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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3928861, member: 289"] 1983 NB: 60 OG: 50 Historical: OG: 1,378 points, 17 victories and 6 rings NB: 925 points, 7 victories and 8 rings. The Nets still beat out the Knicks but both had winning records. The Nets went 49-33, better than 15 NBA teams. The Knicks were 44-38, better than 11 teams. They finished 3rd and 4th in the Atlantic Division. The Knicks then swept the Nets in the quarterfinals before getting swept by the eventual champion 76’ers in the semis of a 23-team league for 16 points to the Nets’ 17 points. The Islanders won their fourth straight Stanley Cup but they finished 2nd to the Flyers in the Patrick Division with a 42-26-12 (96) record, better than 14 teams in a 21 team league. That got them 34 points. The Rangers were a dead even 35-3-5-10 (80), better than 10 teams. They beat the Flyers but lost to the Islanders in the quarterfinals for 12 points. (The Isles swept the next NHL dynasty, the Edmonton Oilers in the finals). NOTE: The Colorado Rockies became the New Jersey Devils at this point. At first I decided not to consider them because both Poppa and Junior had a team in each sport. But I recalled that Junior did not have a team in each sport until the islanders were created in 1972 and Poppa kept telling him that it was a good lesson that “Life is unfair”. So I decided to add the Devil’s achievements to Junior’s totals as a good lesson to Poppa. They were 17-49-14 (48 points), better than 2 teams but not in the playoffs. Junior still had the lead coming out of the spring but this time it was close, even with the Devils: 53-28. The Yankees bounced back to go 91-71 and finish 3rd in the AL East, better than 20 MLB teams. The Mets still stunk, finishing last in the NL East at 68-94, better than just the 60-102 Mariners. (But the Mets were about to smell a lot better in the next few years.) Junior was still ahead but only by 54-48 going into the fall. The Jets slipped to 7-9, better than 6 NFL teams but the Giants slipped even farther to 3-12-1, better than 2 teams. This new coach, Parcells didn’t seem to be working out. Junior, (and Junior II), won the year again 60-50. it was Junior’s 7th win but he now had 8 rings, two more than Pop. He showed them off, one on each finger. Junior 2 was sooo proud. [/QUOTE]

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