Slam Dunk (January 1969)

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I'm following the NBA Finals and just want to "slam dunk" the evil Ben
Zimmer with new material from Newspaperarchive.
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(ADS-L POST FROM BEN ZIMMER)
Sorry to do this to you, Barry, but here's one from Feb.  '69:

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1969 _Chicago Tribune_ 10 Feb C1/1 With West missing his  14th game of the
year and the 109th of his oft-injured career, Wilt  slam-dunked and used
his fall-away shot to hit for 17 in each of the first  two periods and 22
in the crucial third quarter when Los Angeles outscored  the Suns, 39 to
18.
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27 January 1969, Long Beach (CA) Press-Telegram, pg. C4, col. 3:
The big guy first made a free throw, then a slam dunk.
(Wilt Chamberlain -- ed.)

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