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Walt Frazier: A Final Garden Party, 1979

“I did it my way, but the team’s way and the coach’s way. That came first.”

Without a guy like Reed to pull down rebounds, Frazier will have to make different moves this season.

Lucas, obviously, has a reputation. Bad dude. Tough guy. Enforcer. Hitman. He is Sonny Liston with a hangnail.

Lucas generally answers “persistence” when asked to explain himself from his roots.

Lucas found a new contentment in the move to Portland.

During one of the Lakers’ three increasingly desperate timeouts in the fourth quarter, Karl simply told his players, “Get the ball to Sleepy.”

Twice before Dame Fate had stepped in to help Gene, and once again, she was waiting in the wings. This time, she appeared as a telephone call.

“I don’t think basketball will ever see his equal again.”

When you block shots like that, it becomes a psychological weapon. You want opposing players thinking about it.

They say that’s in the book. I’m still trying to find out who wrote the book, and I can’t even find the book.