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In the hoopla over Phil Jackson winning his 10th NBA title, Kobe Bryant winning his first without Shaquille O’Neal, etc., it went all but unnoticed that owner Jerry Buss won his ninth. . . .

No NBA owner ever won more. . . .

Six ownership groups presided over the Boston Celtics during their Bill Russell-led run of 11 titles in 13 years. . . .

Without Buss, who followed form by staying out of sight Wednesday as the Southland celebrated his team, there might have been far fewer Lakers parades -- or maybe none at all. . . .

They didn’t get one in 1972. . . .

Their first championship celebration, in 1980, drew about 6,000 to a downtown parade and about 8,000 to a City Hall rally. . . .

Riding in her ninth parade was Marge Hearn, 91-year-old widow of Chick, who noted afterward, “I think tonight I’ll skip my dinner and stay in to see how it looked on TV because it certainly was fun. Those younger players were just in awe.” . . .

Speaking of parades, a crowd estimated at about 375,000 lined the streets of Pittsburgh on Monday to celebrate the Penguins’ Stanley Cup championship -- reportedly about 25,000 more than turned out to fete Ben Roethlisberger and the Super Bowl champion Steelers in February. . . .

Of course, temperatures were in the low 80s for Monday’s parade, as opposed to the low 20s for February’s. . . .

Matt Kemp and the late-rallying Dodgers make a compelling case for staying in your seat through the very last pitch. . . .

Memo to reader Bob Tucker of Solvang, who wonders how Manny Ramirez would be treated at Dodger Stadium in his return next month if he were playing for the San Francisco Giants: The same way he’ll be treated at San Francisco in August. . . .

Rudely and crudely. . . .

Torii Hunter probably should stop running into walls. . . .

Staples Center opened its doors 10 years ago next fall and not once have the Lakers, Clippers and Kings made the playoffs in the same season. . . .

Maybe next year. . . .

In anticipation of ESPN the Magazine’s upcoming “body issue,” in which athletes will pose in the altogether, a USA Today poll reveals that 38% would most like to see Maria Sharapova featured and 33% would most like to see Danica Patrick. . . .

Others garnering support from an apparently mostly male voter block: Serena Williams, 15%; Laila Ali, 7%; David Beckham, Tom Brady and Tiger Woods, each 2%; and Derek Jeter, 1%. . . .

Available now on DVD: “Thrilla in Manila,” an HBO documentary that looks at the bitter rivalry between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier through Frazier’s eyes and paints an unflattering portrait of Ali as a venom-spouting puppet of the Nation of Islam. . . .

Led by preseason All-Americans Kristopher O’Dowd and Taylor Mays, USC’s offensive line and defensive secondary are cited by the Sporting News as the best in college football. . . .

Was it really only 2 1/2 months ago that Arizona was ready to entrust its storied basketball program to Tim Floyd? . . .

Bethpage Black sounds more like an aging film star than a taxpayer-owned golf course in Farmingdale, N.Y., hosting the U.S. Open for the second time in seven years. . . .

Woods won there in 2002. . . .

Continuing the debate over the most unreachable record in sports, reader Paul Duron of Los Angeles e-mails to suggest it is Cy Young’s 827 decisions, a mark that wouldn’t be matched by a pitcher averaging 40 decisions a year over 20 seasons. . . .

Roy Halladay led the majors last season with 31. . . .

Also all but impossible to top, as several readers noted: Johnny Vander Meer’s two consecutive no-hitters. . . .

Lakers free agent-to-be Trevor Ariza joins a new team Saturday, when the former Westchester High star is scheduled to participate in a celebrity charity basketball game at his alma mater along with fellow NBA players Gabe Pruitt, Amir Johnson and Nick Young, rapper Master P and others. . . .

Information: (866) 704-0280. . . .

When Robert Horry made his season-saving shot against the Sacramento Kings in 2002, when Derek Fisher hit his “0.4” buzzer-beater against the San Antonio Spurs in 2004 and when Fisher drove a dagger into the heart of the Orlando Magic last week, Hedo Turkoglu was playing for the opposition. . . .

That is bad luck.

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jerome.crowe@latimes.com