Tip-Off Timer: Lakers’ Amazing 33-Game Win Streak May Never Be Topped
by Chris Tomasson Filed under: Lakers Tip-Off Timer counts down the days until the first game of the 2009-10 season. On Thursday, there are 33 days remaining. Imagine if an NBA team was in the midst of a 33-game winning streak now. There would be a traffic jam of satellite trucks. Press credential requests would be coming in from Albania to Zimbabwe. But when the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers reeled off a record 33 straight wins, there was just one traveling beat writer. And even he went home after the Lakers ‘ legendary streak came to an end Jan. 9, 1972 at Milwaukee. “I saw Mal Florence, the beat writer for the ( Los Angeles ) Times , leaving the hotel,” then-Lakers coach Bill Sharman said of being in the lobby of the team hotel a day after his team’s streak finally ended. “I said, ‘Mal, where are you going? This road trip isn’t over.’ He said to me, ‘ Bill, we don’t cover losers,’ and he walked away. But then he turned around and laughed.” Tip-Off Timer: Lakers’ Amazing 33-Game Win Streak May Never Be Topped originally appeared on NBA FanHouse on Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds . ? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Linking?Blogs ?|? Comments
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