The Sixers won 65 games and an NBA championship in 1982-83, still one of
the finest seasons in NBA history. It was Moses Malone who, in the days
before the playoffs, gave the team its battle cry. Asked by coach Billy
Cunningham how he thought things would go in the playoffs, Moses said,
Fo', fo', fo',"-- meaning, in Moses's shorthand, that he expected the
Sixers to sweep each of the three series they would need to play in
order to win a championship. In this newly revised edition of Tales
from the Philadelphia '76ers Locker Room, sports maverick Pat Williams
teams up with writer Gordon Jones to capture a behind-the-scenes look at
this legendary season. With wit and candor, Williams and Jones relive
the unforgettable victories as well as the wrenching disappointments and
painstaking efforts to rebuild that preceded that season. Readers are
reintroduced to Julius "Dr. J" Erving, the beloved but unfulfilled
superstar; Billy Cunningham, the hard-driven coach; Harold Katz, the
relentless owner; and Moses Malone, the final piece of the title puzzle.
Joined by a star-studded cast of players, they rampaged through the
league, leaving a trail of devastated teams in their wake. With a
thirty-year legacy that has yet to be surpassed by any '76ers team,
Tales from the Philadelphia '76ers Locker Room is both a celebration
of past glory and a promise of future victory to the loyal fans of the
'76ers nation.