"Faked into the popcorn machine" (1966)

[Sam Clements]

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> He (Chic Hearn--ed.) is most famous for having players "faked into the
> popcorn machine," but Hearn's invention does not stop there.

>"give-and-go"

1947 at Proquest--pre-dates Hearn.

> Hearn-ese, not basketball-ese. Any game needs imaginative synonyms for
standard
> plays.... "she's going,
> going, GONE!" for a dramatic home run instead of just simply "and Snyder
hits a
> home run."

Which existed many, many years before Hearn.

Sam Clements