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Lakers-Celtics rivalry
Abdul-Jabbar led the Lakers with 36 points.
Lakers-Celtics rivalry
In Game 6, the Lakers were led by Abdul-Jabbar who scored 29 points as the Lakers defeated the Celtics 111-100.
Rockets-Lakers rivalry
The two met again in the 1986 Western Conference Finals where the Lakers , led by Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy, were again the defending NBA champions and faced the Houston Rockets led by the "Twin Towers" of Hakeem Olajuwon and Ralph Sampson.
1985 NBA Finals
In the last game, the Lakers were led by Abdul-Jabbar who scored 29 points as the Lakers defeated the Celtics 111-100.
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2006 NBA Finals
The last time that had happened was 35 seasons prior, when the Milwaukee Bucks , led by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , beat the Baltimore Bullets 4–0 in the 1971 NBA Finals.
History of the Los Angeles Lakers
Baylor played in only two games due to injuries, and the Milwaukee Bucks , led by Lew Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), defeated Los Angeles in the Western Conference Finals.
1970 NBA Finals
In the Eastern Conference Finals, they beat the Milwaukee Bucks , led by captain Lew Alcindor , in five games.
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Isiah Thomas
In 1988 the Pistons' first trip to the Finals saw them face the Los Angeles Lakers , who were led by Magic Johnson, James Worthy, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar .
History of the Portland Trail Blazers
After defeating the Chicago Bulls (who were a Western Conference team at the time) and the Denver Nuggets (a surviving ABA team) in the early rounds, the Blazers defeated the favored Los Angeles Lakers , led by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , in four straight games.
Detroit Pistons
The Pistons' first trip to the Finals saw them face the Los Angeles Lakers , who were led by Magic Johnson, James Worthy, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar .
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Chet Coppock
The Bucks , led by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson, captured an NBA title with a victory over Baltimore on Coppock's 22nd birthday - April 30, 1971.
1969 NBA Draft
Abdul-Jabbar led the Bucks to the NBA title the very next year, while the Suns still have not won an NBA championship.
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1966-67 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
The team was led by starters Lynn Shackelford, Kenny Heitz, Lew Alcindor, Mike Warren, and Lucius Allen.
Cole Field House
1965: DeMatha Catholic High School defeated a Power Memorial team led by Lew Alcindor 46–43, ending its 71-game winning streak in front of over 14,000.
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Center (basketball)
Defensively, the 1973-4 season was the first in which the number of blocked shots were kept, and, over the next seven years, Kareem led the league in this statistic or finished second.
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A. C. Green
Led by Magic Johnson, James Worthy and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , Los Angeles captured back-to-back titles in 1987 and 1988, Green's second and third years with the squad.
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Allan Caidic
Johnson was in the country for a one-game tournament against a team led by former Los Angeles Lakers teammate Kareem Abdul-Jabbar .
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1973–74 NBA season
Milwaukee won a league-high 59 of 82 NBA games, led again by superstar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar .
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UCLA-USC rivalry
In the 1968-1969 season, USC took UCLA, led by Lew Alcindor to two overtimes before losing 61-55 at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.
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List of people from New York City
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - basketball player
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1947 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , American basketball player
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , American basketball player
Ryan White
Singers John Cougar Mellencamp, Elton John and Michael Jackson, actor Matt Frewer, diver Greg Louganis, President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan, Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop, Indiana University basketball coach Bobby Knight and basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar all befriended White.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.; April 16, 1947) is an American athlete and retired professional basketball player , widely considered one of the greatest NBA players of all time.
Association of Volleyball Professionals
He organized the professional tour in 1983 while being a sports agent for many well known athletes such as Ronnie Lott, a cornerback, free safety and strong safety in the NFL, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , a NBA basketball player , and Shaquille O’Neal, an NBA basketball player.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , American former basketball player
Pam Grier
Grier dated basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar during the early 1970s and actor/comedian Richard Pryor in 1977.
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April 16 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , African-American basketball player
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Bill Walton
Abdul-Jabbar , playing in character , denies being the basketball star, insisting instead that he is merely Roger Murdock, the plane's co-pilot.
Bob Lanier (basketball)
Abdul-Jabbar , playing in character , denies being the basketball star, insisting instead that he is merely Roger Murdock, the plane's co-pilot.
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List of sports pairs
Magic Johnson & Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles Lakers NBA players )
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Costas on the Radio
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , former National Basketball Association player
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Abdul-Jabbar played the center position and is regarded as one of the best players of all time.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
However, during his playing years , Abdul-Jabbar had developed a reputation of being introverted and sullen.
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Magic Johnson
The Lakers took a 3–2 lead, but Abdul-Jabbar , who averaged 33 points a game in the series, sprained his ankle in Game 5, and was unable to play in the remainder of the series.
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NBA Finals
Johnson's Lakers reached the final in 1980, and took a 3–2 lead, but Kareem Abdul-Jabbar could not play in Game 6 due to injury.
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Lakers-Celtics rivalry
In Game 6, the Lakers were led by Abdul-Jabbar who scored 29 points as the Lakers defeated the Celtics 111-100.
Kentucky Colonels
Oscar Robertson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar each scored 20 points as the Bucks beat the Colonels 131-100.
Magic Johnson
However, Abdul-Jabbar , who was now 38 years old, scored 30 points and grabbed 17 rebounds in Game 2, and his 36 points in the Game 5 win were instrumental in establishing a 3–2 lead for Los Angeles.
1974 NBA Finals
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored 35 points for the Bucks.
1974 NBA Finals
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored 36 points , but more importantly, he took more of a role in running the Bucks' offense from the post, given their backcourt issues.
1980 NBA Finals
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , playing on a mission and finally with an effective supporting cast around him, scored 33 points , pulled down 14 rebounds, and had six blocks and five assists on the way to a 109-102 win in the Forum.
1980 NBA Finals
At that point, Kareem had scored 26 points and was carrying the Lakers, but now he was in the locker room.
1985 NBA Finals
In the last game, the Lakers were led by Abdul-Jabbar who scored 29 points as the Lakers defeated the Celtics 111-100.
Denver Rockets
On October 5, 1972 the Rockets lost a preseason exhibition game to the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks, 130-92, with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scoring 29 points in front of 7,390 fans in Denver.
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Hook shot
The hook shot became a trademark of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , the National Basketball Association 's all-time leading scorer .
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Magic Johnson
However, Abdul-Jabbar , who was now 38 years old, scored 30 points and grabbed 17 rebounds in Game 2, and his 36 points in the Game 5 win were instrumental in establishing a 3–2 lead for Los Angeles.
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Jerry West
NBA all-time top scorer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was at first contemporary rival, then a player of West in both his coaching and his managing stints.
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