Trivia: Who was the first player to break an NBA backboard?
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Okay okay...here's one. Who is 7 feet tall. Scores 27 points. Game MVp with winning free throws. But had 0 rebounds?
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LAKESHOW wrote:Okay okay...here's one. Who is 7 feet tall. Scores 27 points. Game MVp with winning free throws. But had 0 rebounds?
Other than MVP, you just described Lopez.
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gus johnson in the 60s, and i remember chickie babe gushing over it
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it was Chuck Conners in 1946 for Boston
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Chuck Conners is the first one..... but the guy who named his dunk this "The Chocolate-Thunder-Flying, Robinzine-Crying, Teeth-Shaking, Glass-Breaking, Rump-Roasting, Bun-Toasting, Wham-Bam, Glass-Breaker-I-Am-Jam" is the one I remember.
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LAKESHOW wrote:I looked it up, still couldn't find it. Damn bumble doesn't work.
I think you're using the wrong search app

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Kilroy wrote:Who do you think? (Hint, he played for a rival)
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Chuck Conners. Rifleman. I read that before, dunno if it's 100.
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