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Article: Sports hero heads home; Native son Felipe Lopez likely will be the most-watched and most-cheered Timberwolf today in the first NBA game ever in the Dominican Republic.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- October 11, 2002
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Byline: Steve Aschburner; Staff Writer
Out of excitement, out of celebrity and out of a love of all sports - especially beisbol y baloncesto - the fans at the Palacio de los Deportes tonight in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, no doubt will cheer for Kevin Garnett, Alonzo Mourning and other members of the Timberwolves and the Miami Heat.
But no one involved in the first NBA preseason game in the Dominican Republic will hear the love more boisterously than Wolves backup guard Felipe Lopez. Lopez is a national sports hero, the only Dominican native to play in the NBA. So despite his supporting role, he'll get the sort of reception today that Jamie ...