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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3930355, member: 289"] 1986 NB: 106 OG: 91 Historical: OG: 1,593 points, 17 victories and 7 rings NB: 1,190 points, 10 victories and 9 rings. The Nets slipped to 39-43, better than 10 NBA teams but the Knicks were still terrible at 23-59, the worst record in the 23-team league. The Nets got swept by the Bucks in the first round of the playoffs for one more point and an 11-0 advantage for the Juniors. The Islanders were still solid at 39-29-12 (90 points), better than 16 of 21 NHL teams. The Rangers were still worse at 36-38-6 (78), better than 7 teams. The Devils were still worse than the Rangers at 28-49-3 (59), better than 3 teams. But the Rangers upset the first place Flyers and then the second place Capitols before losing to the eventual champion Canadiens in the semifinals, giving them an extra 5 points. The Isles got swept by the caps in the first round for one point and the Devils watched it all on TV. That gave the Juniors a 31-11 lead coming out of the spring. The summer was all about the Mets, whose season was a series of winning streaks as they won 108 games vs. 54, the best of 26 MLB records and the 6 team AL East. They then what I considered to be the best baseball post season ever, beating the Astros in 12 and then 16 innings to close out the NLCS while the Red Sox rallied from being down 1-3, (these were now 7 game series), and to their last strike to beat the Angels. The Mets became the second team to overcome losing two home games to beat the Red Sox in a 7-game series, (the first was the Royals the year before), rallying from 3 runs down in the 10th inning in game 6 and also form a three run deficit in game 7. That got them and the Juniors 56 huge points. What were the Yankees doing? They were a solid 90-72, better than 21 MLB teams. But the Juniors went into the fall with a commanding 87-32 lead. But it wasn’t over. The New York Giants won their first NFL championship in 30 years, crushing the Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl, 39-20. They’d had a regular season record of 14-2, tied with the defending champion Bears for the best in the 28 team NFL. They also won the 5 NFC East. The Redskins knocked off the Bears in Chicago, 27-13 while the Giants annihilated the 49ers 49-3. They then shut out the Skins 17-0 before taming the Broncos for the title. That got Pops even more points than the Mets gave the Juniors, 59. But the Jets weren’t chopped liver, going 10-6, better than 16 teams. They, as usual, finished second to the Dolphins but beat the Chiefs, 35-15 in the Wild Card game before losing to the Browns in Cleveland 20-23, (losing a 10-point fourth quarter lead). That gave the Juniors 19 points and another seasonal victory, 106-91, in one of the best combined seasons the Old Guard and New Breed ever had. [/QUOTE]

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