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He practiced against Kobe all of last year, so obviously it was sweet revenge for him. We deserved that. We didn't know who he was, we gave him up to Charlotte, we had no idea how good a player he was.

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Phil Jackson
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: September 17
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