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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3922267, member: 289"] 1972 OG: 70 NB: 46 Historical: OG: 660 points, 10 victories and 3 rings NB: 312 points, 3 victories and 2 rings. Papa as cruisin’ along quite nicely. The Knicks slipped to 48-34 during the regular season, second in the East to the Celtics but fought their way to the NBA Finals before losing in finals to the Lakers, who had the NBA’s best record to date, 69-13 and then 12-3 in the playoffs with all-time professional sports record of 33 straight wins during the regular season. No shame in that and 25 points for Daddy. The Rangers were 48-17-13 (109) points, better than a dozen NHL teams but second to the Bruins in both the Eastern Division and the Stanley Cup Finals, (in 6 games) for another 19 points. The Yankees had another winning record- barely at 79-76 in the first season impacted by labor troubles, (an owner’s lock-out to start the season). That was better than 12 MLB teams, (but not the Mets). The Giants improved to 8-6, better than 14 NFL teams. That gave Dad an insurmountable 70 points. Junior’s Nets went 44-40 despite having the league’s most famous player, Rick Barry (31.5ppg). But it was still better than 16 pro basketball teams. Like the Knicks, the fought their way to the finals but lost to the Indiana Pacers in six games. That gave Junior 21 points. The Mets had their best record of the Seaver Era after the 1969 champions, going 83-73, better than 14 MLB teams, (including the Yankees). The Jets went 7-7, (including a famous game in Baltimore where Johnny Unitas, in his last year there, threw 4TD passes but Joe Namath topped that with 6 in a 44-34 win). That gave Junior 46 points. The difference was that he still had no hockey team. But the NHL had announced the creation of the New York Islanders so now Junior could take on the Old Man on equal terms. Enough of him telling Junior “Life isn’t fair – it’s a good lesson for you!” [/QUOTE]

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