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here is a small sample of its deep-rooted tradition of fixins'
Caldwell mentioned it in his book, "Banned from Basketball" - the incident in the tunnel of the Alexander Memorial Coliseum on the campus of Georgia Tech before Game 1 of the 1969 semifinals between the Lakers and the Atlanta Hawks. While talking to his coach, ex-Knicks great Richie Guerin, Caldwell claims he overheard thencommissioner Walter Kennedy tell veteran referee Mendy Rudolph that the NBA can't have its Finals in a small arena like in Atlanta.
"We heard a voice, looked up and there's the commissioner saying, 'This is the NBA. We can't have our Finals here,' " Caldwell said. "There's 7,000 people here. They were trying to eliminate us. We were the best team in the NBA."
The Lakers swept them, 4-0. The Hawks were flagged for 34 fouls in Game 1. In the final game, Jerry West went to the line 21 times, 57 times for the series Caldwell says Guerin went nuts on Kennedy in that breezeway after hearing his remark and was later fined.
i personally have not watched an NBA game since the Bulls second rigging three peat but i can only imagine all that followed since then. these convenient teams haphazardly put together by the commissioner for profit only. for love of the game my a**. if you're not cheating, you're not trying..i guess its the american way. i really can't wait until there is a world league that comes through every year and trounces stern's bloated teams. make it like world cup soccer and get humiliated on a global stage. well, at least in college hoops they can't rig EVERY game because there's too damn many.
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