Stokes: The Brief Career of the NBA's First Black Superstar
ROYALS 16 In the last game of the 1957-1958 NBA regular season Maurice Stokes soared and ripped down a rebound The six foot seven Stokes dribbled past a Minneapolis Lakers defender and led the fast break as the best player on the Cincinnati Royals Nobody had ever seen a guy his size score defend rebound dribble and pass so well 19 AKERS
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Stokes bounced the ball to Jack Twyman who launched a shot LAKERS 14 It banged off the rim and Stokes muscled inside for the rebound He went back up quickly and banked the ball off the backboard for a basket ROYALS 27
