Re: YES!!

["j.hironaka" <j.hironaka@unesco.org>]

Could be. But did we really lose a 7-game series to the Sixers in 1982 
after being down 3-1? I don't remember. If that were the case, it would 
have marked the third straight series that Philly went up 3-1 on us. They 
had finished us off 4-1 in 1980, which is what made the following year's 
comeback from being down 3-1 so dramatic.

It couldn't have been 1983 either, because I think Milwaukee swept us 
before we could even play the Sixers.

Joe

p.s. I've got to admit, it would seem WAY out of character for a Philly 
sports fan to act that graciously toward an opposing team. Anyway, I hope 
the Sixers crush the Flakers. That would be the best way to kick off Summah.

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At 10:16 07/06/01 -0700, you wrote:

>--- "j.hironaka" <j.hironaka@unesco.org> wrote:
>
> >
> > My memory may be off, but sometime back in the
> > mid-80s (when the Celts had
> > finally eclipsed Philly as the best of the Eastern
> > Conference), didn't the
> > Sixers fans start chanting "Beat LA" in support of
> > our team, during the
> > waning minutes of an elimination game at the
> > Spectrum that put Philly out
> > of the playoffs? I don't know if it was the Sixers
> > or another team's fans
> > that did that (I guess Detroit is the only other
> > possibility), but it was
> > very classy.
> >
>
>Wasn't it the other way around? In the '82 Eastern
>Conference Finals, when the Sixers went up 3-1 (again)
>the C's took the next 2, and game 7 was at the Garden.
>Then the Sixers came out and trounced the C's pretty
>badly. Towards the end, the Celtics fans started the
>chant of "Beat L.A."
>
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