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Timmy BowersMississippi StatePG - 2
Bryant MatthewsVirginia TechSF - 3
Darius RiceMiamiSF - 4Jackie ButlerHigh SchoolPF
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Desmon FarmerUSCSG - 6
Nick JacobsonUtahSG - 7
Marcus MooreWashington StatePG - 8Chris GarnettC
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Herve LamizanaRutgersSF - 10
Andre BrownDePaulPF - 11
James LloredaLSUPF - 12
John EdwardsKent StateC - 13
Nigel DixonWestern KentuckyC - 14Ales ChanC
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Mo KeChinaPF - 16
Misan NikagbatseGermanyPG - 17
Zbigniew BialekPolandSF - 18
Arthur JohnsonMissouriPF - 19Rich MelzerSF
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Marko PopvicCroatiaPG - 21
Marko JovanovicYugoslaviaC - 22
Luca GarriItalyPF - 23
Simas JasaitisLithuaniaSF - 24
Michel MorandaisColoradoSG - 25Chado FordovichYugoslaviaSF
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Kobe-MJ dual Logoman card fetches $3.17 million at auction
A 2003 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection dual Logoman card of Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan sold via Heritage Auctions for $3,172,000, the seventh-most expensive basketball card sale.
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Dallas visits Philadelphia following overtime win
Dallas Mavericks (11-17, 11th in the Western Conference) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (15-11, fifth in the Eastern Conference)
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Milwaukee faces Minnesota on 7-game road skid
Milwaukee Bucks (11-17, 11th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (18-10, sixth in the Western Conference)
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Giddey, Bulls take on the Hawks
Chicago Bulls (12-15, 10th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Atlanta Hawks (15-14, ninth in the Eastern Conference)
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Toronto plays Boston, looks to end home skid
Boston Celtics (16-11, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Toronto Raptors (17-11, third in the Eastern Conference)
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Towns, Knicks to host Ware and the Heat
Miami Heat (15-13, seventh in the Eastern Conference) vs. New York Knicks (19-8, second in the Eastern Conference)
