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Article: Gill home for Christmas
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 24, 1996
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Kendall Gill came home early for Christmas - and not just in his
dreams.
A Chicago native and former Illinois star, Gill arrived Sunday
night, stayed in his new five-bedroom house in south suburban
Flossmoor, played the Bulls on Monday night and will stay in town
through Christmas because his team, the New Jersey Nets, doesn't play
again until Thursday.
This is Gill's seventh season in the NBA, and a brief stay at
home is not the only reason he will have a merry Christmas. Two
other factors figure prominently.
"I'm finally healthy again, and I'm playing well," Gill said
Monday night.
Well enough to be leading the Nets in scoring at 18.5 points per
game. He scored 19 in the team's 113-81 ...