My first Lakers playoff season

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My first Lakers playoff season
ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog found this 4/21/2008 on latimesblogs.latimes.com [flag]
(Bill Walton and Kareem battle it out, 1977) My first season in the playoffs with the Lakers was 1977. That was an up-and-down year in all respects. Our regular season was very successful and we felt that we had a great chance to play in the Finals. All those hopes were lost when we had injuries to two key players: Lucius Allen and Kermit Washington. The Portland Trailblazers beat us in ... [link]

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Published 4/21/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on his blog on the Los Angeles Times website: "My first season in the playoffs with the Lakers was 1977. That was an up-and-down year in all respects. Our regular season was very successful and we felt that we had a great chance to play in the Finals. All those hopes were lost when we had injuries to two key players: Lucius Allen and Kermit Washington. The Portland Trailblazers beat us in the conference finals and went on to win the world championship from the Philadelphia 76ers in six games. This season is starting to look the ...

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