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From: mom@sfmag.UUCP (M.Modig)
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Subject: Re: This years Lakers the GREATEST?
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Date: Tue, 28-Jan-86 11:40:46 EST
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> 	How can this Laker team be considered the greatest if it 
> fails to win the championship? All talks about their greatness
> are baloney right now!
> I am afraid all the Laker hype, like the CBS's half-time feature
> (Dynasty II?) last Sunday, will just irritate and fire up the Celtics.
> I hope I won't see Auerbach saying this in June: "This Celtic team
> is the greatest of all time!"
> 

Only time will tell, but right now the Lakers look like anything but
the greatest, due to some fairly poor recent performances.  The
Celtics are doing better, though I'd hardly say they were the
greatest.  Maybe if one of them beats the other four straight in the
championship series you might be able to start putting together some
sort of argument about the winner being the greatest.

As far as the hype is concerned, my reaction ranges from being
annoyed to becoming infuriated.  Although I am a diehard Lakers fan,
I became heartily tired of that little vignette they showed last
year in the playoffs where Magic called that guy out of the stands.
That sort of garbage really upsets me, even if it does involve my
team.  What's next, the In-Your-Face Full Court Shuffle?

Mark Modig
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