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China's center Yao Ming, left, is defended by Germany's Patrick Femerling during the first quarter of their men's preliminary basketball game at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008. (
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Bojan Popovic, left, and Dejan Milojevic, center, of Serbia and Montenegro challenge for the ball with Patrick Femerling of Germany during the Acropolis basketball tournament at the indoor Olympic stadium of Athens
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Germany?s Patrick Femerling (L-R), Jan Hendrik Jagla, Elias Harris and Demond Greene cheer during the Basketball European Championships preliminary round tie Germany vs Latvia at Olivia Hall in Gdansk, Poland, 09 September
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