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Linked forever, and each one worth it

By Marc Stein
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, December 18, 2000

Pierce Nowitzki It's all true. True that they have dissimilar names and games. True that they square off at tipoff only twice a year. True again that such infrequency is twice as often as you'll find their hometowns on the same map. But that's not the whole truth. Truth is: Paul Pierce and Dirk Nowitzki will always be linked, wherever they are, 82 games a season. Even if they don't exactly hail from neighboring 'hoods. It's not just on nights when their teams meet, like Monday night ...

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