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What a night for another former Piston. Mehmet Okur, aka Mr. Piston killer, didn’t miss a single shot in the first quarter scoring 15 of his game high 22. He only missed one shot all night. Memo ended up going 8/9 from the field, 3/3 from three and ...
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