Conference 7.286::sports_91

    The Fackers(tm) are TOAST, especially this Sunday at the Gahden!!!
    
    Me and Mikey shall be there savoring every moment !!!!!
    
    nya, nya, nya
    
    Kev
    

Dyan Cannon is getting divorced, but she and her husband agreed to share
their season tickets to the Lakers. Evidently there might be something
to these Lakers. Dyan Cannon is about 54 years old, and still maintains
excellent Titles & Acquisitions.... consequentially ah gots to respeck
her opinion.

Mike JN

    
    re: .4
    
    Why doesn't Diane Cannon just hook up with Jack Nicholson?  He's got
    better seats, fer cry'n out loud.
    
    Dickstah
    

    Bad news for Laker and Suns fans!  Portland just received Walter Davis
    as part of a 3 way deal.  They gave up Drazen Petrovic for him.
    
    Makes a great Portland team better with Ainge + Davis coming off the
    bench :-(

    >Me and Mikey shall be there savoring every moment !!!!!
    
    I'll look for your sad faces on the tube.  Sad because of the way the
    Lakers will be toying with the Celtics.
    
    Dan

    Lakers sip!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    'Nuff said.
    
    NAZZ

>    Me and Mikey will be there savoring every moment !!!!!
    
    	The only thing youse guys will be savoring is your beer! :-)
    
    	Tis time for Dee Brown to attend class(Point Guard 101), and 
    I know that Magic will be ever so glad to teach him how its done.
    	
    
    						 glen j. 
    
    	
    

 The only sad face in the crowd will Magic's as he piss and moans after 
 Jimmy Clang misses another. Of course he'll be crying too about the foul
 he should have received just because HE is MAGIC and HE just DROVE down
 the LANE, check that make it TRAVELED down the LANE!!!!!!!!

 ;^)

 mike

 ps. last time I attended one of these games we pumpeled the Lakers, I expect
 the same...    

 >The only sad face in the crowd will Magic's as he piss and moans after 
 >Jimmy Clang misses another.
    
    Mike, the Lakers are playing the Celtics, remember.  The green hasn't
    had anyone who could cover worthy during his whole career!  It ain't
    gonna start now...
    
    Dan

>                -< This'll be easier than beating Phoenix! :) >-
    
    Need I remind you that LA has won only 2 games in the last 7 meetings
    with the Suns

I know Dan was extra sensitive and objective last year in analyzing Larry
Bird's lower-than-normal FG% last year following major surgery on his heels.
Perhaps he'd grace us with an explanation of Magic Johnson's even worse
performance so far this year?    What possible excuse could there be?

    I've only seen aobut 4 or 5 Lakers games this year, so it's hard to be
    as accurate as I was with my objectivity of a year ago.  I perceive
    that Magic is firing up a significantly higher number of treys and that
    the Lakers half court offense means less easy baskets (drives down the
    lane) and more 24-second clock-running-out heaves.  I also believe he's
    not getting some of the calls that he's used to.
    
    Dan

 Dan with a name like Clang it quite obvious wht the Celts feel no need to
 guard James but for the record Max could do the job quite nicely. Biggest
 questions is will the Lakers again cheap shot Reggie like last year to
 remove him from the game. It was only the third quarter last year and the
 Reg already had 30 before the cheap shot...talk about torching a team...

 mike

    Mike, think back to game 3 1985 playoffs in Boston Garden.  I think it
    was a Sunday afternoon.  Almost the entire 3rd quarter, the Lakers fed
    James who was being guarded by Bird, and on an infinite variety of
    lightning first steps and spin moves, the defensive talents of Bird
    were revealed.  So the Celtics put McHale on him.  James popped a few
    times from outside, and when Kevin stepped out it was time to blow by
    the freak.  Can you think back to the your expression during that game,
    the way your face was all screwed up in agony?  That's the way your
    gonna look this Sunday, all during BOTH games!
    
    Dan

>    Mike, think back to game 3 1985 playoffs in Boston Garden.  

	Can it be that life was oh so simple then?
	 Or has time rewritten every line?
	  If we had the chance to do it all again,
	   Tell me, would we?   Could we?

	Memories... 

 Dan both guys were hurt and besides this is the NBA where Travelling is legal
 if you look good doing it. Worthy can make a move without moving his piviot
 foot first but refs won't call it cause it's Showtime....

 mike

    Both guys were hurt...waah!  waah! waah!  They weren't hurt...they were
    and are just too slow for the likes of James!  Remember, 1987 was the
    O-fficial "Injury is the Excuse" Celtic's Jihad Partyline.  1985, the
    O-fficial Jihad Excuse was the moany-woany "2-3-2 is an Unfair Format".
    
    Dan

    What was LA's excuse last May?

    re: .14
    
    	Need I remind you, my friend, that Phoenix is in 3rd place in the
    Pacific.  
    
    I know this helps.  :)
    
    						 glen j.

   >>	Need I remind you, my friend, that Phoenix is in 3rd place in the
   >>   Pacific.  
    
    
    What he said. 
    
    
    
    The LAKERS will destroy the CELibaTICS(tm). Like Dan said Worthy will
    be unstoppable and neither BIRDbrain(tm) or Inhale(tm) will be able to
    stop him. Magic and Byron will eat up the far inferior CELibaTIC(tm)
    guards. NO CONTEST - LAKERS 136 CELabiTICS(tm) 85 

    
    And even tho' Earvin's FG % is down from previous years, he is still
    among the league leaders in triple-doubles and assists ....
    
    Celts '91 edition = major SIPPERS !
    
    - The Doctor

Who put the amphetamines in Mychal Thompson's oatmeal yesterday
morning?

    O.k. guy I was wrong, L.A. only won by 1/3 of the points I said they'd
    win by. I also forgot about Worthy being hurt. Boy did he look upset at
    the fact that he wasn't in there dunking over Inhale(tm). Magic looked 
    good as always as he tossed in 22 pts and 15 assists, too bad he didn't
    get one more board, then we'd have seen another triple double by Magic. 
    What a treat that woulda been. It was also good to see L.A. run a
    little, and play airtight defense. A good win. 
    
    Jesse
    
    P.s. Mike Childs what'd you think?

 It sucked!  ;^)

mike

	I'm surprised nobody caught Dan on this yet.  The third game of the 
1985 Finals was played at the Forum and not the Garden.  Of course 
considering how Dan likes to rewrite history to fit his view of it, one 
shouldn't be all that surprised.  I mean if you read enough of his notes 
you might think the NBA cancelled their seasons in 1984 and 1986.  I believe 
this is what is called a credibility gap.

				/Don

    
    	LAKERS have now won 12 games in a row.  Next up is Atlanta on
    Fri. night.
    
    	Thus far, I've only seen 1 full game, that being the last time
    they played Phoenix.  I only caught the C's game in bits and pieces.
    From what I saw on Sunday, it looks like they're finally settling 
    into Dunleavy's system, which includes a lot less running. :(
    Rebounding, not known to be a strength during the 80's, is probably 
    the area in which they've improved the most, thanks to Perkins.
    They are somewhat vulnerable to teams with dominant centers and
    fortunately, there aren't many of those left nowdays.  Their 31-11
    record after 42 games is exactly where they were last year at the same 
    point.
    
    	Atlanta has been playing well as of late.  Should be a good game.
    
    						 glen j.
    

    >Oh good!  I'm relieved that we won't be seeing the Lakers in the Finals
    >again this year!
    
    
    Au contrar mon frar. The Lakers will not only catch Portlyand(tm) but
    they will win the Western Conference and whup whoever comes from the
    East in the finals. 
    
    Lasted night was a good win vs Mylanta. The Lakers even ran well, and
    without Worthy. Portland lost so we is 4 back. What a team! Parade in
    June!!

    Congratulations Walt!

    Mike, Suns are now 3 1/2 back of the Lakers and dropping fast.  Divac
    and Thompson turned in superb performances again last night.... Mark
    West has been named Ultra Slim Fast Dude of the Month.... Did you get
    to see Sunday's Lakers-Celts game, er, uh, clinic?  
    
    Laker_Ken

    Yeah, that's right boyeee... no threepeat from me yet... we'll
    see.... hope you guys get there....

    Walt, forget Duerod, what ever happen to my man David Thirdkill ???
    
    All-name Hall Of Fame ...

    From AP :

    "Magic Johnson scored 30 points as the Lakers extended the NBA's
    longest winning streak this season to 14 with a victory over the
    Clippers in Los Angeles."

    "Five players scored in double figures for the Lakers, who have
    won their last seven road games and are off to the same 33-11
    start that propelled them to a league-leading 63-19 record last
    season."

    The Boxscore :

    LA LAKERS (106)

    Perkins 3-8 2-2 8, Green 2-8 6-10 10, Divac 5-8 4-4 14, 
    Scott 8-15 0-0 17, Johnson 9-17 10-12 30, Thompson 3-7 1-3 7, 
    Worthy 3-6 0-0 6, T. Smith 1-3 2-2 4, Teagle 4-7 2-4 10,
    Thomas 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 38-79 27-37 106.

    LA CLIPPERS (92)

    Norman 1-5 0-0 2, C. Smith 6-9 6-6 18, Benjamin 6-11 4-4 16,
    Grant 5-11 0-0 10, Martin 3-7 0-0 7, Manning 8-18 2-2 18,
    Harper 4-15 1-2 9, Vaught 2-5 0-0 4, Garland 3-4 0-0 6,
    Kimble 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 39-89 13-14 92.

    LAKERS	33  28  26 19 - 106
    CLIPPERS	24  26  16 26 -  92

    3-pointers - LAL 3-11 (Johnson 2-5, Scott 1-2, Worthy 0-1, Green 0-3),
                 LAC 1-3 (Martin 1-2, Harper 0-1)

    Rebounds - LAL 56 (Green 12), LAC 46 (Manning 10)

    Assists -  LAL 21 (Johnson 10), LAC 24 (Grant 9)

    Total Fouls - LAL 18, LAC 27    Fouled Out - None.

    Attendance - 15,350

    

    It's looking better and better, but I still don't like Dunleavy ....

    Maybe if he gets a ring I'd respect him more ! (:^))

    Worthy is back, does'nt look like he got much PT. The Lakers got
    37 tries at the line, compared to the Clips 14 !

    Did not see it, but a W is a W. On the plus side, Barkley returned
    to the Sixers and they pasted the Suns 96-89. The Lakers have the
    2nd best W/L % at .750 now, and are still 4 back of the Blazers.

    - The Doctor

    	
    	LAKERS win their 15th straight victory with a 99-86 victory 
    over Chicago, thus tying the second longest winning streak in club
    history(the first being the league-record 33 wins set back in 1972).
    Lowlight of the game occurred when Magic tripped over Terry Teagle
    while retreating on defense.  While falling, he was accidentally
    kicked in the head by Horace Grant before his head hit the floor.
    He was unconscious for a little while before walking to the locker
    room.  The AP report states that he suffered a concussion and possibly
    a slight case of amnesia.  He's not expected to be hospitalized for 
    long.
    
    	Difference in the game was in bench scoring.  LAKER subs accounted
    for 36 points(led by Teagle w/16, Worthy with 12, T. Smith with 8), 
    compared to something like 8 for the Bulls bench.  LAKERS led 76-74 when 
    Magic went down with 7 seconds left in the 3rd quarter; they only allowed 
    12 Chicago points in the 4th.  
    
    	Mike Heiser came up from the desert and watched the Suns dismantle 
    the Pissed-ons(tm) 112-97.  Debil Dawg, Heiser and myself were actually
    united against the same foe at first(actually, Jesse and I were rooting 
    for Detriot(tm) to lose rather than for Phoenix to win).  Heiser even 
    asked me why wasn't I wearing a Suns cap for crying out loud! :-)  It
    might have been unbearable if there wasn't a LAKER game on to restore 
    some semblance of normalcy!  :-)
    
    
    						 glen j.
    

    It was great seeing Mikey Heiser Hi-5'in the waitress as the Lakers
    chalked up another win. Truly there's hope for him yet.
    
    Great game. Teagle seemed unstoppable and the Laker D looked awesome in
    the 4th. Hopefully Magic will be ok and will be back in the lineup
    soon. 
    
    Overall a good win. 

    	Magic's got amnesia?  Maybe we should send the Doc and Schneid
    down there to convince him he will be playing for his 11th consecutive
    NBA championship this year.  
    
    				/Don

The DJs on WPLR this morning were laughing about it, and saying that
Magic suddenly thought he was M.C. Hammer, but couldn't figure out
how to dance with size 13 feet...

It was too funny....

'Saw

    Since their 2-5 start, the Lakers have the best record in the NBA.
    
    The Celtics can take lessons from the Lakers in how to rally when your
    leader goes down.
    
    Dunlevy is an obvious Del Harris disciple. The Lakers are playing
    Piston-like D (without the borderline shots), they are the only two
    teams who are holding opponents under 100 ppg. Impressive. I was also
    impressed with the poise that rookie Tony Smith showed.
    
    Imagine the Lakers with Brian Shaw (who would be a Laker, except that
    Boston was a slot ahead of them in the draft) - whew !
    
    doc

    
    re: .47
    
    now you're from LA?
    

    >	Magic's got amnesia?  Maybe we should send the Doc and Schneid
    >down there to convince him he will be playing for his 11th consecutive
    >NBA championship this year.  
    
    Hey /Don, don't think for a minute that I've forgotten that you have
    owed me a 6-pack of premium beer for well over a month!  So quit the
    cheap shots, you Docker!
    
    Dan
    

    	Wardle must of told you.  Come on down and I'll buy your
    six pack of sissy yuppie beer...
    
    				/Don

    Re:52 The Banana Splits rule!!!!
    
    REK
    FLeagle, drooper and snork.....

    
    Rumor has it that Isaiah went to the hospital and gave Magic mouth
    to mouth just in case.

    re REK
    
    You forgot Bingo. 
    
    Oh yea. lakers will kill da Clippers tonight. Look for Worthy to get at
    least 30 pts.

    Jesse forgot to explain that I was Hi-5'in the waitress when Magic got
    hurt! ;-)

    Magic back in the lineup, Lakers 116-clippers 102, status quo.

    Cover Story in today's National:
    
    Why Lakers are Better Off Without Pat Riley
    
    Anybody read it?  Comments?

    I like the TSN cover better ;-)

Oh my gawd!

Technoweenie overload......ComposeCharacter-itis!

;^)

    	Speaking of TSN, did anyone read Jan Hubbard's article this
    week and his criticisms of Riley as a comentator?
    
    				/Don

    Da Lakers will kill da Suns tonight. Look for K.yJ.elly (tm) to have
    fits agaist a superior Laker backcourt. Magic will have a triple double
    and Worthy and BYron will combine for 60+ points. This will be great.

    Suns beat the Lakers 99-95
    
    REK

 
 You were right again Jess it was great....with Boston coming to town friday
 it looks like the Lakers are in for a swoon........

 mike

    The Lakers 16 game winning streak comes to an end, they are still the
    hotest team in the NBA and if they keep there composor(sp) they could
    still catch portland, although portland beat Philly badly last night
    and now own a 4 game lead over LA.  The celtics came back in the 2nd
    half to beat seattle (and the most important game last night chicago
    beat atlanta).
    							M_Air_Brooks

    Hey the Lakers woulda won if Phooynix(tm) didn't invite the Clemsuck
    refs to officiate. 

    69 DUDES!!!

    
    Lakers sip...  they split with the Cavs and lost to the Suns again last
    night!   Maybe they ought to move back to Minneapolis!
    

Didn't see the game, but seeing the score reminded me...

I was wondering. Has any team scored more than a hundred points on the
Lakers this year? The few games I've seen it hasn't happened, and Laker
defense has been excellent, although I haven't noticed anybody giving
that fact much notice.

Mike JN

re .-1


Yet again, the most underrated, most beloved, most thoroughly and 
totally excellent film in the annals of film-making, rears its
head in SPORTS....


EXCELLENT!  (insert air guitar sounds here)

'Saw

    BTW - over in GUITAR notes, we adopted Bill & Ted's air guitar work as
    the official salute for the Brotherhood of Tone ;-)  EXCELLENT!
    
    Phoenix scored 112 against LA in their first win over them this year.
    
    Kudos to Jesse and Glenn Johnson for being men enough to call me at
    home last night to take their crow.
    
    Mike

Thank God the Lakers have a couple of expansion teams coming up
at home to help them get back on track:  Minnesota tonight, and
Celts on Friday. ;)

Laker_Ken

    RE:75 Talk abot a  TURBO_SUCK REPLY (I'll have to TM that mother).
    
    Then again I really should expect that from a Flaker fan ( Should
    I TM that one too?)
    
    REK
    
    :-}

    
        Man oh man what is that smell coming from Clevland?  Oh, it must
    be Groaner & the Cavs trying to find a clue. 
    
    	Didn't see the game as I had to work.  From the boxscore, looks
    like it was close throughout.  Also looks like X-man was a no-show,
    with only 6 points.  
    
    	As they say, all good things come to an end.  The winning streak
    basically vaulted LA past Phoenix into 2nd place.  I'm not sure of the 
    date, but there is a game against Portland very soon.  With Portland
    tearing it up with 40 wins, LA very hot, and Phoenix playing the role
    of streak-breaker(they also snapped winning streaks by Detroit and 
    Atlanta I think), the Pacific division is arguably the strongest in
    the NBA.
    
    	 I kind of like it that Baahston will be paying a visit to the 
    Forum right about now.  What better way to start another winning streak 
    by having what should be an easy scrimmage against the Wolves.  Then, 
    to really get things going, our favorite whipping boys from the East 
    will be here to get the 2nd part of their annual schooling.  Didn't you 
    guys had learn your lesson earlier this year?  Guess it's time for 
    remedial training. :-)
    
    
    						 glen j.         

    Yo REK yer CELiibaTICS(tm) will go down a yak'in and a hack'in when the
    Lakers mop up da Forum wif 'em. It will be a great day indeed.

Ya but we're bring the LIVING LEGEND to the Forum, GL so youse and Jess
better get used to da crow....

;^)

    Is this version 2.0 of BROKENRECORD.COM?

    Re Mike C.
    Living Legend? Bruno Samartino is coming?
    
    
    >Shirley, you jest!
    
    No, I don't jest. 
    
    
    And stop calling me Shirley!

    Jess, if you changed your name to Shirley, you better go back to being
    a Lakers fan ;-)

 Naw Jess, Samartino is a Sixers' fan. We got Larry Z. in our corner. Wouldn't
 Larry and Macho make the ulitmate tagteam???

 Inside word is that Bird's planning on scoring 40 tomorrow nite...

 mike

    re .75
    
    HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!!!!!

 >>>Inside word is that Bird's planning on scoring 40 tomorrow nite...
    
    
    What is he taking an I.Q. test?

    No offense to the Celtics (who I am a fan of) but with a recovering
    Bird(still dont consider him 100%) and a out or recovering Mchale they
    have batter odds at winning the lottery then this game, the lakers were
    on a major role then got stopped by the suns which makes them want to
    win even more, plus it is the celtics and the lakers play on a higher
    level against boston....I see this as a blow out with no mchale and a
    close game with him but the Lakers will still win it.....On a happier
    note Detroit Lost last night to Indiana ...HAHAHAHA....Being a bulls
    fan I dont mind seeing the celtics slip a little, want to see the bulls
    with the best record in the east come april....
    							M_Air_Brooks

    must be Doc's distant cousin

    The babbling Brooks'.

    Well some people have the capability of enjoying more then one team,
    I grew up in Massachusetts so the celtics are in my blood and I root
    for them untill they play the bulls....But either way I dont to see
    the lakers in the finals let alone win it, if one things holds true
    I will always dislike the Lakers (part of my boston blood).  	
    
    								M_Air_B

    (tm) that sucker Jess!

 5  minutes later Jess and I'm still rolling over the IQ thing. I ain't even
 got a good comeback...hahhahahaaa


 as Bill Murray would say "I want party with you Dude"....

 Anyways while this note is hot great quote from Barkley in TSN this week.
 Him and Lambieer are going to be in a movie Hot Shots.

 " I consider it an honor to work with such a distiguished actor, he's great
 at acting..."

 mike

    re Mikey Heiser
    
    Babbling Brooks'(tm)
    
    re Mike Childs
    
    Yup Larry was study'in real hard, 40'd be an all-time high.
    As Sean Penn would say "uuhh, hey dude, let's party!"
    
    re M_air(haid)_brooks
    
    Da Lakers will certainly be in the finals again this year. Oh, yea,
    congrats on your objectivity in admitting that the CELibaTICS have no
    chance against L.A. I applaud your effort.
    

    The lakers are good but as most people (THINK) the west is were all
    the competition is, the lakers could easily end up seeing phoenix
    and portland thru the playoffs........This will be no easy task and
    I dont consider the Fakers to be the hands down leaders out there,
    I admit they will proberbly make it thru the first round but I would
    not put money on any more than that....Dont get me wrong I will end
    up rooting for the Celtics tonight but I wouldnt put money on it...
    On too more important things, the bulls one there forth in a row last
    night and play 6 of there next 7 at home (and I think there all >.500
    teams).  Praying on a nice 11game+ run....Oh and the celtics won last
    night as well (I think they may be a 4 in a row)
    							M_Air_Brooks

Lakers fall to the McHale-less Celtics.   Jimmy Clang was unstoppable at
times, but was invisible when it counted.   Bird didn't shoot well, but
had a triple double.   Parish was awesome early {21 points in the first
quarter), Reggie Lewis was hot late, and Brian Shaw played a strong game
overall.   Dee Brown got significant minutes and had some good plays and 
some forced shots.

Yakoff Divac showed his limitations... i.e. he's from the Akeem Olaujowan
school of basketball - great physical skills and instincts but no real
understanding of the game whatsoever.   If not for the "home cookin'"
from the refs, he would have fouled out early in the third quarter.

Sam Perkins was repeatedly identified by the announcers as playing
terrible and Byron Scott hit a couple hoops early and then went on
vacation.

This Laker team is good, but nowhere near as scary as past teams.  They
miss Cooper's presence.

Loved watching the LA "faithful" start filing out with the Lakers down
10 and 3 minutes to play.

> Loved watching the LA "faithful" start filing out with the Lakers down
> 10 and 3 minutes to play.
    
    Switched over from TNT with a couple of minutes left and Bob Cousy was
    giving it to a dazed and befuddled Jack Nicholson.  Seems they were 
    on the golf course together that afternoon and ol' Jack was getting a 
    razzing for his game and just replied, "Wait till tonight, boys..."
    
    Funny, I got the distinct impression that Hubie Brown was openly rooting 
    for the underdogs in this one.  Sure was full of praise for the Celts
    from just about the opening tap... 
    
    glenn
    

    
    	Once again, I wasn't able to see the game while, due to work.  And
    what did I hear when I called Jesse to get the score:  'Bird shoots a 3
    and nails it.'  Score was something like 90-81 at that point. :-)
    
    	First time Boston has won in LA since '86, and the first victory
    over LA *period* since the '87 finals.  Even a blind squirrel finds 
    a nut I guess. :-)  And since more fouls were charged to Boston, I 
    can't even BLAM(tm) the Clemsuck refs. :-)
    
    	'Twould really be nice if the old warriors made it to the big 
    dance one more time wouldn't it.
    
    	Next up:  Portland @the Forum
    
    						 glen j.

    Well for the people who said the lakers would win both big games over
    the weekend you dreams didnt last long.....I tuned into the game in the
    middle of the 3rd (I wanted to catch the end so I get watch the scores
    and highlights of the Chicago VS NY game, which chicago of course won)
    and I could not believe my eyes, no mchale and controlling the game on
    both ends of the court......!!!!????? Like I siad I would root for the
    celtics but I never really thought they would beat the lakers without
    mchale....Time to start worrying about the possibilities of a Chicago
    Celtics machup in the playoffs....		
    							M_Air_Brooks

    
    	LAKERS go 1 for 2 in the big games this weekend - losing to Boston
    98-85, while beating Portland 106-96.  
    
    	One noter in the Celtics conf. thought that the LAKERS might have
    'looked past' Friday night's game.  From the boxscore, looks like
    Scott and Perkins certainly did 'cause you know Magic and James came to
    play.  It's moments like that when I wish that Norm Nixon had never been 
    traded.  Off or on, Norm could be counted to give it his all every night.  
    With Byron, if the moon is full, then he'll have a good game.  Either
    way, congrats to Boston for a well-played game(especially from Parish).
    
    
    	LAKERS are now 3 1/2 games behind Portland and 9 ahead of Phoenix,
    who lost to Houston Saturday night.  
    
    						 glen j.

    Lakers are 4 1/2 ahead of phoenix
    
    	Portland	41 10
    	La Lakers	37 13 -3 1/2
    	Phoenix		32 17 -8
    
    A side note if the season ended today the Minnesota Timberwolves would
    not make the lottery......and talk about parity, the other 3 expansion
    teams are all at 15-35 .300 ????
    								M_air_B

The Celtics played a great game Friday night.  I keep on forgetting how
valuable Lewis can be.  With all the talk about Gamble, Shaw, and Brown
and the new running game, Lewis hasn't had much press since his contract
signing.  Lewis is like the microwave when he gets hot.  He will stick in 
a difficult shot with someone in his face everytime.  THe Celtics 
certainly looked like a title contender so far on the west coast trip.
Parish was immense and the Lakers had no answer for him.

As for the Lakers it was Magic and Worthy and nothing else. Scott, Divac,
and Perkins were no shows.  No big surprise about Scott and Divac although
Perkins no show is surprising since he is usually very consistant.  I 
think he had trouble with the quickness of Gamble, Lewis, and even Pickney.
Divac simply needs to be stronger in the post (nothing new here).

I feel Mr. Ross dig on Worthy was unwarrented since it was crunch time
for the Lakers the entire game.  If Worthy wasn't hot early, it would have
been a blow out from the beginning.  Worthy had a fine game but couldn't
hit from the top of the key and looked bad trying.

Anyone have the report from the Portland game.


                                                        Alan

>I feel Mr. Ross dig on Worthy was unwarrented since it was crunch time
>for the Lakers the entire game.  If Worthy wasn't hot early, it would have
>been a blow out from the beginning.  Worthy had a fine game but couldn't
>hit from the top of the key and looked bad trying.
    
    ALso missing from Doug's colorful commentary was that James was the
    reason Bird had a horrible shooting night, keeping a hand in Larry's
    face consistently on the J, and never once getting beaten off the
    dribble.  Of course, the only times Larry "guarded" James, he was eaten
    alive, but usually Ford looked elsewhere for help.
    
    WHen the Celtics saw they couldn't stop James with a man, the
    double-teamed him effectively in the second half.  Unfortunately, there
    was no one to can the J, as Perkins and Scott didn't show up until
    Sunday night.
    
    Dan

    > Perkins and Scott didn't show up until Sunday night
    
    Sam was hurt if I'm not mistaken.  Didn't play in the prior LA game
    and didn't start in this one.
    
    
    - ACC Chris

    No excuses can make up for this lose...The Celtics without Mchale and
    on the road at LA and bird shooting 4-16 (25%) AND THEY STILL WON....
    
    Just when the lakers start to impress me they help me put things back
    into perspective.....

    Yeh so Inhale(tm) waddn't there and Boid had a_off day. The lakers just
    plain stunk up da joint. 'Cept for Magic and Worthy.
    
    
    Lets talk about the awesome play aginst Portlyand. NOw dat was a great
    game, and we even got to listen to Chick Hearn's unbiased verbage of
    the on court occurances. Truly a remarkable event.   

    Jesse, get thee to the Crow note!  After all the trash I heard offline
    about Bahston getting stomped by LA, you deserve your second visit in 
    less than a week.
    
    Mike

    I already ate crow for that. 

    no, that was for when the Suns beat LA.  Now it's time for Boston
    beating LA.
    
    you should stop making predictions Jess ;-)
    
    Mike

    in .8 of the Crow topic, <I is eating for da celts lucky win.

    
    	Read in today's paper that Sam Perkins suffered a fractured small
    left toe during last Tuesday's game against Phoenix.  Perkins
    aggravated the injury in Sunday's game vs. Portland and won't make 
    the trip tonight against Houston.  He'll be sidelined for at least nine
    days, and if he sits only nine days, will play again vs. Denver on Feb. 
    28th.  
    
    						 glen j.
    

    awwwwwwwwww poor Sammy bwoke his poor wittle toe :-(

    re .113
    
    So, Mike how are your hemmroids, resulting from all the wagon jumping you did
    in the Puns-Septics game ?
    
    I bet watching you was like a ping-pong game at triple the speed ! 
    

>    So, Mike how are your hemmroids, 
    
    you're still here.
    
>    I bet watching you was like a ping-pong game at triple the speed ! 
    
    If I'm triple, you're infinity.

    Pitiful showing at the Omni ........

    Hawks 111, Lakers 102
    
    I've been giving Byron the benefit of the doubt for years now, much
    to the consternation of my friend who are also major Laker fans ...

    We've stopped raggin' on Dunleavy, now it's time to hit on :

    "Mis-firin' Byron" (tm) !!  

    He hangs around the perimeter, MIA, and then is always looking to dish
    it back to Magic rather than aggressively fire up the jumper or take it
    strong to the hole ....

    Maybe starting Tony Smith would prod him into "his old form", and now
    I really wonder if there was any form at all !  (:^((

    On to The Palace ....

    - The Doctor
    
    P.S. Hey Ram, knock it off ! You're givin' the rest of us a bad name !

James Worthy is quietly having his worst season as a professional.   Shooting
under 50% and not even rebounding up to his usual sub-par average.

Yeah, James' shooting percentage has really dropped.  I blame
Dunleavy's offensive strategy for this.  Under Dunleavy, Magic
and Worthy are the only offensive threats.  And in his never-
ending efforts to imitate Detroit, he has slowed the offense
down to a crawl, and has abandonned the trapping defense that
Riley employed so effectively; hence, no forced turnovers and
no easy transition baskets.  Worthy might hate Riley, but if
Riley were still coach, they would all be having better seasons.
Except of course for Byron Scott, who is now a gutless, spineless,
loser, regardless of the coach.

Laker_Ken

>     -< Isn't it refreshing to see Lakers' fan turn against their own ;^ >-
    
    

Hey, Mike, I'll stand firmly behind Worthy until they trade his draggy 
behind to a team which will take him.   The Suns, for example.

Speaking of falling, has Phoenix's star 'bout shot itself out for the
year?

Dave W.

    Re: -1
    
    I don't see any falling stars based on the standings and the last
    month's play.  Unless you count LA.
    
    Mike

 I was refering more to comments about Flyin/Stumblin Byron myself...

 It's only the regular season can't make a judgement on Worthy until
 playoff time when he turns it up. Besides if you were knocking two
 a day off at lunch time you'd be dragging at night too... 

 ;^)

    re .126
    
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA !!!!!!!!!
    
    You're on a hell of a rooolll Mike ! :-)

    The Lakers will win the Pacific Division, Western Conference and the
    NBA Title. 

    what year?

Don't count your boobies before they's hatched.  2 games isn't exactly a
devastating margin.  They'll be in the playoffs.

Dave W.

 In what will forever be refered to as Black Tuesday 1991, the dreaded Lakers
 took over the Western Division top rung from the Trailblazers....

 Portland lost last night tonight to Golden St. 

 Chicago has a three game lead in the loss columun on both the hip horray the
 greatest franchise ever CELTICS and the Lakers, 4 on Portland. And the Pistons?
 oh they're WAY BACK!!!

 ;^)

 mike

    
    	LAKERS win game 1 126-116.  I mean, really, was there ever any 
    doubt. :)  The Warriors look like a bunch of waterbugs running around,
    waiting for someone to spray them with a big dose of RAID. :-) 
    
    
    	On a serious note, what's wrong with Chris Mullin?  
    
    						 glen j.
                                                 
    	  

    
    Mullin has a sprained knee. reports are that he will play in 
    game 2. Hopefully he'll torch the Lala boys for a staggering
    amount of points! 8^)
    
    
    
    Steve

    The Lakers overcame a 3rd quarter 14 point deficit to beat Portland. 

    
    UPDATE:
    
    The Lakers signed James Worthy to a "multi-year" contract, no terms
    were elaborated.
    
    This snuffs out the "Worthy as trade-bait" rumor-mongers ......
    
    - The Combat Proctologist

 Just cause they signed him doesn't mean they can't trade his rights. It just
 let's the other teams know what they'll have to pay Jimmy Clang if they want
 him. Personally I hope he stays in LA he's obviously slipping and it couldn't
 happen to a better team to be stuck with a high priced limited player....

 mike

    Unfortunately for us Laker-haters, that makes ol' Jimmy Clang EASIER
    to trade, cuz he's locked into a contract.  
    
    Mike's right - I too think the Lakers owe it to Jimmy to let him
    finish out his career as a Laker!
    
    NAZZ

    Mike, WTF does 'card carring' mean?
    
    Deen to wonk.
    
    Mark.

 card carry-ing...I guess I shouldn't drop the y?

 mike

    Can someone fill me in as to whether James Worthy has displayed all
    that talent he'd supposedly been suppressing all those years when Magic
    was on the team?   You know, how he didn't rebound because the Lakers 
    were a fast breaking team and he had to release early...  and how he 
    would carry a team if he could only get the chance. 
    

Mr. Ross,

    Although the coaches and players in the NBA disagree with you, you
must be right.  I guess you forgot the Worthy made the all-star team again
this year (choosen by a rival coach).  Worthy was never and will never
be a big rebounder.  Maybe people in the past overrated his all-around game
but no one has been farther from the truth than you.  What a great time
for you to bring this up.  Worthy is 31? and has tons of mileage on his
legs.  He is certainly on the decline and the Lakers are struggling without
Magic, injuries to Divac and now Perkins.  There is no doubt in my mind that
Worthy can NOT carry this team so enjoy it now because Worthy will most likely
have his number retired, make the HOF, and (rightfully so) be remembered as a
great player.

    Mr. Ross,
    
    If you run out of Kimwipes, as I suspect you will, send me mail and
    I'll promptly send a case...
    
    

    I rented a video the other night called Fantastic Finishes.  It showed
    some pretty incredible shots as time expired.  One that really caught
    my eye was the shot Jerry West made vs. the Knicks in 1970, from behind
    the center court line.  It tied the game as the clock expired and sent
    it into OT.  The Knicks went on to win (as poetic justice would have
    it) because the shot should have never been allowed.  The Knicks had
    made the go-ahead basket with about three seconds left and Chamberlin
    took the ball out of bounds.  (Sort of)  He had one foot just behind
    the line and his other firmly planted about three feet inbounds.  It
    was so blatent I picked it up regualar speed.  What's really a joke is
    that the ref was standing right next to him and watched it.
    
    I can see how they let it go when it doesn't matter, but in a
    championship series like that?  I wonder if anything was ever made of
    that back then? 
    
    
    Spud            

    
    Would you want to be the ref who, after the shot goes in, disallows it?
    
    Brews

The NBA endline thang is like the discussion earlier of the NFL 
center moving the ball, and the second base touch in MLB - at 
the high levels they let it slide...