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Oden overwhelmed but more effective in Game 2

By Marc Stein
ESPN.com

Sunday, July 8, 2007

LAS VEGAS -- You can add one more link to the stretchy chain that will forever bond Greg Oden with Kevin Durant. Oden, like Durant, now knows how it feels to start a summer league game by getting his shot rejected by DeSagana Diop. It happened to Durant on opening day of the NBA Summer League and it happened to Oden on Sunday, when the No. 1 overall pick played as a pro for just the second time, hoping to rebound from his deflating debut with the Portland Trail Blazers. "I told him [later] at ...

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