Folks are either going to remember a team for it's magic moments, or because the team was just so dominant. You can break down the 80's like this (no particular order):
86 Celtics (just so dominant)
83 Sixers (4-4-4)
Lakers (whatever yr that Magic hit the hook)
80 Lakers (cuz of Magic in Game 6)
The guarentee and repeat (87 & 88)
Bad Boyz
All of those teams above were either the best version or had some magic moment to make folks remember. That goes for post 80's too. MJ's shot in 91. MJ's shrug in 92. MJ vs Barkley in 93, with Paxson's series winner. OJ in 94 (folks remember this more than the game). Hakeem dismantling Robinson in 95. 72-10 in 96. MJ's shot in 98. Elliott's tippie toe shot in 99 (although most rememebr the strike year). Kobe to Shaq lob in 2000. Horry shot in 2002, along with the SA/LA ref beef. Piston's "team" effort in 04. Wade's FT's in 06. LA vs Boston in 08, and the ring for KG. Kobe without Shaq in 09??
Notice all the moments. What is the moment for 82?
The 1982 team was the greatest in Laker history. A still young Kareem, Magic at his best, a great Jamaal Wilkes and the most underrated player in Lakers history in Norm Nixon.
With McAdoo, Coop and all the rest off th ebench, this was the best Lakers team I've ever seen.
I think our 84 team (either though we blew it in the championship) was our best team. We should have swept the Celts that year. Game #2, Worthy had a brain fart (I was at that game). Game #4 DJ threw up a prayer. We were STACKED that year.
What astounds me is the 3 point stats--or lack thereof. The 3 point line had been around for 3 years at this point, and still, no one took advantage of it. Even having watched this 82 team growing up, it's hard for me to fathom that line being there and teams just ignoring it. I mean two seasons later Cooper would be 2nd in the NBA in 3s made with just 38.
That 82 team was ridiculously stacked--so much so that in hindsight it almost seems like they were underachievers winning only 57 games. Besides Magic and Kareem, they had two all-stars in Nixon and Wilkes (also a ROY), and then they brought Cooper (DPOY) and McAdoo (RPY, MVP, HOF) off the bench. With Magic and Nixon in the backcourt they had the #1 and #9 all time in APG. That Sixers team wasn't exactly a pushover either--4 all-stars (5 if you count Caldwell Jones's ABA all-star appearance), and a legit MVP/HOFer in Erving. Not so surprising when they added another MVP in Malone that they destroyed everyone (Lakers included).
Magic really dominated a game on 3 shots _________________ 48 49 50 52 53 54 72 80 82
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Kurt Rambis POSTERIZES Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins (1982) / KB24Lakers4ever
That is awesome! I've never seen that before. Perhaps a statue of Rambo doing that dunk should hang next to Shaq's? _________________ Smrek 2, Nevitt 1, Barkley 0
Kurt Rambis POSTERIZES Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins (1982) / KB24Lakers4ever
That is awesome! I've never seen that before. Perhaps a statue of Rambo doing that dunk should hang next to Shaq's?
Right? Horn rims knocked sideways and all.
A previous poster suggested the lack of an iconic momemt rendered that title run relatively unremarkable. I think this was as close to one of those moments that series provided.
And as another remarked- that squad was performing at such a high level, the Sixers stood no chance. Kind of like the 2nd Shaq/Kobe ring. Supposedly, they swept some team from New Jersey, but I have no recollection.
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