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Article: Randolph's red glare
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- February 22, 2009
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A flip switches when Warriors rookie forward Anthony Randolph
hits the court, whether in practice or in the games. Something
starts bubbling inside, scrunching up his face. Something hijacks
his psyche, making him angry.
He can't describe it and it's hard for him to label it.
Competitive. Hungry. Intense. Perhaps all of the above.
Whatever it is, it made him slap a hard foul on Boston's Kevin
Garnett and stare down one of his all-time favorite players -- in
Boston. It provoked him to scream at Houston center Yao Ming after
he dunked on him -- in Houston. It propels him to give his body for
a block, a rebound, a loose ball, tempts him to take his man every
time.
"I've got to watch myself ...