European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 you cant have a dynasty in Aba theres something about that just uttering it brings a sense a of of strength unattainable by Mere no wonder its the name of a successful to but dynasty int a Label that can be applied to a National basketball association not after the lakers 111ioo Victory Over the Boston celtics Sun that Triumph gave los Angeles the championship by virtue of Edge Over the defending champions who dont repeat have become the Norm in the kick Elbow knee pm style of play that characterizes the the celtics became the 15th consecutive team to fail at copping Backoo Back after watching the lakers and celtics All but nuke each other on the its not hard to explain Why no team remains King of the Hill longer than 365 basketball a la Aba has degenerated into Noth ing More than a lesson in social and so it was in the 1985 Laker celtics which most sports writers described in terms of the thirty years As James worthy rattled the hoop with a slam the commentators talked about the 1964 bos As Larry Bird snuck free underneath for a commentators talked about when the celtics upended the lakers once making the winners the last team to win consecutive when Byron Scott connected from Long the commentators kept talking about last when the celtics prevailed Over los Angeles four games to when you talked about this you needed wrestling and boxing How else would you describe the hold Ray Williams put on Kurt Rambis How else would you describe the swipe magic Johnson took at Kevin Mchale How else would you describe the Roadblock Robert Parrish put in front of Kareem Abduljabba the Aba has become the longest running War since consider that the two teams who finally stopped bumping Heads some time in the late afternoon had been going at it since septem sundays showdown culminated nine months of and in All deference to the basketball skills employed by the the lakers were simply better equipped in this War of attrition what the Aba is All when the going got Laker coach Pat Riley simply called in the people like Michael Mitch Kupchak and Bob Mca do More than outclassed celtic reserves Scott wed Quinn Buckner and Greg the one celtic who might have made a difference Cedric Max Well was of Little nursing wounds inflicted earlier this year in one of 82 regular season although the celtics were often crying their Case was hollow at can anyone from coach Jones to Danny Ainge really determine what a foul is in the Takeno prisoners style of pro basketball one of the reasons that perhaps the most devastating big Man Ever to suit up in the developed his sky Hook was that his inside game was taken away by brainier behemoths who stood in front of in last years celtics lakers it was Boston who accelerated the arms race with a no hold barred this it was the lakers who turned first to eyeing the combat in the the Comfort of their living rooms were members of practically every Aba teams most of whom fell in earlier playoff rounds to the although they would have preferred to be facing the Lions rather than watching from a they can take Comfort in the fact that much has been taken out from the nabs two top the lakers left Boston Garden for a White House reception and a rousing Welcome from their partisans on the West for the next be the Toast of the the Pride of los but if the lakers Are thinking even a two year they can think because in any from the chinese version to the Shorter variety of most theres time to take those Are luxuries that dont exist in the Aba where ceasefires never in four the new champions will be at it again trying to stave off the would be Kings of the and by the time next seasons War finally ends in the june therell be a another Champion hop ing that the word dynasty int limited to a to the stars and stripes Al Houston Downs san Diego 32 from Page 21 an rib single in the top of the 14th to score Pat Sheridan from third lifting Kan Sas City Over Steve who had hurled innings of scoreless took the the Victory went to Mike Angels rangers 2 Rod Carew collected two hits and drove in two runs and Donnie Moore registered his 13th leading Mike who struck out eight and retired 14 batters in a went 7 innings to improve to Moore got the last four White sox mariners 3 Seattle Bruce son of Pittsburgh manager Chuck went innings in his major league sparking Tanner yielded seven fanned three and walked Bob James pitched the final innings for his 14th the White sox swept a three game 9 astros dont Surprise padres by the associated press the Houston astros Are beginning to turn some Heads with consistent play that has seen them confound the so called sex most of whom had assigned them to the role of spectators in the National league but the san Diego the Over whelming preseason Choice to repeat As division dont count them selves among those who Are surprised by the Earl season Success of the double and triple you to san Diego Tony Gwynn said wednesday night after Houston beat the padres 32 to move within games of the the astros have a Good Ball and particularly a Good Ball club in this National league said san Diego manager Dick Williams after Houston took two of three games in the Nolan baseballs Al time strike out pitched a six hitter and fanned five to raise his career total to and Lead Houston to its sixth Victory in seven the Victory left the notoriously slow starting astros with a 3126 a year ago they were 2334 and mired in fifth place 10 games this series was not crucial from the standpoint of winning the but we needed to establish the fact that we can compete against the top said Phil whose seven thinning triple drove in the godhead after tripling Home Terry Garner scored on the same play on second base Man Tim Flannery throwing the padres had taken a 1 0 Lead on Garry Temple tons run scoring double in the Houston got even against Eric on Bill Dorans third inning rib Graig Nettles hit his sixth Homer with two outs in the ninth for the final san Diego in other no games wednesday braves giants 2 Atlanta when Atlanta Dale Murphy goes witless in eight someone will pay the in this Case it was san Francisco Atlee who was touched for Murphys 15th Home see no on Page 26 Gretzky from Page 21 games More we should be More concerned about the spearing and the but tending and three hours and 28 minutes to play hockey he his face they Are taking a big part of the game of hockey it will come Down to the Day when you get a penalty and wont have to serve its not a very Good its not just an oilers everybody talks about getting Back to skating and then these kind of rules it will Hurt my game a Little Jari Gretzky night Wing and i enjoy playing instead of trying to raise the excellence of other they Are bringing the level in a Little i dont think its Gretzky wondered Why the league would make such a Rule change and said he Felt the players should have some say in 1 think if you talk to the average i think they will say they like the Fouron four and it opens things up and gives a whole new what Gretzky fears most is that lesser players on some teams would continually attempt to draw better players into coincidental for if he and Kerri get involved in incidents and go to the Box along with two lesser each team still has five skaters and it offers the lesser team an when a Guy deliberately tried to take another Guy off the his team should be but if its still five five that just not Gretzky was so annoyed at the news of the Rule change that he said it put a Damper on his winning an unprecedented sixth straight Hart trophy As league in really he its taken the fun out or this night a Little has won the Hart trophy As league map in All six of his years in the he also has captured the scoring title the last five he tied with Marcel Dionne for most Points in his and the oilers debut year in the he also tied Gordie his boyhood for most Hart Gretzky capped the second biggest Offen Sive Campaign of his career by leading the oilers to their second consecutive Stanley he led the nil with 73 goals and 135 assists for 208 second Only to his 212 Points in in overjoyed to tie Gordie with six of these to be tied along with one of the greatest who Ever played they can never take it Gretzky another Dale Hawer Chuk of the Winnipeg finished second in the voting by 63 members of the professional hockey writers also receiving awards at the gala presen tation which was televised nationally in Canada and patterned after the Academy awards were Edmonton Paul Coffey and the games Best attacking de won his first Morris trophy As the top player at his Coffey had 37 goals and 121 Points to finish fifth in league scoring and easily outdistanced Bostons Ray Bourque 206686 in the Kerri won the lady Byng trophy for gentlemanly the Sharpshooter from Finland was second to Gretzky with 71 goals and 135 Points and had Only 30 penalty his closest Competition for the award was Louis right Wing Joey mul Len 405292 and Only six penalty min Philadelphia Pelle the win ingest goaltender in the nil with a 40 177 captured the Vezina trophy As most valuable Lindbergh beat out last years buffaloes Tom bar in voting by nil general the flyers Mike Keenan took the Adams trophy As coach of the in his first season of nil Keenan led the flyers to the Best regular season record in the then into the Stanley cup Winnipeg Barry Long was the runner up in balloting by the nil broadcasters Pittsburgh Mario who had 43 goals and 100 Points making him Only the third Rookie in nil history to score 100 Points the Calder trophy As top the Selke trophy for Best defensive for Ward went to Craig Ramsay of who beat out last years Doug Jar vis of
