They played basketball the way basketball is supposed to be played, and they lost but not before making Goliath wonder whether he was a giant, after all.

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"They have played tremendous basketball over a four-game period, which is not always that easy to do, " Boeheim said of his Orange.

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Even so, they've played arguably their best basketball over the past month, and entered Thursday night's game here against the Bulls on a 13-game win streak.

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Floyd was on the basketball team, Fred played hockey, so they were out most evenings at practice, they said.

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