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SIXERS VS. LAKERS 76ers fans bare their feelings Bigwin sparks night of glee irs-wme-" i YwwJ)BM. yk fiy APRIL ADAMSON a Pair take to streets in birthday suits after Sixers win over Lakers. ty. Just wear some sneakers if you're running down Broad Street." Most of Wednesday night's celebrating did seem to be fun, but rather tame.

Drivers honked their horns along Broad Street and downtown streets for hours, their Sixers flags flapping in the late-night breeze. Police said they did not get any reports of public exposure Wednesday night, but did get reports of gunfire citywide when the final score rolled in, a practice typically reserved for New Year's Eve festivities and seriously frowned upon by the local cops. Overall, police categorized the post-game revelry as "happy" and nonviolent with no incidents or arrests, according to Cpl. Jim Pauley in police public affairs. Though fans took over a few city intersections, there were no flying bottles or serious problems reported, said Johnson.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. yesterday in Los Angeles, getting ready for Game 2 tonight, students at the Restaurant School of Philadelphia put their culinary skills fo work baking him a cake, which they cut at a public birthday party. At Smith Wollensky, a steak-house inside the Rittenhouse Hotel, the kitchen is offering a Tti-ounce porterhouse for STG during the finals. At -1 an ounce, it's a bargain compared to the Kobe beef, a slice to Lakers star of Lower Merion fame Kobe Bryant. "Either the Sixers fans can have a piece of Kobe, or for the Lakei-s fans, it's just an alternative to the 76er-ouncer," said Pat English, the restaurant's general manager.

If some people were willing to go naked after only the first win, could we be in for far more brazen behavior in the davs to come Nudity. Pure, glee-induced, leakers-hating, Sixci-s-loving nudity. It was just a single win. but Phil-adelphians aren't holding anything back. Shortly utter the SLxei-s won Game 1 of the NBA championships Wednesday night, several fans were spotted on the streets exposing themselves two fully naked save for their feet.

People seemed to be keeping their clothes on but there were signs everywhere that the city lias gone crazy over their loveable underdogs. Although Game 1 hero Allen Iverson spent his 26th birthday Othei's say they're not worried either. "It wouldn't surprise me if Pat Croce ran naked down Broad Street," said radio personality Pierre Robert, ofWMMR rock radio, who added that he's a longtime friend of the energetic team president. "If you know Pat, you would know he inspires eccentric behavior," said Robert. "If you consider that insanity starts from the top and spreads down it doesn't surprise me that people are getting naked.

I support public nudi- particularly when the series lands in Philly on Sunday? Police, who have seen everything from dirty dancing, drunken revelry and violent looting during Mardi Gras and other festivities, say they are not particularly-worried, but are taking precautions. "Right now we're trying to formulate a plan for future games for manpower, for crowd control and traffic control," said Deputy Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson. "We are not anticipating any violence or vandalism." PHILLY'S CELEB LOOK-ALIKES TAKE CENTER COURT HOLLYWOOD IS MOVING to Philly for Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Not those jokers in yellow, either. We're talking real stars.

In other words, the Daily News celebrity look-alike contest has been cast. It stars South Philly's Mercedes Vallecillo as Jennifer Lopez, South Philly's Raymond Godfrey as Stephen Spielberg, East Mount Airy's George Oliver as Spike Lee and West Philly's Sharon Taylor as Whoopi Goldberg.The winners each will each receive a pair of tickets to Sunday's Sixers-Lakers game at the First Union Center. Port Richmond's Gary Rounbehler received a supporting role for his uncanny resemblance to non-Hollywood Sixers President Pat Croce and won one ticket. ROUNBEHLER left) as Pat Croce VALLECILLO (left) as Jennifer Lopez (0) 'fM i LckJ I v. Ji rs-' TAYLOR (left) as Whoopi Goldberg OLIVER (left) as Spike Lee GODFREY (left) as Steven Spielberg PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS PAGE 6.