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From: plw@panda.UUCP (Pete Williamson)
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Subject: Re: Dynasty
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Date: Wed, 16-Oct-85 09:53:52 EDT
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>
>However you want to cut, if only three teams are capable of competing
>for the championship, but one of them wins it HALF the time, said
>dominance is more than apparent.  Granted its difficult to judge the
>competition in the west because of the Lakers dominance, but one has
>no way of knowing for sure just as one has no way of knowing if the 
>Lakers would just as much dominate the east.  Given the limited data we
>have, its fair to conclude that Boston and Philadelphia would be second 
>rate if the Lakers were in the Eastern Conference.
>

I disagree. Stamina has a lot to do with winning it all. An important
point is that both Boston and Philly have to survive a war with two
of the three good teams to get the flag. L.A. need only survive against
one.

Neither Boston nor Philly can be considered "second rate" in this
decade. If L.A. were also in the Eastern Division, (God Forbid), given
the limited data, it's fair to conclude that they'd get to the finals
exactly one third of the time.

All I see suggests that there are three quality teams in the
NBA and then there's everyone else. The differences between these
three this decade are very slight.

Now I'll really go out on a limb: I predict that the 1986 flag
will fly in either Boston, Philly, or LA.


-- 
						Pete Williamson
"By hook or by crook, we will !!" ... #2