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IT'S A BRICK - HOUSE: NBA GAMES MARRED BY POOR PLAY

          Though the NBA's opening weekend featured sellouts for
     half of the teams, "by the end of the first week, the deep
     wounds were drawing into focus, showing the league must
     continue to lay on huge portions of suck-up to win back the
     masses," according to Larry Guest of the ORLANDO SENTINEL. 
     Guest notes that the 20 games played last Wednesday,
     Thursday and Friday that ended the first week of the season
     were played in front of "nearly 94,000 empty seats," and
     writes these "cold, hard numbers paint a disturbing picture
     undeniable even by the most accomplished ostriches and spin
     doctors" (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 2/18).  NEWSDAY's Shaun Powell
     writes under the header, "Still Love This Game? No Way," and
     says "the meek have inherited the league.  The NBA is mostly
     role players with a few stars thrown in for commercialism." 
     Powell also notes the fans seem to "have accepted the lower
     standards while paying higher prices."  Powell concludes:
     "We Still Love This Game.  That's what the NBA says.  Some
     Still Loathe This Game.  That's what I say" (NEWSDAY, 2/18). 
     In Atlanta, Jeffrey Denberg profiles several players' low
     shooting percentages under the header, "Blame Lockout For
     Cold Touch" (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 2/18).  USA TODAY's Mike
     Lopresti writes that through Tuesday, no team in the NBA was
     averaging 100 points a game, while 13 were averaging fewer
     than 90 and 24 were shooting under 45% (USA TODAY, 2/18). 
     On ESPN.com, Jack Ramsay: "The first 10 days of NBA play
     resulted in what I'd expected -- tough defense and ragged
     offense --  as teams began competition without the benefit
     of a proper training camp" (ESPN.com, 2/18).                
     

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