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Article: Allen hobbled
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- April 7, 2002
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Allen hobbled, humbled
Guard still battling nagging knee injury
By MICHAEL HUNT of the Journal Sentinel staff
Sunday, April 7, 2002
Philadelphia -- Ray Allen was already in pain, and had been for a
long time, by the time the Milwaukee Bucks arrived in Dallas on Dec.
20 for a game against the Mavericks.
During warmups, Allen paid particular attention to Tim Hardaway
and Danny Manning, a couple of 30-something veterans who had
sustained severe knee injuries during their careers. Allen watched
closely as Hardaway, and then Manning, gingerly carried their legs
while getting up the floor.
"I said, 'I don't want to be like that,' " Allen recalled. "In the
back of my head I punched myself and said, ...