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We wanted to impress the crowd so much. The city has done so much for us and welcomed us right in, and we just wanted to give them a good show and show them that we're going to play for them. I think guys just had a little bit of jitters.

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Chris Paul
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: May 6
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