Word: nba
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...playoffs, defense becomes decisive. Scoring is low and hard earned. The weak defensive players get burned. Two years ago in the NBA finals, the Lakers destroyed the Knicks 4 games to 1 by isolating Gail Goodrich on Earl Monroe. Monroe's weak knees slowed up his defense and Goodrich gobbled him up for better than 25 points a game...
...sits behind the organ in the Garden? (Hint, he is reputed to play the fastest national anthem in the NHL and NBA) What kind of organ does he prefer to play...
Down home, in South Carolina, that is, winter sports are pretty much limited to basketball. Locally, everyone follows USC (University of South Carolina, of course) and regionally the Atlantic Coast Conference, the best basketball conference in the country (even better than some NBA and ABA divisions, some would claim), is king...
...streaking Boston Celtics increased their lead in the NBA Atlantic Division to six and a half games with a smashing 119-97 victory over the second place and defending world champion New York Knicks last night at the Boston Garden...
...losing image has been promoted mostly through the city's generally embarrassing pro teams. The 76ers set an NBA record last year for the fewest victories in a season (9), and hot shot rookies on the Eagles or Phillies invariably turn up smaller, slower and less talented than reported, and eventually fade away to play out their careers in Pottstown or Reading. There is none of the good-natured loyalty that characterized the early Met fans--Philly crowds can be ugly. They curse, they throw full beer cans, they follow their victims home. One baseball player who fell into disfavor...