Forgot about the quarters.
And no matter the defense, it's hard to keep a team of capable scorers down over the course of a game. Nuggets are the best example I can think of where you have a team with a ton of individual studs who don't play a team game that well. Boston has the winning formula down.
Celtics for sure. Take a team that has played together for a whole year, against a team that has just been assembled and hasn't played together for a long time, and you will find the team that played together for a year will win almost every time. In the NHL old day, they would pit the Stanley Cup champs against the league all-stars for their all-star game. The Champs won every time.
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What else would you expect when the top most posts trophies go to shdw01, Jake Thompson, and Dick Tator!
As silly as I thought the original question was, 8-5 isn't as lop-sided as some of the polls suggest. Seriously think this might draw some interest. (FWIW, I was real interested in the all-star game when the east went all detroit)
The concept of the champion of a league playing against it's all stars from the rest of the teams is not that far fetched. The NHL did it for years when they were a six team league. The league expanded to 12 teams in 1966 and changed to the more common format that all leagues now use.
In the 1950 NHL All Star game The Montreal Canadiens beat the NHL All Stars 7-1. In 1959 the Canadiens won 6-1. The final game usng the champ vs all stars format in 1965 resulted in the all stars defeating the Canadiens 5-2. Gordie Howe was MVP.
wil.
In the 1950 NHL All Star game The Montreal Canadiens beat the NHL All Stars 7-1. In 1959 the Canadiens won 6-1. The final game usng the champ vs all stars format in 1965 resulted in the all stars defeating the Canadiens 5-2. Gordie Howe was MVP.
wil.
Wil, you never sleep do you....i think head mod requirement is to be an insomniac!
The reason I posted (this stupid thread) is because this year is the first in awile that I can think of that won the championship with
1) lots of "superstars"
2) none of whom made the olympic team (not even KG)
and
3) no international players ont he championship team (that I can think of)
one of the few times I can think of where it is feasible AND summer of the olympics
The reason I posted (this stupid thread) is because this year is the first in awile that I can think of that won the championship with
1) lots of "superstars"
2) none of whom made the olympic team (not even KG)
and
3) no international players ont he championship team (that I can think of)
one of the few times I can think of where it is feasible AND summer of the olympics
