Bruce Bowen
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"Bruce E. Bowen Jr." is an American former professional basketball player. The 6'7", 200-lb. (200 cm, 91 kg) Bowen played small forward and graduated from Edison High School (Fresno, California)/Edison High School and California State University, Fullerton/Cal State Fullerton. He went on to play for the NBA's Miami Heat, the Boston Celtics, the Philadelphia 76ers, the San Antonio Spurs and the Continental Basketball Association/CBA's Rockford Lightning, and also played abroad in Ligue Nationale de Basketball/France.

One of the most feared perimeter "lockdown" defenders in NBA history, Bowen was elected eight times to the NBA All-Defensive Team/NBA All-Defensive First and Second Teams, and was a member of the Spurs teams that won the NBA championships in 2003 NBA Finals/2003, 2005 NBA Finals/2005 and 2007 NBA Finals/2007. Off the court, Bowen became an Ambassador#Non-diplomatic ambassadorships/informal ambassador for child obesity awareness. He currently works as an analyst for ESPN.

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We had opportunities, ... We just made a couple mental mistakes down the stretch? That?s what bothers us the most.

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I think it's a great idea and opportunity, not just for the NBA and the players, but for the two organizations that are involved in this.

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It's not a matter of we were playing a game, and then we had to stop the game, ... It was just coming into warming up, so we can always get warmed up.

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Kobe is the ultimate competitor, so any time we can hold him in check, we're happy.

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We players understand we have the best lives in the world. We owe a debt of gratitude to all our fans, everyone who supports us.

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Flying under the radar is great. I could care less if anybody talks about us. We're still doing what we try to do, which is win a championship.

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Severna Park is the favorite this year and next year. They're four top players are all juniors.

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When (Owens returns), that's five pretty strong players. They've got to play their best but when they do, they could give (Severna Park) a run.

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Night in and night out I look forward to playing the other team's top player. You have to pay attention to every detail when you are defending [James]. ... He's going to get his shot. You just have to contest it.

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