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When games were on the line and Los Angeles needed baskets, it sent out a "quick team," which could maintain a tremendous level of defensive intensity for the duration of the 24-second shot clock. The Celtics would commit shot clock violations that led to Laker wins...
...next year's Final Four featured the Motown sound of the Hrkae circus of North Dakota. I remember the Hobey Baker Award winner controlling the play as precisely as Magic Johnson runs a Laker fast break...
...euphoric stories of Bird's series-saving steal in the semifinals against Detroit was the minor detail that an indiscreet drive by Bird had given the Pistons the ball in the first place. Then last week in the finals, when he almost pulled out a critical Laker game with his dramatic three-pointer, the sequence that immediately preceded it -- including an especially ill-chosen shot and an almost unbelievably sloppy pass -- was forgotten...
Fate interceded again several minutes later when Olajuwon tried to start a skirmish of his own. With 5:12 remaining in the game, Olajuwon went after Mitch Kupchak, another Laker known more for his elbowing then his fine shooting touch...
...even after Houston tied the game, the Lakers tried to take the final shot and win with a last-second hoop. Laker Byron Scott missed a long jumper and Houston--which had been out-rebounded nearly two to one--retrieved the ball and called time...