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FEATURES

52 BASKETBALL

DOC ON FILM

Julius Erving provides behind-the-scenes commentary for some favorites photos

AS TOLD TO MARK BECHTEL

BASEBALL

30 Men at Work

Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder are naturals at the plate, but they're also students of the hitting trade

BY MICHAEL ROSENBERG

• The best 3-4 combos in MLB

STANLEY CUP FINALS

38 Destiny's Children

The Bruins should have lost in the first round, but they pulled off an unlikely rally and haven't looked back since

BY BRIAN CAZENEUVE

• Pierre McGuire's breakdown

NBA FINALS

46 Future Tense

The Heat's championship hopes and dynastic ambitions have come to hinge on Dwyane Wade's knee

BY S.L. PRICE

SPECIAL REPORT

60 The Tempest

The NCAA's fumbling of a gift-wrapped case exposes a fractured department seemingly unable to do its job

BY PETE THAMEL AND ALEXANDER WOLFF

DEPARTMENTS

2 SI Digital

4 Leading Off

10 The Mail

13 Scorecard

Merion is golf's bellwether

23 Faces in the Crowd

24 Just My Type

Karl Malone's alltime NBA team

BY DAN PATRICK

26 The Case AGAINST

Signing the letter of intent

70 Point After

Rashard Lewis chases a ring

BY LEE JENKINS

ON THE COVER: Photograph by Robert Seale for Sports Illustrated

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JAMES DRAKE FOR SPORTS ILLUSTRATED

RIMSIDE MANNER Erving soared for a dunk in the 1977 Finals, which the Sixers lost to the Blazers.