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[QUOTE="tbonezone, post: 1743293, member: 1028"]
i started following syracuse hoops in the mid to late seventies but nothing in my memory compares to excitement the pearl brought to the court.
i think my best pearl memory was one of pearl's worst. the walter berry block. i was just so sure he was gonna score . i've never been so juiced and excited watching sports as i was when pearl headed up the court...and then:
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"Eight seconds remained. Washington took the inbounds pass. He flew up court as if propelled by a turbo button, faster it seemed with the ball than without it. As Rowan watched Washington go coast to coast, at full speed, he saw “an unstoppable force.”

Walter Berry, an old friend and a fellow New York City basketball prodigy nicknamed the Truth, stalked Washington. He figured Washington was headed toward the rim. As Washington ducked under a defender and released the ball, Berry blocked him from behind. Washington never saw him.
He continued: “Pearl kept asking me why I blocked his shot. He asked me that 20 times.”
Always, the same answer."
“Bro, I knew exactly where you were going.”[/I]

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Syracuse’s Dwayne Washington going to the basket in front of Walter Berry (21) in the 1986 Big East tournament championship game.CreditLarry Morris/The New York Times (pearl was mvp)

i never got to see dave bing play (at syracuse) and can only imagine how smooth he was. but i did get to see the pearl live many many times
and feel a little sorry for those who missed his fantastic show. i agree with JB here he was the most exciting player ever to grace the dome.
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