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...Which NBA player hit a 70 ft. jump shot with one second left to send a playoff game into overtime? Who were the teams and who won the game...
...What NBA player has scored over 20,000 points in playoff games alone...
...part, the National Football League staged its own showdown to determine which two teams will meet in Super Bowl VII in Los Angeles on Jan. 14. Miami Dolphin Coach Don Shula was thrice blessed in the playoff game with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Early in the game Steeler Quarterback Terry Bradshaw was knocked unconscious by a bone-jarring tackle and had to spend most of the game on the sidelines feeling "pretty loony." Then, in the second quarter, Miami Punter Larry Seiple dropped back to punt and-surprise!-ran the ball 37 yds. to set up the Dolphins' first touchdown...
...Miami Dolphins became the first team in National Football League history to win all of its regular season and playoff games yesterday as it scored a convincing 14-7 victory over the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl...
Football freaks in three other playoff sites-Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh and San Francisco-hit the highways in search of blackout-free telecasts. Washington Redskin rooters packed 150 rooms at the Holiday Inn in Bethesda, Md. (40 miles from the stadium). The hotel, which is equipped with an extra-high antenna to pick up Baltimore stations, offered a gridiron buffet of lox, whitefish and onion rolls ($2.25) and a post-game open bar ($3). Fans at the Sheraton Motor Inn in Fredericksburg, Va., known for such victory celebrations as nude swim-ins, this time observed the Redskins' decisive...