▁again ▁at ▁age ▁ 3 6 , ▁a ▁role ▁which ▁rarely ▁su ited ▁him . ▁Meanwhile , ▁New ▁York ▁used ▁a ▁tan dem ▁at ▁center . ▁Th ick ▁Will is ▁Re ed , ▁s ore ▁kne es ▁and ▁all , ▁had ▁been ▁kept ▁fresh ▁for ▁the ▁play offs ▁thanks ▁to ▁Jerry ▁Lucas , ▁primarily ▁a ▁center ▁once ▁again . ▁The ▁two ▁had ▁come ▁to ▁be ▁known ▁as ▁' Will is ▁Lucas ' ▁ ▁aver aging ▁ 2 2 ▁points ▁and ▁ 1 5 ▁reb ounds ▁a ▁game ▁combined ▁during ▁the ▁year . ▁Ne ither ▁were ▁great ▁shot ▁block ers ▁but ▁both ▁were ▁smart , ▁t ough ▁and ▁un self ish , ▁a ▁trait ▁also ▁shared ▁by ▁forward ▁Dave ▁De Bus sch ere , ▁who ▁was ▁still ▁a ▁very ▁key ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Kn icks ▁success . ▁ ▁Like ▁Robert son , ▁Jerry ▁West ▁reached ▁for ▁the ▁great ness ▁of ▁years ▁past ▁and ▁found ▁some ▁of ▁it ▁gone ▁forever . ▁Earl ▁Mon roe ▁eager ly ▁gave ▁G ail ▁Good rich ▁a ▁better ▁match ▁this ▁time ▁as ▁well . ▁Chamber lain ▁chose ▁not ▁to ▁shoot ▁again , ▁scoring ▁just ▁ 1 0 . 4 ▁per ▁game ▁in ▁the ▁play offs ▁for ▁another ▁en ig m atic ▁performance ▁that ▁again ▁gave ▁his ▁oppon ents ▁their ▁opening . ▁ ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁ed ged ▁out ▁a ▁win ▁in ▁Game ▁One ▁at ▁home . ▁After ▁that , ▁the ▁team ▁concept ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁took ▁over ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁remaining ▁four ▁games . ▁It ▁was ▁clearly ▁reven ge ▁for ▁the