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...clock marked two minute Princeton's top scorer, Ted Manakas, missed on a forced 20-ft. shot, and the Crimson gathered in the rebound, moved downcourt, and narrowed its deficit to five...
...Lucas free to score well from the outside, but it also opened up the lane for his teammates. Chamberlain was seldom able to get into position to clear the boards and toss his football-like passes to set up the Lakers' most potent scoring play: the fast break downcourt...
...Musty" and "The Load." Now, coaxed into a different role by Sharman, he is recognized as team captain. In the Lakers' new offense, Chamberlain's chief duties consist of raking in the rebounds and then, like some king-size quarterback, firing bullet passes to the streaking guards downcourt. Shooting less and enjoying it more (his point average has dropped from a high of 50 in 1962 to a current low of 12), Chamberlain is leading the league in rebounds and setting a personal high in assists and blocked shots. "It's a different era and a different...
Tufts shot and missed. Harvard took the rebound and came downcourt. Hardy dribbled to the top of the key and passed to Gustavson cutting across the middle. The senior pivoted and flipped in a ten foot turn around all in one motion. Then Harrison began to clear the bench...
...there, in the sixth game, it ended. The Wilt Chamberlain of the 1966-67 season is a complete ballplayer-no longer concentrating on scores for the record book, instead setting up plays for teammates, scrambling downcourt to fight for rebounds and break up Warrior attack patterns. In the first five games, Wilt had scored only 82 points, but he had contributed 37 assists and picked off 148 rebounds. In the final game, he scored 24, with four assists and 23 rebounds. At the very last, his defensive play was the difference. Behind by only a point with 15 seconds...