They knew, here comes Power Memorial with 71 wins in a row now ... Wootten: "I can remember Mickey Wiles hitting a high jump hook over Lew Alcindor, so the tennis racket kind of paid off." ...

Lew Alcindor elevating over the competition while a star at Power Memorial Academy.AP “He had without a doubt the singular greatest weapon ever devised in the history of the game in the sky hook ...

"At Linton, Bill was the starting center on the famous basketball team which beat Power Memorial,'' the obit states. "In that memorable game, he defended Lew Alcindor holding him to only eight points.

The Stepinac Crusaders were already halfway through their pregame warm-ups by the time the boys from Manhattan’s Power Memorial Academy ... but Power’s Lew Alcindor, at 7 ft.

Kareem went 212-8 in high school and college combined. Then known as Lew Alcindor, he led Power Memorial High School to three New York City Catholic Championships while winning the National Player ...

Long before he became a Hall of Famer, Abdul-Jabbar was known as Lew Alcindor, a 7-foot phenom at Power Memorial High School in New York City. He took his game to another level at UCLA ...

Some night when the moon is full and the wiverns and hobgoblins are about, somebody may actually beat U.C.L.A. in basketball—but only if Lew Alcindor happens to leave his shins at home.

The road jersey worn by legendary center Lew Alcindor ... that the Alcindor home jersey from the 1971 championship season is part of the permanent collection of the Naismith Memorial Basketball ...