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100 1 $aRosen, Charles,$eauthor.
245 10 $aPerfectly awful :$bthe Philadelphia 76ers' horrendous and hilarious 1972-1973 season /$cCharley Rosen.
264 1 $aLincoln [Nebraska] :$bUniversity of Nebraska Press,$c[2014]
300 $a201 pages ;$c23 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 $a"During the 1972-73 season, the Philadelphia 76ers were not just a bad team; they were fantastically awful. Doomed from the start after losing their leading scorer and rebounder, Billy Cunningham, as well as head coach Jack Ramsay, they lost twenty-one of their first twenty-three games. A Philadelphia newspaper began calling them the Seventy Sickers, and they duly lost their last thirteen games on their way to a not-yet-broken record of nine wins and seventy-three losses. Charley Rosen recaptures the futility of that season through the firsthand accounts of players, participants, and observers. Although the team was uniformly bad, there were still many memorable moments, and the lore surrounding the team is legendary. Once, when head coach Lou Rubin tried to substitute John Q. Trapp out of a game, Trapp refused and told Rubin to look behind the team's bench, whereby one of Trapp's friends supposedly opened his jacket to show his handgun. With only four wins at the All-Star break, Rubin was fired and replaced by player-coach Kevin Loughery. In addition to chronicling the 76ers' woes, Perfectly Awful also captures the drama, culture, and attitude of the NBA in an era when many white fans believed that the league had too many black players, most of whom were overtly political and/or using recreational drugs. "--$cProvided by publisher.
505 0 $aAlways leave them laughing -- It's tough to get help these days -- The Masters of Disaster -- It's Mister Bluster by default -- Prelude to ignominy -- Digging the hole -- Dis-rule and the Q-Man cometh -- How low can you go? -- From bad to worst -- Murph to the rescue -- Break up the Sixers -- Return to reality -- The reluctant savior -- If the Shue fits -- Remembrances of things past -- Over time.
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610 20 $aPhiladelphia 76ers (Basketball team)$xHistory.
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