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The New York Knickerbockers, commonly known as the Knicks, are a professional basketball team based in New York City.

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Former NBA star Jack Twyman, who became the guardian of an injured teammate, dies at 78

Basketball Hall of Famer Jack Twyman, one of the NBA's top scorers in the 1950s who became the guardian to a paralyzed teammate, has died.

He was 78.Twyman died Wednesday at a Cincinnati hospice of complications from an aggressive form of blood cancer, his son, Jay Twyman said Thursday."He died peacefully with family members at his side," said Twyman, of Rye, N.Y.Jack Twyman played for the University of Cincinnati and spent 11 seasons in the NBA with the Rochester and Cincinnati Royals.He averaged a career-high 31.2 points per game in the 1959-60 season, playing in six All-Star games.In 1958, after teammate Maurice Stokes was left paralyzed after a head injury suffered during a game, Twyman became his guardian to help Stokes receive medical benefits.Twyman later worked as a television analyst on NBA games. His most famous work as an announcer came in Game 7 of the 1970 NBA finals between the New York Knicks and the Los Angeles Lakers, when he stopped himself mid-sentence during the pre...

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