The executives at CBS Sports regrouped and sent Jane Chastain to Portland today for the NBA Game of the Week.
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Paul Silas: Shrewdness in Seattle, 1980
“In order to stay in this league for any length of time, you’ve got to be excellent at something,” Silas said. “Rebounding was my specialty, and I just worked at it.”
Slick Watts: The Game I’ll Never Forget
Slick Is His Name, Let Him Play His Game.
MLK Assassination: To Play or Not to Play? 1968
Shortly after 7 p.m., Philadelphia general manager Jack Ramsay met in his office with Celtics president Marvin Kratter and general manager Red Auerbach to discuss the possibility of postponement. Both Ramsay and Auerbach left the office, and Kratter talked to league commissioner Walter Kennedy on the phone.
Dennis Johnson: Committed, 1985
Dennis Johnson has matured through the seasons. His emotions now do not erupt at coaches, they are channeled into his superlative all-around game.
The Master Plan to Change Wilt Chamberlain, 1962
The Warriors were sputtering in their early games, but Chamberlain was ripping up the record book like a barracuda with a can of tuna.
Dawning of the Age of Ralph Sampson, 1984
Now, like Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and, to a lesser extent, Bill Walton, Sampson is expected to usher in an era of his own—“The Age of Sampson.”
Wilt Chamberlain: The ‘Shape’ of Things to Come, 1967
The big man, who once scored 100 points in one game and averaged over 50 for a full season, all of a sudden has become a so-so offensive player.
The Book on NBA Players, 1970
There it is. A scouting report on the NBA entering the 1969-70 season.
Jerry West: A Very Special Agony, 1970
The thing West does is not just play basketball brilliantly, but play it best when it counts the most. This is the rarest of things.
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