Lakers beat Hawks; take two game lead
The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Atlanta Hawks, 105-94, Tuesday night in Atlanta to take a 2-0 lead in the best of seven series for the western division championship in the National Basketball Association.
The series now moves to Los Angeles beginning Thursday night where the Lakers will be heavy favorites to wrap up the series.
In the eastern division, the New York Knickerbock lead the Milwaukee Bucks two games to none in their best of seven series. The Knicks took the two game lead on the strength of a 112-111 victory in New York Monday night.
The winners of the two divisions will meet in a best of seven series to determine the NBA champion.
The loss by the Hawks only added to Atlanta coach Richie Guerin's woes. Guerin was fired $1,000 Monday by league com-
missoner Walter Kennedy for remarks he made following Sunday's game in which Los Angeles won, 119-115.
bench and between the floor and the dressing room.
Guerin said, "There'll be a lot of blood spilt on that floor." The remarks were reportedly the result of Guerin's displeasure of
sible for the action of his players
the officiating in the initial western division playoff game.
Kennedy later said that it was inconceivable to him that any coach, under even the most severe emotional strain, would make such a threat and as a result was holding Guerin respon-
"You never know after a statement like that what some fans will do," Schaus said. There were no reported incidents during the game, however.
Laker General Manager Fred Schaus refused to "digigny" Guerin's charges with a reply, but said he would request increased security at the coliseum in Atlanta around the players
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Iba will coach Olympic team
STILLWATER, Okla. (UPI) — Retiring Oklahoma State University basketball coach Henry P. Iba indicated Tuesday he would be willing to coach the U.S. Olympic basketball team for an unprecedented third time.
Iba coached the Olympics in Tokyo in 1964 and in Mexico City in 1968.
The 1972 games will be in Munich.
Better preparations will be the key to the 1972 Olympics, Iba said Tuesday.
"We're going to have to make better preparations for conditioning of the Olympic team or
they're going to have trouble he said.
Tuesday's edition of the Indianapolis Star said Iba would be named soon as the 1972 coach, but Iba said an official announcement would have to come from Olympic officials in New York.
"Anything pertaining to the Olympics as being official must come from the Olympic house," he said.
Iba, who is now serving as chairman of the U.S. Player Selection Committee for the Olympics, said he expected an announcement to "come out in the near future."
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