gersh@dartvax.UUCP (Jeff Gershengorn) (06/01/85)
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Well, game three has come and gone, and we all now know that Kareem is not
too old (wait til next year), and that a home court advantage is not going to
make all the difference between two teams as talented as these. However, playing
the next three games in the Forum should be interesting to watch, because if,
for example, L.A. takes two out of three (and don't try and tell me they'll win
all three games), they'll have the Celts in a 3-2 hole heading back to the
Garden. (and have we talked about the fact that the team with the better record
during the regular season has the "home court advantage" in the series, for
whatever that's worth?--I think it's not worth much)
I think I'll go with the Celts in 7, though. Their bench is a bit stronger than
the Lakers, I think, and they proved in game 1 that they know how to beat the
purple and yellow men from Inglewood. We shall see.
(I can't wait to go home and watch the rest of the series on a wide screen)
-Jeff
(a Golden State Warriors turned Celtics fan)
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------jmd@rduxb.UUCP (Joseph M. Dakes, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, Pa.) (06/04/85)
> I think I'll go with the Celts in 7, though. Their bench is a bit stronger than > the Lakers, I think, and they proved in game 1 that they know how to beat the > purple and yellow men from Inglewood. We shall see. > > -Jeff > (a Golden State Warriors turned Celtics fan) The Celtics bench? Stronger than the Lakers? That's as funny as the Celtics in 7. The Celtics do have good back court depth with Ray Williams but who do they have to backup McHale, Parrish or Bird? Greg Kike(sp?)? When he's out on the court he looks like a little kid lost in a candy store. Sorry, but the Celtics bench will be they're downfall in this series. Parrish, McHale and Bird will not be able to repeat their Game 1 performances (required for a Celt victory) 3 out of the next 4 games. Remember the Celtic-Piston series and how exhausted the Green's big men were from having all that court time? Why? No bench. Joseph M. Dakes AT&T Bell Laboratories Reading, PA rduxb!jmd
srt@ucla-cs.UUCP (06/04/85)
In article <3203@dartvax.UUCP> gersh@dartvax.UUCP (Jeff Gershengorn) writes: > >I think I'll go with the Celts in 7, though. Their bench is a bit stronger than >the Lakers, I think, ... Huh? 'Doo, Cooper, Spriggs, Kupchak, McGee vs. ...Kite? Scott R. Turner ARPA: (now) srt@UCLA-LOCUS.ARPA (soon) srt@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU UUCP: ...!{cepu,ihnp4,trwspp,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!srt SPUDNET: ...eye%srt@russet.spud