Word: laker
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...have the luxury of passing off to Scottie Pippen, one reason an NBA championship might not be in the Philadelphia 76ers immediate future. But he still seems to score at will, despite his relative puniness (the 76ers generously list him at 6 ft., 165 lbs.) After Iverson torched the Lakers for 48 points in the first game of this year's NBA finals, dealing L.A. their only playoff loss, Laker Robert Horry wondered aloud just how anyone was supposed to defend the little guy: "He can get the jumper anytime he wants, so all you can do is hope...
TYRONN LUE Unknown 6-ft. Laker in shadow of Shaq soars in play-offs as man who slowwwed Iverson...
...once settled, an all-out attack was likely. These consisted of shots of all types, with a weighting toward late cuts and pulls, sometimes off balls that weren't short, just made to seem so by Bradman's movements. "As I ran up to bowl," recalled England's Jim Laker, "Bradman seemed to know where the ball was going to pitch, what stroke he was going to play and how many runs he was going to score." He wasn't a beautiful batsman?he lacked the grace of Victor Trumper, Ted Dexter or Mark Waugh?but as his late teammate...
...choreographers who have risen to the top tend to be self-taught. Landon, 34, a native of Lancaster, Calif., dropped out of junior college and worked as a Laker girl before getting her start in videos. The Bronx-born Henson, 28, says he "never actually trained anywhere...I used to watch music videos on TV and imitate what I saw." And Robinson, 29, from Little Rock, Ark., says, "The clubs are my classroom...
Gone are the days of the great Celtic-Laker battles. Nowadays, the leagues best rivalries all involve the boys in blue -Knicks-Heat, Knicks-Pacers, and up until a year ago, Knicks-Bulls. Even when Shaq and the boys come to town, you know not to expect anything other than a dull blowout to happen. The only thing that makes the T-ride worth well is the trip to the only hoops shrine greater than Madison Square Garden, Boston Garden...