By Jim Armstrong
Special to Page 2

Wednesday, March 5, 2003

Alvin Gentry is gone after compiling an 89-133 record as the Clippers' head coach. No word yet on whether the team plans to erect a statue of him outside the Staples Center. The amazing part was that Gentry lasted almost three seasons. That's more than Dolph Schayes, the franchise's first coach, could say. He finished 22-60 in 1970-71, when the Clips' predecessors, the Buffalo Braves, were feeling the growing pains of expansion. He was fired the next season -- after one game. Gentry became ...

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