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Surprising
Star
Will Bynum picked up valuable
experience in Israel before his
breakout season with the Pistons.
Special to the Jewish News
must-win game in early April
was certainly unfamiliar terri-
tory for this group of Detroit
April 30 2009
But not for Bynum. To him, all
the hours toiling away against other
NBA-ready talent while experiencing
new cultures in the European League
helped get him to this opportunity,
this game, this moment. So trailing
the surging Bobcats by one point, he
istons.
With team captain Richard Hamilton
already ejected and starter Rodney
did what came naturally and attacked.
"I knew we needed the win, and I
happened to be more aggressive,"
Stuckey stymied by the Charlotte
said Bynum, recalling the April 5
game at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
Bobcats' defense, Will Bynum found
himself with the ball in his hands and
12 minutes to save the season.
It was a long way from the small
arenas and marvelous Mediterranean
coastline where just a year earlier
he was the floor leader for Maccabi
Electra Tel Aviv.
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He remembers starting the quarter
with eight points before unleashing
an assortment of slashing drives and
step-back jump shots mixed with
clutch free-throw shooting.
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