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From: bewillia@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Maj. Devon McKnight)
Subject: Re: Can you buy players?
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 17:24:15 EDT

In article <1992Apr11.181852.21211@techbook.com> jamesd@techbook.com (James Deibele) writes:
>When Dr. J went from the Nets to the Sixers, he was referred to as the
>"Six Million Dollar Man" because he was to be paid $3 million (over some
>period of time --- there weren't any players making $3 million a year
>back then) and the Nets were to get $3 million.
>
>So, my neighbor and I are arguing over Duckworth as center, and he says
>that Paul Allen is loaded and should just buy Hakeem from the Rockets.
>I say that the Blazers can't do this, he says that they can, since the
>money wouldn't be going to Hakeem, it would be going to the Rockets.
>Since it's not going to a player, it shouldn't count against the cap.
>
>So, what's the verdict?  Could the Lakers scrape together $40 or $50
>million and buy the rights to the Shaq?

	There is no stipulation in the NBA against "selling" the rights to
players. The money paid in the trade would not count against the salary cap.
You don't often see trades in the NBA for cash anymore, though, because the
teams are in better financial standing than they were in, say, 1960, when
there were a lot of such trades.

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From: suresh@charles.cs.unlv.edu (Suresh)
Subject: Re: Tark the Shart to the SA SPURS !!!!!
Reply-To: suresh@charles.cs.unlv.edu (Suresh Kumar Vishnubhatla)
Organization: UNLV Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 19:23:03 GMT

>>Hallelujah!!!!!  Being  a diehard Spurs fan, I am very excited that Tark has come to the Spurs.  He is one of the greatest coaches around.  Larry Johnson brought up a good point though.  Will million dollar NBA players want to be taught?

>>What are your thoughts?

>>Thanx in advance.
>>Jeff

>>seiden@umdnj.edu

  I think Tark was more of a players' coach than a teacher.  He always adapted
  his style to his players' abilities rather than teach them how to play his
  style.  The best example is his last team at UNLV. This should help him in the
  NBA.  
-- 
Suresh
UNLV Dept. of Electrical Engineering
From: jcaproni@wpi.WPI.EDU (Joseph Barry Caproni)
Subject: Re: Another Larry Bird
Organization: of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 06:32:49 GMT

In article <ku8mkeINN5k7@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu> schulman@hydra2b.cs.utk.edu (NEIL WAYNE SCHULMAN) writes:


   Here, I have to agree with you, but then look what you're comparing him with
   men in their prime (27-29) and larry who's 35.  But think of it this way,
   how many 35 year olds can still play near their prime level?


I think that the same people who don't want Bird on the Olympic team are the
ones who don't think Nolan Ryan should be an all-star, because he hasn't won
20 games/season in years, or give a team a championship.

What fools.
.                                                  -Joe
From: afcanav@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (VIC CANACCI)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: BOXSCORE nyk75cle74.05apr92
Date: 6 Apr 92 19:48:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: lims02.6APR199214485769
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <MBN.92Apr6083102@hw1.fps.com>, mbn@fps.com writes...
>Brad Daugherty scored 22 points, including two clinching free throws after
>Larry Nance's block preserved a two-point lead in the closing seconds.
>New York's magic number for clinching the Atlantic Division over Boston
>remained at four.  Cleveland has won four straight overall and 12 straight
>at home.
> 
>nyk 93, cle 97   05apr92          Free Throws
>                                      M   A
>price,mark        33    8  15   2  5  (2  4)   0  4   6   1  1  5  0  0  0   20

>nyk   29  15  25  24  -   93
>cle   26  30  21  20  -   97

After setting the nets on fire averaging all year over 96% from the line, 
Price has TWICE IN THE LAST WEEK MISSED A PAIR OF FREE THROWS!!

This might be fatigue, or it might be just averages catching up.

The two he missed in a row against the Clippers last Thursday ended a 
streak of ** 40 ** straight, the third time that he has done that this 
season. 

Thought someone might be interested in this

Vic Canacci, Sverdrup Tech., NASA Lewis Cleveland
From: littaum@nyssa.CS.ORST.EDU (Mike Littau)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: Blazer Status?
Date: 16 Apr 92 23:02:02 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: CS Dept. Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

In article <74313@netnews.upenn.edu> liang@saul.cis.upenn.edu (Chuck Liang) writes:
>
>  I saw the box score for the Dallas game last night and noticed that
>not only Drexler didn't play but Kersey didn't either.  How's Clyde
>looking and what's Kersey's status?  Has Duckworth continued his
>improved play and attitude?  What's a Whatley?

A Whatley is worth 1/2 a Pack, or 3/4 a Strothers.  :)  Ennis <??> Whatley is
some CBA callup..but interesting enough, he was drafted in the same year as
Clyde Drexler....and one spot before Drexler.  Just imagine what would have 
happened if whoever originally drafted him <Sacremento??> and Portland had
drafted the other player..ick.  Anyways, Drexler is resting up from various
bumps and bruises, mainly knee problems <but he'll be ready for the playoffs>
as will Kersey.  It's good to see Duckworth stepping up his game, just in
time for the playoffs, whether it will last when Drexler gets back I don't 
know.  Even while Duckworth has been having a few good games, he's still
having problems adjusting <IE-"If they don't want me here I'll glady leave">
but I think he'll be fine.
From: terra@reed.edu (Terra Goodnight)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: BOXSCORE: Lakers 117 - 76ers 88
Date: 6 Apr 92 21:48:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: reed.1992Apr6.214814.16857
Organization: Reed College, Portland OR

phi 88, lal 117   29mar92

phi (31-41)      min  fgm fga  3m 3a ftm fta or tr  as  pf st to bk tc ej  pts
barkley,charles   29    6  12   0  1   5  8   -  7   3   2  2  1  0  0  0   17
gilliam,armon     32    3  11   0  0   7  8   -  8   1   3  1  1  1  0  0   13
shackleford,charl 24    3  10   0  0   2  5   -  6   2   2  1  0  1  0  0    8
dawkins,johnny    25    0   4   0  0   0  0   0  0   7   0  0  2  0  0  0    0
hawkins,hersey    30    5  12   1  2   0  0   -  1   3   2  0  1  0  0  0   11
anderson,ron      36    8  19   1  3   4  5   -  5   1   2  0  2  0  0  0   21
bol,manute        14    1   2   0  0   0  0   -  1   1   0  1  2  3  0  0    2
grant,greg        23    4   8   0  0   0  0   -  1   5   2  1  1  0  1  0    8
wiggins,mitchell  11    0   2   0  0   0  0   -  2   1   1  1  0  0  0  0    0
williams,jayson    3    0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0   0   4  0  1  0  0  0    0
oliver,brian       7    3   5   0  0   0  1   -  1   1   1  0  0  0  0  0    6
payne,kenny        6    0   2   0  0   2  2   -  1   0   1  0  0  0  0  0    2
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
phi totals       240   33  87   2  6  20 29   0 33  25  20  7 11  5  1  0   88
FG, 3P, FT averages:     .379   .333   .690       team rebs 12
bench technicals: JLynam

lal (38-32)      min  fgm fga  3m 3a ftm fta or tr  as  pf st to bk tc ej  pts
green,a.c.        28    5   5   0  0   1  2   - 12   2   2  1  1  0  0  0   11
campbell,elden    28    4  10   0  0   1  1   -  4   1   3  2  0  2  0  0    9
divac,vlade       32   11  16   0  1  10 10   -  9   4   1  2  1  2  0  0   32
scott,byron       33    4  10   0  2   4  4   -  6   3   0  1  1  0  0  0   12
threatt,sedale    34    8  12   0  0   1  1   -  5   9   3  1  4  0  0  0   17
teagle,terry      19    5  10   0  0   1  2   -  3   1   2  1  2  0  0  0   11
smith,tony        18    3   8   0  0   0  0   -  1   1   2  0  1  0  0  0    6
robinson,cliff    18    4   7   0  0   2  2   -  8   2   3  0  3  0  0  0   10
haley,jack        12    2   6   0  0   1  2   -  4   0   5  0  0  0  0  0    5
sparrow,rory      11    2   3   0  0   0  0   -  1   3   2  0  0  1  0  0    4
owens,keith        7    0   2   0  0   0  0   -  2   1   2  0  0  0  0  0    0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
lal totals       240   48  89   0  3  21 24   0 55  27  25  8 13  5  0  0  117
FG, 3P, FT averages:     .539   .000   .875       team rebs  7

phi   15  24  18  31  -   88
lal   27  31  33  26  -  117

attendance 17505, time 1:58, officials: HEvans,WRooney,GBenson
From: littaum@nyssa.CS.ORST.EDU (Mike Littau)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: Tark's contract with Spurs
Date: 16 Apr 92 04:24:45 GMT
Organization: CS Dept. Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

In article <1992Apr16.024459.8517@unlv.edu> suresh@charles.cs.unlv.edu (Suresh Kumar Vishnubhatla) writes:
>in Vegas) is the best assistant coach in college and the pros. Needless to
>say Tark has to adjust to losing a lot of games in the NBA unlike at UNLV. 

When you've coached teams that have gone undefeated in the regular season 
anything is a let-down.  But Tark's coming into a team that is on the rise
and should keep in the 50 win area for about the next 5 years at least.  It
isn't like he's taking over Minnesota. :)
From: erickson@lclark.edu (Scott Erickson)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: Blazer Status?
Date: 16 Apr 92 21:14:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: lclark.1992Apr16.211445.221
Distribution: na
Organization: Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR
Sender(s): The Blazer Twins (Scott Erickson and Rustam Kocher)

In article <74313@netnews.upenn.edu> liang@saul.cis.upenn.edu (Chuck Liang) writes:
>
>  I saw the box score for the Dallas game last night and noticed that
>not only Drexler didn't play but Kersey didn't either.  How's Clyde
>looking and what's Kersey's status?  Has Duckworth continued his
>improved play and attitude?  What's a Whatley?


Drexler and Kersey both sat out to rest up for the playoffs and to tend
to relatively unimportant injuries.  Drexler had his knee drained about
two weeks ago, now, and it hasn't been quite perfect since one of the Sonics'
forwards fell on him (and it) his first game back from the drainage.  He
has been able to play with the knee as it is, so it probably isn't much 
of a concern.

I'm not exactly sure what's wrong with Kersey, but it isn't even as serious
as Drexler's condition.  From what I hear it's mainly the bumps and bruises
that one gets when playing in the most competitive division in the NBA
(that is, before the Atlantic Division race heated up).

Ennis Whatley is a journeyman CBA/NBA point guard who has stepped up to be
the backup to Terry Porter since Robert Pack, rookie sensation out of USC,
went down with a dislocated shoulder against the Clippers.  Whatley had 
been on the injured reserve list since training camp; something about 
straining his back or something.  But he has been really quite amazing
in his time against San Antonio (Sunday) and the Mavericks (last night).
If you didn't see him on NBC last Sunday, you missed quite a show--he was
sweeping to the basket, a little squirt shorter than Terry Porter going up
against San Antonio's center and forwards (granted, without Robinson)
and doing some remarkably Jordan-esque flips to the basket.  They were even
going in, if you can believe it.

Watch this guy; he may turn out to be another one of the Blazers' stars
who came from little-known beginnings (three of the Blazers' starting five
are from Division II schools).

--Scott Erickson and Rustam Kocher
Blazers Gloaters Par Excellance
From: edmunds@vaxr.llnl.gov
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: Manute
Date: 13 Apr 92 19:01:53 GMT
Organization: LLNL_LIS


  fbrown@ssd.kodak.com writes:
  > 
  > After seeing how scrunched up Shaq looked when he got into
  > the sheriffs car on his special, I wondered what kind of
  > vehicle Manute Bol has. What would have enough head and
  > leg room for someone who is 7' 6"? Any of you 76er's fan
  > know?
  
  When he played for the Warriors, he had a Ford Bronco with a custom-made
front seat.

-- Dave Edmunds
From: h0j1297@rigel.tamu.edu (BURT J.)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: NBA gif files
Date: 10 Apr 92 18:14:00 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

Anyone know where i can find some NBA gifs?

Burtman
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
From: am402@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Alex Canada)
Subject: Re: Assists
Reply-To: am402@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Alex Canada)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 92 00:46:08 GMT


In a previous article, se3@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Stanley Eng) says:

>
>Does anybody out there know how assists are credited?
>
>I understand that assists are passes that lead to easy field goals,
>but there was once a case where an assist was credited for a 3-point
>field goal!  In a college basketball game involving the Pittsburgh
>Panthers, Pitt had 17 team assists, 22 field goals, 6 of them 3-point
>field goals.  So you can see that at least one 3-pointer was officially
>assisted, since Pitt only made 16 two-pointers for those 17 assists.
>(I believe assists are credited similarly on the college and pro levels)
>
>It seems that assists are a judgement statistic.  How can a scorekeeper
>consider a 3-pointer an easy field goal?

Well, I'm not an expert on this stuff, but I'll take a crack at it. Assists
r given to those who make a pass where the person is recieving the ball
is able to make the FG within the flow of the game. For example, a guy
cutting to the basket, recieves a pass, takes his 2 allowed steps without
dribbling and shoots.. or just a simple pass and the guy shoots without
holding the ball for a substantial amount of time. If the guy makes a one
on one move then the pass that got him the ball doesn't count for an assist.
Assist are based on more of a team oriented type thing...
My 2 cents worth^^^^

                                                           Alex

-- 
"Sometimes people don't understand, what they have until it's gone...
some people don't know somebody loves them, until it's too late baby..
you better wake up girl, and realize what u got baby.." - Keith Sweat
Alex Canada -- am402@cleveland.freenet.edu    CAVS in '92
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
From: dmjoffe@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David M. Joffe)
Subject: Nets playoff outlook
Originator: news@ernie.Princeton.EDU
Organization: Princeton University
Distribution: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1992 22:55:35 GMT


Following a win in Indiana, the Nets are currently all alone in 7th
place in the Eastern conference, one game behind Indiana and a half
game ahead of Atlanta.  Both the Pacers and the Hawks still have two
games left against Chicago, and all 3 teams have one more game against
the Cavs.

The Nets have 2 games left against Atlanta and 1 against Indiana at
home.  They also have 2 games left against the Magic.  Based on the
schedule, if they don't make the playoffs it will be a huge
disappointment.  However,if they draft below the 12th spot, their 
first round pick goes to Denver as part of the Petrovic-Mills trade.

Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
From: lor@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (edward.lor)
Subject: Re: Larry Bird *IS* GREAT!
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 14:09:28 GMT

In article <1992Apr17.044927.20242@news.cs.brandeis.edu> bis@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Bis) writes:
>>>Remind me which year it was that Jabbar had a slipped disk.  I don't
>>>seem to recall...
>>
>>Remind me which year it was that Larry Bird ***WAS*** 42 years old. I don't
>>seem to recall either .....
>
>Next time read and understand the article before responding, that way
>you won't miss the point.

Great advice.

In the Neil Schulman's article <ku8o7aINN5k7@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu>, the one
I responded to, he mentioned something like

    "Great another Bird watcher!  I'm sick of all this Bird bashing, too.  
     Let the guy rest.  After all, how many players can play 12 years and
     running and still get those stats?  After all, didn't Kareem get just
     , Oh my God!, 10.1 points per game in 1988!?!?!?  Why hasn't he been 
     hacksawed?"

He didn't use injury as excuse, he use ***AGE***. Then he turned around
and compared a 12-year veteran's performance with a 42-year-old Kareem's 
performance.

And you you turned around and use an irrelevant point (slipped disk) in
this Kareem vs Bird argument.

Don't you follow your own advice?

-- 
                                          Edward Lor
                                          lor@cbnewsk.att.com
From: EIVERSO@cms.cc.wayne.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Lakers and Pistons trivia...
Date: 12 Apr 92 02:38:54 GMT
Article-I.D.: cms.167C613E7E.EIVERSO
Organization: Wayne State University, C&IT

The Lakers and the Pistons are the only 2 teams in the NBA that are capable of
having 9 consecutive seasons where they finish 10 games over .500.
The way the Lakers are playing, it looks doubtful for them, though. :-(

--Eric
From: wakankar@egr.msu.edu (PUT YOUR NAME HERE)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: Manute
Date: 14 Apr 92 01:53:25 GMT
Reply-To: wakankar@egr.msu.edu (PUT YOUR NAME HERE)
Organization: Michigan State University
Originator: wakankar@frith.egr.msu.edu

I remember reading somewhere about manute's car. He does not have front seat 
to his car. He sits on the back seat and drives.

Ciao.

Parag
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
From: EIVERSO@cms.cc.wayne.edu
Subject: Pistons 98 - Bucks 94 in OT!
Organization: Wayne State University, C&IT
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 03:44:35 GMT

4/14/92 Pistons beat Bucks 98-94 in OT!

Bucks (not playoff bound) were playing for pride but the Pistons won out.

Joe had 26 points with 9 in the 4th and 9 in OT.
Dennis was next with 18 pts 19 rebounds.
For the Bucks, Moses had 20 and Ellis 22.

Bucks shot 10-22 from 3-point range! Dennis Rodman had 2 triples and Isiah's
triple late in regulation helped send it to OT.

Elsewhere the Celts, Knicks and Cleveland all win! Bulls lost to Cleveland.

The Celts and Pistons each have 6-game winning streaks. One of which will
end as the 2 teams go at it tomorrow night - a *big* game to say the least!

--Eric
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
From: suresh@charles.cs.unlv.edu (Suresh)
Subject: Tark's contract with Spurs 
Reply-To: suresh@charles.cs.unlv.edu (Suresh Kumar Vishnubhatla)
Organization: UNLV Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 02:44:59 GMT

The Spurs haven't released much about Tark's contract, but it is estimated
to be around $450,000 an year (he made around $600,000 at UNLV) and the
length of the contract is still not known.  He will be spending the rest
of the season on the Spurs bench and Bob Bass will continue as the interim
coach.  Next season Bass will be back as the Spurs' Vice-President and
General Manager.  Tark says he is "really excited" about the whole thing
and will try to make the Spurs, Runnin' Spurs.   He will be the oldest
rookie coach in NBA (at 61) and only 3 other active Head Coaches are older than   
Tark. Tim Grgurich, Tark's longtime assistant at UNLV who is presently with the
Supersonics as Assistant to George Karl is rumored to be coming to San 
Antonio along with Tark.  Tark used to say that Gerg (as he is known here
in Vegas) is the best assistant coach in college and the pros. Needless to
say Tark has to adjust to losing a lot of games in the NBA unlike at UNLV. 

-- 
Suresh
UNLV Dept. of Electrical Engineering
From: sdo@hoops.mitre.org (Sean D. O'Neil)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: BOXSCORE mil78bos78.10apr92
Date: 14 Apr 92 15:16:34 GMT
Article-I.D.: linus.1992Apr14.151634.3541
Organization: Research Computer Facility, MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA

mil 100, bos 109   10apr92

mil (30-48)      min  fgm fga  3m 3a ftm fta or tr  as  pf st to bk tc ej  pts
roberts,fred      29    6  16   0  1   5  6   2  5   3   3  0  2  0  0  0   17
lohaus,brad       40    4  12   1  5   2  2   1  5   2   2  2  0  2  0  0   11
malone,moses      32    5  14   0  0   6  6   6 10   0   2  0  2  0  0  0   16
conner,lester     28    5   8   0  0   2  2   1  6   7   0  2  3  0  0  0   12
robertson,alvin   28    6  11   1  4   2  2   4  4   9   4  3  0  0  0  0   15
krystkowiak,larry 16    3   9   0  0   1  2   1  6   1   5  1  1  0  0  0    7
ellis,dale        20    1   9   1  4   0  0   1  2   0   0  0  1  0  0  0    3
grayer,jeff       27    5   9   0  1   0  0   1  3   2   1  1  1  0  0  0   10
henson,steve      20    4   6   1  1   0  0   0  0   2   2  2  2  0  0  0    9
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
mil totals       240   39  94   4 16  18 20  17 41  26  19 11 12  2  0  0  100
FG, 3P, FT averages:     .415   .250   .900       team rebs  4

bos (47-31)      min  fgm fga  3m 3a ftm fta or tr  as  pf st to bk tc ej  pts
gamble,kevin      30    7   9   0  0   0  0   0  4   2   2  0  1  0  0  0   14
pinckney,ed       13    2   4   0  0   1  2   0  1   0   1  0  3  1  0  0    5
parish,robert     20    5  10   0  0   3  4   4  8   1   4  1  2  1  0  0   13
bagley,john       24    2   7   0  1   0  1   0  1  10   1  1  3  0  0  0    4
lewis,reggie      43    9  17   0  0   6  6   4  8   2   1  3  1  1  0  0   24
douglas,sherman   24    5   9   0  1   2  5   0  2   8   1  1  5  0  0  0   12
fox,rick          23    2   5   0  1   1  2   2  8   3   2  0  1  1  0  0    5
kleine,joe        28    2   6   0  0   2  2   5 10   2   3  1  1  0  0  0    6
mchale,kevin      35   10  16   0  0   6  6   2  8   1   0  0  2  4  0  0   26
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bos totals       240   44  83   0  3  21 28  17 50  29  15  7 19  8  0  0  109
FG, 3P, FT averages:     .530   .000   .750       team rebs  8

mil   16  15  35  34  -  100
bos   26  26  28  29  -  109

attendance 14890, time 1:53, officials: HHollins,RNunn,BSpooner
----------------------------------- cut here ----------------------------------

COMMENTS:  One of those games that wasn't nearly as close as the final score
indicates.   Boston was up 52-31 at the half and cruised in from there.  The 
only thing that mystifies me is why in hell Reggie was played for 43 minutes.
Dee Brown was out with the flu and Bird is still listed as `day-to-day',
increasing the number of man-games lost to injury this year to 169, which is
what you get when you have a lot of veterans on the team.  The only team
seemingly more afflicted than the Celtics this year are the Lakers, who are in
a class by themselves in this category.

Sean
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
From: stuart@apollo.hp.com (Stuart Troutman)
Subject: Celtics swat Hornets
Summary: BLOWOUT!
Originator: stuart@mingus
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Apollo Division - Chelmsford, MA
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 16:00:49 GMT


Hey, what the hell happened to my Bees last night? That wasn't even a game!
The Hornets failed to show up on their own court last night, and the Celtics
apparently sprayed the place with Raid. Granted, Reggie Lewis was having a 
monster night, but that doesn't explain the Hornets' total lack of defense.
Come on, this Celtic team is not THAT good. I saw the Hornets flounder and
lose to the Nets back in December, but they didn't look nearly as dead as
they did last night. What's going on, did Bristow tell them to fudge the
rest of the season so they can get a better lottery shot or something? That
was pathetic. The Celtics were laughing at them! Our local Celtics radio
coverage included this exchange between Glenn Ordway and Jerry Sichting:

  Ordway: "They look like they spent the day polishing their golf clubs."

  Sichting: "Never mind polishing them, they look like they just came in
           from playing 18 or 27 holes."

The highlight of the game was the "grandmama contest" between the 3rd and
4th quarters.

                                            -stuart@apollo.hp.com