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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3923621, member: 289"] 1975 NB: 58 OG: 56 Historical: OG: 864 points, 12 victories and 4 rings NB: 462 points, 4 victories and 3 rings. This was a heart-pounding year in the Old Guard-New Breed rivalry. The Knicks began to slide downward, going 40-42, better than 7 NBA and 5 ABA teams. They lost in the first round to the Rockets, which, in a 14-team league got them no additional points. The Rangers also slid a bit, to 37-29-14 and 88 points, better than 10 NHL and 9 WHA teams. Junior’s Islanders, (see below), also had 88 points and beat Dad’s Rangers in a best of 3 first round. (Pass the Maalox!) It was an 18-team league so they got one extra point for that and wound up with 20 points. The Yankees slipped back to 83-77, beating out 7 American League and 8 National League teams. But they didn’t win their division and so missed the playoffs. The Giants were 5-9 and beat out 9 NFL teams but those 9 points were it for them. That gave Dad 32 spring points, 15 more in the summer and 9 in the fall for a total of 56. Could that hold off Junior? Junior’s Nets went 58-26, tied with the Kentucky Colonels for the second-best record in the ABA and tied at the top of the Eastern Division standings. (The Denver Nuggets were 65-19 in the West). That gave them a better record than 7 ABA and 12 NBA teams. The Nets and the Colonels had a one game playoff for the eastern crown and the Colonels won, 108-99, so the Nets didn’t get anything for finishing at the top of the eastern standings. (The Colonels got 4 points). The Nets were then upset by the Spirits of St. Louis in the quarterfinals of a 10-team league. That got them another point for a total of 20. The Islanders shocked the hockey world by improving to 33-25-22 for 88 points- same as the Rangers. They then beat the Rangers in that first round series, the Pittsburgh Penquins in the quarter-finals and lost to the Philadelphia Flyers in the semis. That’s 23 points, giving Junior a 43-32 lead coming out of the spring. The Mets came back a bit to go 82-80 and beat out 13 MLB teams to make it 56-47 going into the fall. That left it to the Giants and the Jets, both of whom stunk. But the Jets stunk worse, going 3-11 which was better than the 2-12 Chargers and Saints but no one else. But the Giants 9 points weren’t enough for Dad and Junior had his first triumph of the decade, 58-56. [/QUOTE]

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