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Hollinger's Insider Gems: Dec. 16, 2008
John Hollinger gives us five observations for Tuesday.
Updated: December 16, 2008, 2:20 PM ET
By John Hollinger | ESPN.com

1. One item I didn't get into Tuesday's Daily Dime piece on the Celtics-Jazz game: Paul Millsap was awesome. The 6-8 power forward was starting for the injured Carlos Boozer and tallied 32 points and 10 rebounds, and not just on garbage buckets, either. Millsap made several contested jumpers, and was getting baskets in the post on plays that normally are run for Boozer.
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