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Book SynopsisDuring the 1972–73 season, the Philadelphia 76ers were not just a bad team; they were fantastically awful. Doomed from the start, they lost twenty-one of their first twenty-three games, on their way to a not-yet-broken record of nine wins and seventy-three losses. Charley Rosen recaptures the futility of that season through the firsthand accounts of players, participants, and observers.
Trade Review"The literature of sport usually focuses on championship teams and players. But the road to the top is littered with vanquished foes. The '72–'73 76ers are the ultimate vanquished foe. Great reading."—Wes Lukowsky, Booklist starred review
"Charley Rosen's
Perfectly Awful provides an insider's summary of the worst season in NBA history. His anecdotes and knowledge of the game give the reader an enlightening sense of the pre-merger NBA of the early 1970s, and of the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers, still the team most associated with losing by American sports fans."—Bob Epling,
AETHLONTable of Contents Prologue: Always Leave Them Laughing
1. It's Tough to Get Help These Days
2. The Masters of Disaster
3. It's Mister Bluster by Default
4. Prelude to Ignominy
5. Digging the Hole
6. Dis-Rule and the Q-Man Cometh
7. How Low Can You Go?
8. From Bad to Worst
9. Murph to the Rescue
10. Break Up the Sixers
11. Return to Reality
12. The Reluctant Savior
13. If the Shue Fits
14. Remembrances of Things Past
Epilogue: Over Time
A Note on Sources
