Dome schooled
Your article on the UCLA-Houston game in the Astrodome was far wide of the mark factually. You state that “Hayes consistently beat Alcindor down the court” for layups. In fact, Alcindor wasn’t guarding Hayes; Edgar Lacey was. Alcindor was guarding Ken Spain, Houston’s center. Most of Hayes’ points were 18-foot jumpers from the corner. He made very few layups.
Hayes had 29 at the half, not 25. But he scored 16 in the first 10 1/2 minutes when Lacey was pulled from the game. Jim Neilsen took over and held Hayes to only 10 points in the second half. After John Wooden made critical comments about Lacey’s play in the game, Edgar quit the team.
Tony Medley
Marina del Rey
(Medley is the author of “UCLA Basketball: The Real Story”)
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