nba.com - 4/17/2008
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The Orlando Magic's Hedo Turkoglu and the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant today were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month presented by Kia Motors, respectively, for games played in April.
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Hedo Turkoglu is Awesome
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... The NBA named Turk the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for April; Kobe Bryant received the Western award. It's Turk's first-ever Player of the Month award, although he won Player of the Week twice earlier this season. ...
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