orlandosentinel.com - 7/11/2008
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Shooting guard Mickael Pietrus was asked if co-captain Dwight Howard had reached out to him yet and welcomed him to the Orlando Magic. "Yes, if you look at the tape when he broke my nose," laughed Pietrus, recalling how he took an elbow from Howard during a 2006 game in Orlando while trying to make a steal.
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