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The red horde was good for a giggle when described over martinis in Manhattan, but when the cubera snappers burst from a submarine fortress off Panama, Clive Gammon found it no laughing matter.

The lakers are rising, with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who's into another stupendous season, aided by a cast of castoffs and no-names, and led by the Wiz of Inglewood, Jerry West. Curry Kirkpatrick reports.