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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3929795, member: 289"] 1985 NB: 74 OG: 49 Historical: OG: 1,502 points, 17 victories and 6 rings NB: 1,084 points, 9 victories and 8 rings. The Knicks fell apart, falling to 24-58, last place in the Atlantic division and better only than the Pacers and Warriors. The Nets stayed together, finishing third at 42-40, better than 13 teams. But they got swept by the Pistons in the quarterfinals to end up with 15 points. The Islanders slipped to 40-34-6, (86 NHL points), third in the Patrick Division and better than 11 teams. One of them was the Rangers, who were a lowly 26-44-10 (62), better than 4 teams, one of which was the Devils, 22-48-10 (54), who beat out the Penquins again and the Maple Leafs. The Rangers lost to the Flyers in the first round and the Islanders lost to them in the quarterfinals of a 21-team league so the Islanders/Devils earned 15 points and the Rangers 5. Junior/Junior2 led 30-7 coming out of the spring, not because they had one more team but because the Knicks and Rangers stunk. 1985 was perhaps the greatest combined Yankees-Mets season and would have been a great time for a Subway Series. It was the talk of the city and the sports world all summer but the Blue Jays and Cardinals had other plans. They had to wait 15 years when neither team was as good. The Yankees were 97-64 and better than 22 teams. The Mets were 98-64 and better than 23 teams. Wild cards anybody? The Juniors were still ahead 53-29. Something similar happened in football. The Jets had one of their best teams, going 11-5 but finishing a game behind the Dolphins, tied with the Patriots in the AFC East. The Giants went 10-6 and were in a three-way tie with that record atop the NFC East with the Cowboys, who won it on tiebreakers and the redskins. The Jets were better than 21 teams, the Giants better than 17 teams. In the wild card round, the Jets lost to the Patriots 14-26 at home. and the Giants beat the defending champion 49ers 17-3 in San Francisco. They then got wiped out by the all-conquering Bears in the wind and cold of Chicago, 0-21. That got the Giants 3 points and the Jets 1 for a total of 20-22. The final total for the year was 75-49 for the Juniors. Pop went out back to do his smoking. It wasn’t quitting like he promised Momma but not telling her was the next best thing. [/QUOTE]

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