Sport: Double-Take Team

In Madison Square Garden last week the St. John's basketball team did everything wrong but shoot at its own basket. For a topflight team, their ball handling was wretched, their close-in shooting slovenly. With 45 seconds to play and St. John's three points behind, all that Utah had to do to score an upset victory was to freeze the ball until time ran out. Then prosperity went to Utah's head.

Instead of freezing the ball, a Utah player tried for an easy lay-up shot. He missed. St. John's recovered the ball, and before 18,000 fans...

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