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050 14 $aGV885.515.A6$bP58 1990
082 04 $a796.32364$bP737L$220
100 1 $aPluto, Terry,$d1955-
245 10 $aLoose balls :$bthe short, wild life of the American Basketball Association : as told by the players, coaches, and movers and shakers who made it happen /$cTerry Pluto.
250 $a1st Firesdie ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSimon and Schuster,$c1991, ©1990.
300 $a450 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, portraits ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aIncludes index.
500 $a"A Fireside book."
505 0 $a1. Opening gambits. Birth pangs -- The ball -- The first jumper -- The shakeout begins -- Finding players -- Opening tip -- The 3-pointer -- Larry and Doug -- The Hawk -- Bad times in Oakland -- First-year notebook: 1967-68 -- The $1.3 million glass ring: an ABA "success" story -- The leaders crumble -- Second-year notebook: 1968-69 -- Saved from the brink -- Washington: first in war, first in peace, and third in the western division? -- Sideshow in Miami -- Third-year notebook: 1969-70 -- Raiding the refs -- The Indiana Pacers: the Boston Celtics of the ABA. 2. Middle game. Star wars -- Fourth-year nootebook: 1970-71 -- The stars rise in L.A., but shine in Utah -- The meanest men of the ABA -- Fifth-year notebook: 1971-72 -- Enter the Doctor -- From the sublime to ... Johnny Neumann -- Memphis follies -- Sixth-year notebook: 1972-73 -- Carolina: where the Cougars roamed -- Wendell Ladner: an ABA original -- Seventh-year notebook: 1972-73.
505 0 $aCoach Chamberlain -- Doctor J and the rest -- The rivalry -- A big move spurs a Texas revival. 3. Endgame. The legend of Doctor J -- Moses Malone: the ultimate underclassmen -- The Kentucky Colonels: the ABA's frontline team -- Eighth-year notebook: 1974-75 -- The wildest team of them all -- Escape Claws -- Denver: a rock in the ABA -- Ninth-year notebook: 1975-76 -- Down the tubes with Virginia -- The last championship -- Surrender -- Aftermath.
610 20 $aAmerican Basketball Association (1967-1976)$xHistory.
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655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
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994 $aZ0$bP4A
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