Full court press

Guys you have to go over to redsarmy and check out Game 7 from the 74 Finals, man its gonna bring back memories. Seeing Cowens and Hondo and JoJo in their heyday, its really really must SEE!!

Watching the film I came away with some thoughts, not earth-shattering, but interesting to me. First was how intensely and aggressively Cowens played Jabbar but how little defense Jabbar played. Cowens also shot many times from what would now would be 3-pt range. Oscar so favored his right that he almost looked like an incomplete player. Given the pace of play it's easy to see how teams would normally score well over a 100 points - the 24-second clock rarely came into play. Jabbar also was as big a baby as ever played in the NBA - he gave Oscar competition in that aspect. Oscar never committed a foul in his life (much like LaQueen). Mostly, it was great hearing Most (no pun intended) again. In those days my wife and I would regularly go to Logan to welcome them back from a conference or division winning series or game. No security, just us and a few others there to clap for a job well done. Thanks for the reference.