Word: laker
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Atlanta Hawks hardly knew what hit them. With less than a minute remaining, they were trailing the Los Angeles Lakers by only one point, 96 to 95. Then two dunk shots, three intercepted passes, eight points and 31 sec. later, the Lakers walked off the court with a 104-95 victory. The Hawks need not have felt victimized. All season long Los Angeles has been terrorizing the entire National Basketball Association with the Laker lunge, a strong finishing kick that leaves opponents panting and fans chanting for more. The win over the Hawks, in fact, gave the Lakers 21 victories...
...also came home with a new assignment. Long the team's deadliest outside gunner, West leads the fast break and divides his scoring duties with Guard Gail Goodrich. Result: Goodrich, who at 6 ft. 1 in. is the littlest Laker, is the team's highest scorer with a 27-point average, and West is leading the league in assists. The biggest change, however, has been in the play of Chamberlain, the moody, taciturn giant whose uneven performance in the past has earned him such derisive nicknames as "Big Musty" and "The Load." Now, coaxed into a different role...
...Lakers rolled to their 23rd consecutive win at week's end, there was even talk that they could go all the way against Kareem Jabbar (formerly Lew Alcindor) and the vaunted Milwaukee Bucks, the overwhelming preseason favorites to win their second straight N.B.A. title. If conditioning alone determined the winner, the Lakers would be shoo-ins. Last week, when Laker Owner Jack Kent Cooke jubilantly broke out the champagne to celebrate the team's record-breaking victory, most of the players drank their toasts in Gatorade...