Magazine: How Heat, Spurs are playing in 3-D

The Lakers captured the 1983 Western Conference crown in San Antonio on May 20 and flew directly to Philadelphia the next morning. They had only a day to prepare for Game 1 of the NBA Finals, and coach Pat Riley put his players through a cram session at the Spectrum. Riley reviewed the Lakers' plan for the 76ers: They would defend Moses Malone one-on-one with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; they would pick up Julius Erving at half-court to limit his transition opportunities; and they would close out on shooters Andrew Toney and Bobby Jones to 17 feet. There was one aspect of the Philly attack, however, that Riley never addressed. "The three-pointer," remembers former Los Angeles power forward Bob McAdoo, "was something we didn't worry about at all."