Red Zone: Jackson Well Aware He's Encroaching on Sacred Ground

2008/06/04 16:18:10 @NBA.com: News

In the BOSTON GLOBE, Shira Springer writes "Phil Jackson leans forward and lowers his gravelly baritone to a whisper. 'The ghost of Red Auerbach is present,' he says. 'It's very present.' Jackson stands upright again, raises his eyebrows in an all-knowing way, and looks around the Lakers' practice f acility. As a player in the Celtics-Knicks rivalry of the early 1970s, Jackson learned to never underestimate the competitiveness and cunning of Auerbach. He expected 'shenanigans' in Boston. He knew Auerbach 'always had something up his sleeve.'”
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