pannell@dosadi.DEC (Roger D. Pannell 229-6893) (10/07/85)
>> Hasn't LA been to the finals at least four times in a row? If memory >> serves: >> 1980 Philadelphia LA Lakers >> 1981 Boston Houston >> 1982 Philadelphia LA Lakers >> 1983 Philadelphia LA Lakers >> 1984 Boston LA Lakers >> 1985 Boston LA Lakers >It is dominance such as this which lends creedence to the notion that >if there is a dynasty in basketball today, it resides in LA. Don't >let all the Boston press fool you, they are not the team to beat. >Kareem, Magic & Co. are the defenders of the crown, not the >pretenders to it. That only proves that thus far in the decade of the 80's, there have only been three teams capable of competing for the championship. It only appears that LA was dominant, when in reality they have little competition out west. The fact of the matter is, Boston IS the team to beat to be champion (that's why the Lakers are defending champs). LA certainly can't be considered a champion by defeating the likes of Denver or Houston. > Daniel Schneider > {decvax}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-monty!dec-2littl!schneider >P.S. Lucky for me I managed to tape games 5 and 6 of last years > championship. Its just a pleasure to watch the Lakers beat > the Celtics in every phase of the game. Again and again. I almost wish I had taped those two games, because they are certain to become a collectors item, since it was a once in a lifetime experience. -- Roger Pannell ARPA: pannell%dosadi.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA, pannell%dosadi.DEC@Purdue-Merlin.ARPA UUCP: {allegra, decvax, ucbvax}!decwrl!rhea!dosadi!pannell
srt@ucla-cs.UUCP (10/11/85)
In article <734@decwrl.UUCP> pannell@dosadi.DEC (Roger D. Pannell 229-6893) writes: >>P.S. Lucky for me I managed to tape games 5 and 6 of last years >> championship. Its just a pleasure to watch the Lakers beat >> the Celtics in every phase of the game. Again and again. > >I almost wish I had taped those two games, because they are certain to become >a collectors item, since it was a once in a lifetime experience. > > -- Roger Pannell Let's all get out the violins and play Roger a sad song. As far as all this crap about how easy the West is, can someone compile and post the win/loss record for West vs. East teams for the last couple of years? Seems to me that would give us some sort of an idea if either conference was dominant. -- Scott
lor@ucla-cs.UUCP (10/11/85)
In article <7078@ucla-cs.ARPA> srt@ucla-cs.UUCP (Scott Turner) writes: >In article <734@decwrl.UUCP> pannell@dosadi.DEC (Roger D. Pannell 229-6893) writes: > >>>P.S. Lucky for me I managed to tape games 5 and 6 of last years >>> championship. Its just a pleasure to watch the Lakers beat >>> the Celtics in every phase of the game. Again and again. >> >>I almost wish I had taped those two games, because they are certain to become >>a collectors item, since it was a once in a lifetime experience. >> >> -- Roger Pannell > >Let's all get out the violins and play Roger a sad song. > >As far as all this crap about how easy the West is, can someone compile and >post the win/loss record for West vs. East teams for the last couple of >years? Seems to me that would give us some sort of an idea if either >conference was dominant. > > -- Scott Roger Pannell's message is certainly sour grape. The point is, who really cares whether the Lakers are playing in the weakest division/conference at all. As long as they beat the Celtics/ 76ers in the finals, they are the best team in the League. The performance of the Sonics, Warriors, Clippers and so has no bearing on the Lakers' honor as champions. Face the fact, the Lakers' triumph over the Celts is not an upset. As Bill Russell said, "in a seven-game series, the best team ALWAYS wins". -- Eddy Lor ...!(ihnp4,ucbvax)!ucla-cs!lor lor@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU Computer Science Department, UCLA