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...even on a team of determined shooters. True, Guards Doug Collins and Henry Bibby were willing to pass the ball, and, of course, Philly had the splendid Julius Erving, the All-Stratosphere Dr. J, who was difficult to fault even on a rare bad night. Taken all together, the 76ers had talent to burn-and they...
Coached by Gene Shue, the 76ers last season fought with one another as much as they battled opponents. Someone was always complaining about not getting enough playing time or asking to be traded. The Sixers wasted their formidable skills in playground pyrotechnics and ego-invigorating one-on-one duels. The limitations of such tactics were all too evident in the championship series: Philadelphia was whipped by the less-talented but cohesive and unselfish Portland Trail Blazers. When this season began with a 2-4 whimper, Coach Shue was dispatched and Cunningham summoned...
...76ers also responded to the fact that Cunningham coaches with the same intensity that marked his brilliant playing career (in eleven years with the pros he averaged 20.8 points a game). He rants so fervently on the sidelines that he is frequently rapped with technical fouls. In one recent game, Billy C. pulled off a shoe and pounded the floor á la Khrushchev to express...
...McGinnis, Erving and Collins-are all averaging close to 20 points a game. A running team that likes to roughhouse its way to the basket, Philadelphia still often has trouble working set plays, although Cunningham has his men passing the ball more than a year ago. Last season the 76ers ranked 13th in the league in assists; this year they are up to sixth place. Says San Antonio Coach Doug Moe: "They're playing much better team ball than last year." Philadelphia's main weakness: an erratic defense...
...selling campaign: "We owe you one." But Philadelphia could have its hands full just winning the Eastern Conference playoffs. San Antonio, winner of its own division, is a well-balanced club that has Forward George Gervin, the highest scorer in the league (28 point average a game). While the 76ers are fighting it out in the East, the Western Conference will hold a trial by fire guaranteed to produce a team that will be undaunted by Philadelphia. Portland is recovering from an astonishing run of injuries. At week's end Star Center Bill Walton had missed 21 straight games...