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Thus the two teams brought distinctive styles to the championship series; the Celtics swift and efficient, fast-break artists who could run Mercury off the court; the Rockets muscular and intimidating, backboard battlers who could shove Hercules out of the gym. They took turns imposing those styles on one another: Houston won the fourth game, manhandling Boston under the boards, and the Celtics replied by streaking to a 29-point fast-break blitz in the fifth game. In the end the Celtics carried the series with versatility, speed, Bird's brilliant rebounding and a tight defense that kept...
Knight's conduct off court and his team's performance on court ran true to form for the gifted but flawed coach. An acknowledged genius in the gym, Knight has a record among the finest of his generation: in six years at West Point and ten seasons with Indiana, Knight has won 333 games and lost just 118. In 1976, Indiana notched a perfect 32-0 record and won the N.C.A.A. championship. At 40, he is the youngest coach ever to win 300 games. Knight's Indiana teams are noted for their overpowering defense, which disdains...
William A. Titus '81, athletic secretary of Currier House, yesterday noted that freshmen don't have their own facilities and that granting freshmen access to the gym would make them "more likely to choose the Quad or at least less despondent about being sent here...
...that hasn't solved the problem of cramped quarters. Wilson said that the club's equipment takes up too much space in the gym. As it stands now, the club has no room to spread out a full-floor mat and so must practice floor exercises on narrow strips of matting...
Despite its disadvantages, club status does afford gymnasts freedom and an informal atmosphere, Morrison said. "We would like to have the coach, the gym and the freedom all together, but we know that that's unrealistic," he added...