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Dikembe Mutombo, the New Jersey Nets' newest acquisition, laughs while answering a question during a news conference Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2002 at the team's East Rutherford, N.J., practice facility. (AP Photo/Christopher Barth
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Dikembe Mutombo, the New Jersey Nets' newest acquisition, laughs while answering a question during a news conference Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2002 at the team's East Rutherford, N.J., practice facility. (AP Photo/Christopher Barth
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New Jersey Nets' Jason Kidd (5) and Dikembe Mutombo double-team Denver Nuggets' Junior Harrington during the third quarter Monday night, Nov. 18, 2002, in East Rutherford, N.J. The Nets won 99-79. (AP
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Dikembe Mutombo, the New Jersey Nets' newest acquisition, laughs while answering a question during a news conference Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2002 at the team's East Rutherford, N.J., practice facility. (AP Photo/Christopher Barth
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Kidd, Nets tie series at 1-1
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