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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3923366, member: 289"] 1974 OG: 68 NB: 53 Historical: OG: 808 points, 12 victories and 4 rings NB: 404 points, 3 victories and 3 rings. The big news was that Julius Erving was now a New York Net. Perhaps Junior would still be in the race after spring. But Poppa’s Knicks weren’t going away, winning 49 games against 33 losses. As usual, they were behind the Celtics in the east but this time they lost to Boston in the eastern finals in 5 games. Still, they were better than 12 NBA and 7 ABA teams and got 4 more points from the playoffs for 23. The Rangers still had a big advent age over the Islanders, but not quite as big. Daddy’s hockey team went 40-24-14, (94 NHL points), 3rd in the East but better than 11 NHL teams and 11 more in the WHA. They also lost in the semis- to the Philadelphia Flyers. That got them 26 points and Daddy 49 spring points. Steinbrenner’s Yankees rose to 89-73, two games short of the Orioles in the East and better than 19 MLB teams. Unfortunately, the Giants hit bottom at 2-12, tied with the Colts for the worst record in the NFL. (What must Johnny Unitas and Charlies Conerly have thought?) But Daddy had 68 points. Surely that would be enough to hold off Junior. The Nets climbed on Dr. J’s back and rose to 55-29, the beat record in the ABA. They beat out 9 ABA teams and 14 NBA teams and won the 5-team eastern division and then the ABA championship for 37 big points. But the Islanders were still pecking away at the eggshell and finished 19-41-8 (56pts). That wasn’t the worst record in hockey, but they only beat out three teams, putting Junior behind 40-49 coming out of the spring. At least he had a chance. Unfortunately, the Mets ran into problems. Tom Seaver had a hip injury and went 11-11 and the bullpen fell apart and they fell to 71-91, better than just 3 teams. Going into the fall the deficit increased to 43-68. If the Jets could win the Super Bowl…But they didn’t, being one of six 7-7 teams in the NFL and ahead of 10 others to make the final tally 53-68. Closer but Daddy’s still puffing on that cigar. [/QUOTE]

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