Home especially sweet in NBA
'A group of us is sitting around
watching the Philadelphia 76ers play
-"the Trail Blazers at Portland a couple
Friday nights ago. The game marks a
rematch of the National Basketball
Association final series last year. But,
this is early regular season action and
; none of us are too uptight about the,
outcome.
Nobody except one vehement Sixer
fan.
He , sits watching intently. He
praises the 76ers, calling them a team
, with more potential than any club in
the league's history. He's in awe of
' the moosish Darryl Dawkins; he
enjoys the graceful moves of Julius
Erving and Doug Collins and
aggravates himself over the play of
- George McGinnis and Lloyd Free.
I sit observing this devoted Sixer
fan, who sports a well-groomed red
beard, and think to myself the NBA
season is long and grueling and to get
worked up this early in the year is
ridiculous.
But if this guy doesn't realize it, or
if he does and can't agree, that's his
problem. I just figure his beard will
turn gray by the All-Star break.
Portland ended up beating
Philadelphia, 98-94.
To win on the road in the NBA is a
proven feat. A feat that yearly is
becoming more and more difficult. If
Home Sweet Home isn't the slogan of
every pro basketball team, it should
be.
No less than 81 per cent of games
;Shue's refusal to be a yes-man cost him job
ty The Associated Press
r i Gene Shue was fired as coach of the Philadelphia
Viers because of a meddling owner, F. Eugene Dixon,
who felt the club was not being handled properly, and
7ecause Shue, a professional basketball man, would not
rater to that owner's whims.
w "When I bought the 76ers," said Dixon, "I knew
myself well enough to know that I would be an en-
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played in the NBA this season, which
is approaching the one-month mark,
have been won by the home team.
So regardless of how good a club
may be as even the 76ers, noted for
their talented skyjumping flying
circus, found out it's not stable in
enemy territory.
The Sixers ran into trouble early
this year, winning only two of their
first six games. Owner Fitz Dixon
said he wouldn't stand for such
nonsense. He fired coach Gene Shue
and hired former 76er star, the ever
popular Billy Cunningham.
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But even Billy C. may have his
sorry moments, taking a spot that
some have called a hopeless
situation.
Like top guard Doug Collins. "I had
hoped for a nice, smooth season with
no controversy," Collins told the
Associated Press before Shue got his
walking papers. "But it's just not
possible with our team. There's no
was' of keeping every guy on our team
happy.
thusiastic, spontaneous, outspoken and occasionally
obstreperous fan." , . _
All of which Shue could put up with. But when Dixon
started meddling in the way the team was being run,
that was another matter.
As the season wore on and the clubhouge squabbling
among the Sixers spilled into the local press, creating
something of a daily soap opera on the sports pages,
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In the Central Division, the Atlanta
Hawks don't ask how lead the
' pack. Cleveland, which appears to
have benefitted greatly by the
acquisition of Walt Frazier, has also
jumped off to a good start. However,
the Cavaliers' rivals, Houston and
Washington, haven't yet found the
winning combination. It shouldn't
take long until they do.
In the Midwest, the Chicago Bulls
- have picked up where they left off last
year. The Bulls were the hottest team
"Hey, I don't envy Gene's job at
all," he added. "Coaching this team
borders on the impossible."
Meanwhile, Cunningham has led
the Sixers to two straight victories,
including a 30-point slaughtering of
the Denver Nuggets, last year's
Midwest Division King.
Elsewhere in the Atlantic Division,
the revitalized, Willis Reed-led New
York Knicks have grabbed the early
division lead. Rookies Glen Gon
drezick and Ray Williams, brother of
Seattle's Gus, have ignited the spark
to a team that was on the decline the
last two years.
The only other surprise in the
Atlantic is Boston. The Celtics are
hurting. John Havlicek is apparently
running out of steam and even he
can't carry a team forever. They
have lost seven of eight games and
signs point to an off Boston year, its
first since Marvin Barnes was a good
boy.
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in the league down the stretch.
Thanks to the offensive splurge of
Artis Gilmore, the Bulls are on top of
the Midwest.
But stalwarts Denver and Detroit
along with the youthful Milwaukee
Bucks who have rookies Marques
Johnson and Kent Benson—are close
behind.
Out West, Portland can
acknowledge Benson for its big lead
in the Pacific Division and for the
downfall of the Lakers, the preseason
favorites. If rookies are intimidated
by old pros, Benson is an exception.
lle and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar got
into a tussle in the very first regular
season game. It started with a couple
Benson elbows and ended with a
Jabbar right hook.
Only the wrong guy fell. Jabbar
broke his right hand and, for his ef
forts, was fined $5,000 the largest
fee on a player in NBA history by
commissioner Larry O'Brien. Benson
danced back into his corner.
Without Kareem, the Lakers are
sunk.
The Blazers, with Bill Walton,
Maurice Lucas, Lionel Hollins and
perhaps the NBA's best fast break,
have zoomed out to seven wins in
eight starts.
But the season is young and a lot is
bound to happen between now and
playoff time.
So don't go berserk yet. Worrying
this early will only get you gray hair
and, in some cases, a gray beard.
Dixon became more irritated. After a midseason slump
Shue's job hung by a slender thread, but the club started
winning and no change was made.
But Shue's coaching ability was not the problem.
Shue would not be a'yes-man for Dixon, would not say
the things a millionaire likes to hear, would not
massage his ego.
So he was fired.
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