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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3926670, member: 289"] 1979 OG: 54 NB: 50 Historical: OG: 1,140 points, 15 victories and 6 rings NB: 662 points, 5 victories and 4 rings. This one was quite a battle all year. Junior’s Nets rose from the dead to go 37-45, better than Dad’s Knicks who were 31-51. They were 3rd and 4th in the Atlantic Division and better than 6 and 4 teams, respectively. The Nets lost in the first round of a playoff for a 22 league, which got them another point. The Islanders once again topped the Rangers but the older New York team was doing some rising itself. The Isles won the 4-team Patrick Division with 51-15-14 (116) and were better than 16 NHL and 7 WHA teams in the last year of that dying league. The Rangers were third in the Patrick but had a winning record of 40-29-11 (91), better than 12 NHL and 6 WHA teams. And, to Dad’s delight and Junior’s dismay, they beat the Islanders in six games in the semi-finals before losing to the champion Canadiens in the finals. They got 26 points to the Islander’s 30, giving junior a 37-30 lead after the spring sports. But the NHL was about to get a new dynasty. The Yankees had an off year, going 89-71 and finishing 4th, better than 19 MLB teams. The Mets were having a bad era, again finishing last at 63-99, beating out only the Blue Jays and Athletics form the American league. Their two points made it Old Guard 49, New Breed 39 going into the fall. The 8-8 Jets were better than the 6-10 Giants but it wasn’t enough: the Jets had a better record than 11 NFL teams, the Giants better than 5 of them. That made the final score Dad 54, Junior 50, the Old Man’s 8th win of the decade. By now, Junior had a junior and he shocked his Old Man by deciding to root for Grandpa’s teams: he liked to win. [/QUOTE]

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