Maybe I Need to Run Into Phil & Jeanie Again: It Worked Out Well Last Time

raffi · LG Contributor Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 9987

The good old days . . . I thank God for allowing me to witness Game 7 in person - and escape alive.

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Jackson Should Be Billed for This Laker Victory
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T.J. Simers

June 4 2002

. . . I JUST got this e-mail, and I don't know what to make of it.

Raffi Minasian wrote to say he was afraid to e-mail until after Game 7. He said he remembers when Lisa Leslie made 40 or 50 straight free throws and I told her, "jinx,'' and then in the following game she missed her first free throw.

"I didn't want to tell you this, you print it and then jinx the Lakers," he wrote.

"I recall you giving Phil a hard time about not wanting to coach the All-Star game so he could spend a weekend with Jeanie."

Phil has a pretty good track record for setting goals, and reaching them.

Minasian said he and a friend ran into Phil and Jeanie in a Palm Springs' Mexican restaurant on Feb. 7—during the break. They told Phil the Kings made them nervous, and said, "Whatever you do, don't let Sacramento get the best record."

"Phil smiled," Minasian recalled, "and told us, 'Actually, we want them to have the best record, so we can go up there for Game 7 and break their hearts.'"

He's not that good—is he?

Alpha · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:50 pm Post subject:

Thanks for sharing that.

OscarWang · Star Player Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 4129

WestCCa · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:54 pm Post subject:

That's awesome. Phil is hardcore.

angel · Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:05 am Post subject:

Phil has a sense of humor.
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