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Jurasic,
I saw Hawkins once in the Garden after he joined the NBA. He was well past his prime. Forget which Team he was playing for.....maybe the Suns? The Celts had Don Nelson. He and Hawkins were together very briefly in college before Hawkins got in trouble.
I had the feeling that Hawkins had something to prove because he absolutely went crazy on Don Nelosn that night. He just ate him up. Hawkins was quite a ball player.
I had the great luck to be at a game where Pistol Pete set a quarter scoring record at the Garden with 25. He and Jo-jo White were going at it that night. It was before the NBA 3 Point Line or Pistol would have had 30 or more in the quarter. He was unreal when he got hot.
As for McHale, I seem to remember him torching Bill Lambeer for like 50+? I don't think he traveled, either. He had great pivot moves and a supper variety of "slop" shots.
Speaking of, Lambeer...I think he was a disgarce to basketball. He may be a good guy and all but he did stuff that went way beyond competition. I saw Isaiah Thomas' last game at the Fleet Center. He went crazy on Sherman Douglas. Think he had 40 or 50. On one screen, Lambeer put his elbow out and almost tried to knock out Sherman's eye. Real nice guy, 6'-11" vs. about 5'-11".
I remember Reffing during the Bad Boys Era, I think the kids all went crazy for about 5 years. You'd have a kid take two hands and push a rebounder out of position like Rodman did and look at you like you were crazy when you called the foul? I'm not a big David Stern fan. I think permitting (and he had to have sanctioned it) the Pistons to play like that hurt basketball, alot. And.....Chuck Daley's suits hurt my eyes.
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