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Renegades trying more conventional approach

By Marc Stein
ESPN.com

Friday, October 15, 2004

DALLAS -- This is the season the snickering should finally stop. Should stop. Will it, though? "Well," says Dallas Mavericks coach Don Nelson, laughing at the question before he even starts answering, "you can't stop people from talking." Nellie knows by now that, for the Mavericks, hushing folks can only happen one way. Some significant stops in the playoffs. "You know that's a part of the deal when you haven't won a championship -- people are going to talk about you," said Avery Johnson ...

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