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...United States Steel Hour (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). A science-fiction piece about a dimwit turned genius, thanks to surgery. With Cliff Robertson and Mona Freeman...
...Play Him Tight." Defending against such an attack is a thankless task-but the pros do their rugged best. Says Paul Seymour of his St. Louis team's tactics against Robertson: "We pick him up at three-quarters court. We haven't picked up a man back there in years." Alternatively, many teams sag their defense against Robertson to keep him from crashing through the middle...
Given this leeway, rival centers struggle for position in their own private wrestling matches under the basket. Boston's barrel-chested Jim Loscutoff is respected for his skill at disconcerting a jump shooter by jabbing him in the ribs with a massive forefinger. New Boy Robertson is already an expert at putting a hand on his man's hip and swinging himself around his rival. (Says Schayes: "Someone is going to grab that arm some day and throw Robertson into the third row.") St. Louis' hulking Clyde Lovellette daintily holds his man by the seam...
...scientific scramble of modern basketball, the intangible of confidence can be all important. Robertson astounded even his Royal teammates once this year by boldly driving right up and over Wilt Chamberlain for a shot. "If you're not confident," says Robertson, "you've got no business playing this game. That shot just won't go in." Says Schayes: "I can sense when we've got a team licked. There's a little drooping of the shoulders, a little glassy look in the eye. When you see that, you try to stomp on him and keep...
...most persuasive answers to the critics is success itself. With the settling of the Lakers in Los Angeles this year, the eight-team N.B.A. has become a truly national league. N.B.A. attendance, which jumped 23% last year, is up another 20% so far this season. Robertson's Royals, although last in their division, have already doubled last year's total attendance. Each weekend NBC-TV brings the pros' hell-bent skills into 12 million homes across the nation. From its TV contract the N.B.A. makes well over $500,000 and the league is comfortably in the black...