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Elected team captain, Carter lifts Nets past Wizards

Associated Press

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

WASHINGTON -- After his New Jersey Nets opened the season by beating the Washington Wizards 95-85 behind Vince Carter's 21 points, coach Lawrence Frank praised all of his players and talked about how guys who didn't even get in helped by being "supportive." Sure, Coach. Eventually, Frank did get around to acknowledging Wednesday night what everyone knows about these new-look Nets, saying, "Vince was the hub for us." Carter -- whose teammates elected him the Nets' captain, Frank announced bef ...

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