Word: reeds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...services of Center Wilt Chamberlain, the victim of a torn knee tendon. Wilt missed 70 games, and the Lakers were lucky to make the National Basketball Association playoffs. The New York Knickerbockers, on the other hand, never had a better season: they breezed into the finals behind Center Willis Reed, the league's Most Valuable Player. Then last week, with the best-of-seven series tied at two games apiece, a startling turnabout occurred. There stood Chamberlain, back from surgery and looking as menacing as ever. And there, after eight minutes of the fifth game, lay Reed, writhing...
...Reed was led limping off the court, Knick Coach Red Holzman was seized by a desire "to go to the movies." If he had, he would have missed one of the most remarkable rallies in N.B.A. history. With Reed gone, Chamberlain dominated the pivot and led the Lakers to a commanding 53-40 lead at half time. In the second half, the Knicks started three forwards and two guards and shifted to what they call their "inspirational defense." One part heart and three parts hustle, the pressing defense drove the Lakers-and 19,500 wildly cheering fans in Madison Square...
...nights later in Los Angeles the Lakers could not do anything wrong. With Reed still sidelined, the Lakers' strategy was basic: work it in to Wilt. He responded by raking in 27 rebounds and scoring 45 points as the Lakers crushed the Knicks 135 to 113. That tied the series at three games apiece and set the stage for the final game. Vowed Reed: "I will play even if I have to hop around...
Thank God. Kirk's grandstanding was intended to boost his sagging drive for reelection, recalling the way Orval Faubus and George Wallace had each profitably played would-be Davids against the federal Goliath while in office. Said Florida House Republican Leader Don Reed: "The overwhelming majority of the man in the street doesn't care if it's a stunt or not. Most people like the idea that the guy's got enough guts to get himself involved." For many in Manatee County, that seemed true. Television Repairman Allan W. May expressed his feelings...
...parade pass. Panther flags. Shouts of "Off the pigs!" The Youth Against War and Fascism under a red banner emblazoned with Lenin's portrait. Maybe they had not heard of the early, ugly Party tyranny that broke the heart of Lenin's romantic young American follower, John Reed. Behind them came another, newer cause, something more to cloud the main issue: "Abolish all abortion laws." That's it, kids. A reverence for life...