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Pretty predictable in the Pacific

By Scott Howard-Cooper
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, December 20, 2001

Before George O'Leary gets the vacant Warriors job -- it says right there on his resume that he coached the Celtics to three championships and was an assistant under Red Holzman and John Kundla -- we pause to reflect on the first quarter of the season. But this isn't football. This is basketball and it's the mellow Left Coast, so no throwing things ... unless it's a coach out the door (Golden State), caution to the wind (Penny Hardaway is still standing) or conventional wisdom (Shaquille O'Neal ...

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