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Thu 04 Apr 2010Russian's wealth will be overall Nets gain
AMERICA AT LARGE:IN A five-day stretch that commenced last Wednesday night, the New Jersey Nets surprised the basketball world, along with themselves, winning three of four games and thereby depriving themselves of a place in the record book.
Prior to going on that mini-tear, the Nets had managed to win just seven of their first 70 games, and were considered no worse than even money to secure their position as the worst team in professional basketball history by undercutting the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers, whose 9-73 mark was preserved as the all-time standard for NBA futility.
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