pivotman Brian Banks flanked by co-captain Steve Irion and 6-ft. 10-in. Joe Beaulieu...
Midway through the half, Harvard's running game began to falter. Successive turnovers resulted in St. Thomas More layups as the lead ballooned to 34-18. Bengal began forcing the ball into the middle where Hooft and 6'7" pivotman Alex James were well covered...