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From: afb@pucc-i (Michael Lewis)
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Subject: Re: NBA sans BIRD & MAGIC
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Date: Thu, 6-Mar-86 09:20:04 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar  6 09:20:04 1986
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In article <2c475be0.2a75@apollo.uucp>, tbg@apollo.uucp (Tom Gross) writes:
>     that if you took away Larry Bird and Magic Johnson the
>     league might actually have that "exciting parity" of only
>     about 6 years ago... 

     One need only look at the NBA championships since Larry and Magic came
around to confirm your theory...

     Year
     1980     LA over Philly.........4-2
     1981     Boston over Houston....4-2(?)
     1982     LA over Philly.........4-0(?)
     1983     Philly over LA.........4-0
     1984     Boston over LA.........4-3
     1985     LA over Boston.........4-2

     The only correction I would make is to take into account Moses Malone's
initial impact at Philadelphia, when, with everyone healthy and Julius in his
last great year, they totally dominated the league, especially the Championship.

    Michael Lewis @ Purdue University