European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 a the stars and stripes wednesday april 17, 1991 one of the Best explains Why magic s the Best one by dial Bock the associated press basketball s perfect Point guard is Quick and Slick a bal handler with Speed to Burn blessed with court savvy and the ability to create plays. And of yes he also happens to be 6-fool-9. ,. Enter magic Johnson who on monday broke Oscar Robertson s Aba record of �9,887 assists. A a a a a a. V. A Hall of fancier Bob Cousy who had 6,955 assists and led the league a record eight straight years marvels at magic. Quot a Point guard with his versatility is a tremendous advantage a Cousy said. A at 6-9, he is As Mobile and agile As a 6-footer. He can look Over any defense that plays him and that makes him virtually unstoppable at whatever he wants to create. Complemented with his scoring ability it compounds the difficulty. There Are no weaknesses Youchun poly him for. A a a most Point guards done to have the All around offensive game he has. You can Force them to their weakness. If they can to shoot from the outside you can play off them. Or if they re shooters but done to have Speed and quickness you can play them accordingly there Are a lot of options against most Point guards. With magic there Are no  a there Are a lot of options against most Point guards. With magic there Are no weaknesses in Hall of fancier Bob Cousy Cousy thinks Johnson a Edge is in his eyes. A  a a a a a a a a. A a a a a this biggest advantage and. Mine and Birds is his vision a he said. A it is the Range of peripheral vision 1 can Sec 90 percent movement and color in either direction. I assume magic is the same. Pc Pic think you have eyes  of your head a that allows Johnson to see things the average Point guard might miss. And his size allows him to apply those things but Ter than others. A a he a be a Center in my Day a Cousy said. In fact. Bill Russell Bostons Center when Cousy was the celtics Point guard was listed at 6-10. The Point guards then were Cousy sized 6-footers. Cousy said he liked facing bigger play ers. A Speed and quickness separates you a he said. A opponents can to Stop that or neutralize it. Id gladly give up two or three inches rather than face Guys like Larry costello or Slater Martin who were As Quick As i  Johnson however is not Only tall but lies fast too \ a the is one of a kind a said John Lucas a More traditional Point guard at 6-2 who had 6,454 assists a ninth on the list. A first of All he a a special player. He a setting a precedent. We re not Likely to see his kind again not with those  because of Johnson a quickness most men his size Are unable to guard him closely. And smaller guards like Lucas also find it almost impossible to keep him in Check. A nobody stops his delivery of the Ball a Lucas said. A the has the Best entry pass to the Post. He throws it in from so far out. Lie plays at different angles than the rest of  the key Lucas said is Johnson a size. A the can see Over the defense. Ties a Forward playing Point guard a Lucas said. A i had to throw Shorter closer passes. He gets rebounds and starts his own Breaks. He can hold the Ball longer before he delivers it. Once Guys my size leave our feet we re pretty committed to what we can Bob Cousy in �?T85, old timers game. Magic a Edge is a a vision do. Lies not. A the has the ability to handle the Ball and he likes to. Most big men done to like it. He a different a once in a lifetime  Page 28 to me and told me a we re  anytime you get Terry in the Post with a Shorter Guy you be got to go to  the game was stopped after Johnson set the record and he received a standing ovation from the sellout crowd of 17,505 a and hugs from his teammates. A a in a like to first of All thank All my former teammates from Kareem Abdul Jabbar on Down Jamaal Wilkes Coop Michael Coope Norm Nixon a Johnson said. A without them putting the Ball in the Basket there would be no record. A a in a also like to thank lakers owner or. Jerry Buss because if he had t drafted me id be playing somewhere else and probably  have the  Johnson got emotional when talking about his father who watched Johnson break the record via satellite front his Home in Michigan. A without those two Beautiful people the a magic makers i  be Here a Johnson said. A i know my dad is at Home sitting in the same seat that he used to sit in and teach me How to play the game. A mom and dad thank you a Johnson said Bis voice betraying his emotion. �?o1 love you so  Johnson also received a trophy from Buss. The presentation was made by Lak Crsp general manager Jerry West an Aba All time great himself who played Many a game against Robertson a this obviously is a very special Occa Sion for a very special basketball player a West said. A Pearvin there have Only been a handful of superstars who in be seen play and you re one of  delay in the game lasted for nearly 15 minutes. Teagle said he did no to realize immediately he had made the Basket that gave Johnson the record. �?o1 really Wasny to paying attention. I just wanted to get into a Groove a Teagle said. A a it a a great feeling to be a part of a great organization and a part of history. It did no to even Dawn on me that id be the  when the salary sharing Issue was brought up Teagle smiled and said a the gave up some Money for me because he thought it would help the lakers win a championship. It making the record setting Basket was another Way to thank him for letting me play for the  Johnson 31, needed less than 12 seasons to break the Mark it took Robertson 14 seasons to establish. Johnson has led the lakers to five Aba championships and helped them qualify for the playoffs in each of his 12 professional seasons. Robertson 52, played for the Cine in Nati royals from 1960-70 and the Milwaukee Bucks from 1970-74. Robertson did no to attend the game but sent a congratulatory Telegram that was read to the crowd. Johnson ranks second in assists for this season. He has 966 and is averaging just under 13 per game. Utah a John Stockton leads the Aba with a 14.2 average. Johnson has averaged 11.4 assists per game Over his  Page 28 we were in control in the series. They just won four games and we won  the penguins advanced to the division final against the Washington capitals who eliminated the new York rangers in six games. That division championship series starts wednesday night. The return of Star defens Eman Paul Coffey who had missed two games with a scratched Cornea in his left Eye provided a huge psychological boost to the penguins. Pittsburgh lost High scoring Mario Lemieux after one period when their Star developed Back spasms. / As it turned out the penguins did no to need Lemieux after the first period. With plenty of help from the devils the penguins took care of everything that had to be taken care of before the first intermission. A / a a. A \ / Jiri Hrdina the experienced czechoslovak Wing led the penguins with his first two goals in the series. Lemieux got his third of the series before leaving. Coffey closed the scoring Early in the third with his second in the. Seven games on one of his flawless  game typified the kind of season the devils had. They would be a tremendous team one game and awful the next. But they would be hard pressed to find a performance this  Devil were so woeful in the opem ing period that they were Lucky they were Down by Only two goals at the first inter Mission. Even Pittsburgh a fans Quot must have had some sympathy for goalie Chris Terreri who faced 17 Penguin shots in the first 20 minutes. Terreri was just As shaky As his teammates in the very Early stages but he got better As the game progressed. The other devils however continued to have problems even with elementary plays. Pittsburgh should have had a goal 2 26 into the game. But Lemieux simply fanned on the puck As he came through the Low Slot All alone with Terreri out of position after making a save on a shot by Jaromir jagr a from the Way the devils were playing it was just a matter of time before the first Pittsburgh goal arrived. And it did with 6 27 gone by off an awful Clearing attempt by Slava Fetisow. Fetisow hit the skate of Aleksei Kasat nov his fellow soviet defens Eman and that allowed Hrdina to convert on a second Effort from the left Side. Lemieux scored at 13 04, during a Power play for the penguins a and after three repeat three devils had a Chance to Clear the puck out of their zone to the left of Terreri. Whatever discussion the devils had during the first intermission did Little Good. Hrdina a second goal came Only 29 seconds into the Middle period. The devils took Only six shots in the second period after getting seven in the first. Terreri meanwhile faced 28 shots in the first 40 minutes despite Pittsburgh a father cautious ventures into his zone after the penguins had built up a 3-0 Lead. An to wednesdays programs 6.00 can sports tonight 6.30 Abc world news tonight 7 00 an special Quot Usa eur a. Storm Quot. 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