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Going into the N.B.A. finals against the New York Knicks, the Los Angeles Lakers figured that their primary goal was to stop Walt Frazier, who led the Knicks through the first two rounds of the play-offs with a sizzling average of 24 points a game. Stop him they did in the first game, holding Frazier to 12 points as they outlasted the New Yorkers 115-112. But the Knicks have made a religion out of the old locker-room slogan "There is no I in TEAMWORK." As Knick Captain Willis Reed pointed out: "Any guy might...
Said Reed, who was presented with a Most Valuable Player award that could have been divided eight ways: "In the end it was our poise that held us together." Poise with a punch. The Knicks' triumph, in fact, has given the game a renewed emphasis that is echoed in the clarion call of the rabid Knick fans: "Dee-fense!" A relatively small team, the New Yorkers intimidate not by brute force but with a clawing finesse that presses the limits of the rules. Reed handled Laker Center Wilt Chamberlain, for example, with muscular simplicity: he leaned against the giant...
Though a newcomer to the pros, New York Knick Guard Dean Meminger has a veteran's grasp of what the annual free-for-all called the National Basketball Association play-offs is all about. He proved it in last week's showdown game with the Boston Celtics, when a flash fight between Knick Bill Bradley and Celtic Don Nelson threatened to erupt into a bench-clearing slugfest. Meminger, the smallest man on the floor, quickly stepped in front of Boston's Dave Cowens, the 6-ft. 9-in. center with flaming red hair and a temper...
Frazier led all scorers with 29 points. Throughout the game, he found the gaps in the Boston defense and turned them into New York scores. Earl, the pearl, Monroe contributed 22 to the Knick cause...
Boston held the lead in field goal percentage at the end of the first half, but they also were ahead in balls turned over, which accounted for the Knick lead...