Santos da casa não fazem milagres. At home, saints do not perform miracles. —Brazilian proverb
Diego Maradona in 1986 was essentially an archangel, razing down everything but Argentina on the way to winning the…
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Ibaka has played 65 minutes in two games this series, though not all overlapping with Duncan, obviously.