plw@panda.UUCP (Pete Williamson) (05/08/85)
It seems that many folks are not Celtics fans !! But please don't jump the gun and assume that Boston will play poorly against the Sixers or the Lakers, based on their struggles with Detroit or Cleveland. First of all, Boston may not get by Detroit ... it's now a 3 game mini-series ... anybody can win. If they do advance, we can look forward to basketball's "Premier Event" ... Boston / Philly. We haven't had one of these for quite a while ... should go the full seven games ... although Philly looks especially awesome right now. The winner of this series should certainly win the NBA Championship, though they could suffer an emotional letdown playing "Dancing Barry's Team". (Of course, Kareem is Kareem ... LA could make a series of it yet !!). But don't count the Green out of it. They never play any harder than they have to. If they get by Detroit, expect them to play at the top of their game. If they play at the top of their game, watch out !! Regards, -- Pete Williamson "By hook or by crook, we will !!" ... #2
srt@ucla-cs.UUCP (05/12/85)
In article <493@panda.UUCP> plw@genrad.UUCP (Pete Williamson) writes: >It seems that many folks are not Celtics fans !! Sports analysts are split on the issue of why no one outside of Boston is a Celtics fan. Some say it is because living in the Boston area is a natural selector for stupidity and hence the rest of the country is too intelligent, while others claim that instead of being related to intelligence, this effect actually has to do with the high incidence of inbreeding caused mental illness in the Boston area. We may never know the full truth. To be frank, none of us really care. >If they do advance, we can look forward to basketball's "Premier >Event" ... Boston / Philly. More like football's premiere event. I've heard that East Coast basketball will be aired in between wrestling events next year. Danny "Crybaby" Ainge should be a natural. >The winner of this series should >certainly win the NBA Championship, though they could suffer an >emotional letdown playing "Dancing Barry's Team". (Of course, >Kareem is Kareem ... LA could make a series of it yet !!). Well, this is big of you. Last year LA "made a series" out of it with Boston - taking them to seven games and losing the title on their own mistakes, remember? This year they're incredibly healthy, James Worthy has improved, and Byron Scott has become one of the league's premiere point guards. The Laker's have lost one game so far in the playoffs, setting scoring and assist records along the way. Oh yeah, I think they'll "make a series of it". As always, the Celtics are weenies... 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
chefitz@harvard.ARPA (Harry Chefitz) (05/13/85)
> > Sports analysts are split on the issue of why no one outside of Boston > is a Celtics fan. Some say... [a few foolish ideas inserted] Or maybe it's because they are all jealous of our 15 CHAMPIONSHIP banners hanging from the rafters! Going on "Sweet Sixteen"... -- Harry H. Chefitz UUCP: {seismo, ihnp4, allegra, ut-sally}!harvard!chefitz ARPA: chefitz@harvard
kovalsky@spp2.UUCP (Bruce Kovalsky) (05/14/85)
> (Of course, > >Kareem is Kareem ... LA could make a series of it yet !!). > > Well, this is big of you. Last year LA "made a series" out of it with > Boston - taking them to seven games and losing the title on their own > mistakes, remember? This year they're incredibly healthy, James Worthy > has improved, and Byron Scott has become one of the league's premiere > point guards. The Laker's have lost one game so far in the playoffs, setting > scoring and assist records along the way. Oh yeah, I think they'll "make > a series of it". > > As always, the Celtics are weenies... Scott, I couldn't agree with you more. Most all of the Celtic fans seem to think they are the only team in the league, when they are clearly struggling. I don't think they will get past Philly, but I hope they do, because the Lakers will be WAITING for revenge come the finals. By the way, Byron Scott is one of the premier *shooting* guards in the league, not a point guard. Magic usually handles those duties, and quite well I might add. Of the Lakers 9 playoff games thus far, 7 of them have been blowouts (leads of at least 20 points some point in the game). They cannot and will not be stopped this year!! ----- Bruce Kovalsky ..!trwrb!trwspp!spp2!kovalsky *** MESS THIS LINE WITH YOUR REPLACEAGE ***
srt@ucla-cs.UUCP (05/14/85)
In article <594@spp2.UUCP> kovalsky@spp2.UUCP (Bruce Kovalsky) writes: > >By the way, Byron Scott is one of the premier *shooting* guards in the league, >not a point guard. Magic usually handles those duties, and quite well I >might add. > Yeah, I'm a bit red-faced about that. I guess maybe I should read over my deathless prose before hitting the "send" key. Anyway... 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
plw@panda.UUCP (Pete Williamson) (05/15/85)
>Of the Lakers 9 playoff games thus far, 7 of them have been blowouts (leads >of at least 20 points some point in the game). They cannot and will not be >stopped this year!! I am hoping that "Dancing Barry's Team" continues to blow out their Western Conference "opposition". Let them rack up as many scoring and assist records as possible. Let them sweep Denver in four straight and wait for the Celtics / Sixers series to end in seven. In short, let them prepare for the Eastern Champion by being "rested and untested". The Rings will belong to the Celtics or the Sixers. (How's LA done against Boston in past Championships anyway ?) Regards, -- Pete Williamson "By hook or by crook, we will !!" ... #2
thr@cbscc.UUCP (Tim H. Robinson) (05/16/85)
>> Sports analysts are split on the issue of why no one outside of Boston >> is a Celtics fan. Some say... [a few interesting ideas inserted] > Or maybe it's because they are all jealous of our 15 CHAMPIONSHIP banners > hanging from the rafters! > Going on "Sweet Sixteen"... I have been a devoted Celtic fan ever since I started following pro basketball, that is, until the past few years. Now I despise the Celts more and more each game I see them play. The reason I'm not a Celtic fan is because they are by far the dirtiest team in the league. Ainge, Carr, McHale, Maxwell, and Bird (yes, sad but true) would all make my "All Cheap Shot" team; Ainge, Carr, and McHale would be starters. In stark contrast, D. J. plays physical, but not dirty. When I was a Celtic fan, it was easy to brush off the 'flying elbows' and 'shoves in the back' as just physical play, but I see now that it is not. The constant cheap shots are what drove me to be an Indiana Pacer fan; yes it is that bad. I sincerely believe you Boston fans should try once to take off your blinders. Perhaps the Celtics will defeat the short 76ers (the shortest team in the league), probably in 7, but "Sweet Sixteen", no way. The Lakers will be waiting (sorry Denver, not without Fats Lever) and this time, they will be ready for the McHale body-slams, etc. Look for the Lakers in 6. - Tim Robison
dickman@uwmacc.UUCP (alan lloyd dickman) (05/18/85)
Ok... I'm a Celtic fan. I admit it... I'm also a Laker fan, a Buck fan, and a Sixer fan. What bugs me is the exaggeration with which netters (no pun intended) ignor the pushing and shoving of their favorite team while castigating the Celtics. The Celtics play a very physical game but I don't think they play dirty. In a physical game, a lot of pushing goes on. There's nothing unusual about it. Players are trying to gain an advantage over their opponent when the ref isn't looking. You don't think Moses does that?? You don't think Rambis or McAdoo do that???? Face it... in varying degrees, the league is like that. If you don't like that kind of play, I have no argument with you. If that's your opinion, fine. But please realize that this is a matter of tastes. I have to wonder if your real problem with the physical kind of play is that the Celtics play it better??? You can't blame the Celtics for using this advantage against teams. Do celtic fans complain that the Lakers shouldn't be able to run since the Lakers do it better?? What we all dislike is when the physical play begins to border on violent (as when Moses elbowed McHale in the face during game 2). I agree that the Celtics get involved in (but don't necessarily instigate) alot of those kinds of situations. I don't like that stuff either. But elbows in the face and tackles are different from pushing off, scrambling for rebounds and loose balls. The latter is done merely to get an advantage over the opponent and all teams seek to exploit their advantages over opponents.