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Originally Posted by TaShawn  Why should their road record be wose than it is? |
Good question.
I don't believe that any NBA team except for the 71-72 Lakers have won 80% of their road games, which is the pace that the Celtics are on. I don't think that they will win 32 road games because they are only 8 - 6 in their last 14 games and while I think that they will do better than that the rest of the way unless they have more injuries to any of the big three, I still don't see them winning 32 games on the road this year.
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1971-72 L.A. Lakers 69 - 13 (.841) Gail Goodrich, Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlain, Jim McMillian and Happy Hairston combined to bring Lakers their first championship of the Los Angeles era...Broke Philadelphia's 1966-67 record for wins in a season (broken by Chicago in 1995-96), at one point winning 33 consecutive games, a record that still stands...Won NBA record 16 consecutive road games...Best road winning percentage in NBA history (.816; 31-7)...Defeated New York 4-1 in 1972 NBA Finals.
I had moved to Los Angeles the winter before and remember watching them play a lot of those games, mostly on the tube. They were a great team, which I guess is stating the obvious, but not nearly as exciting as Showtime.
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