The Record (Bergen County, NJ), November 27th, 2002
00-00-0000 BEHIND THE MASK -- Nets' K-Mart relies on latest, greatest in face protection to stay in the game By STEVE ADAMEK, STAFF WRITER Date: 11-27-2002, Wednesday Section: SPORTS Edtion: All Editions.=.Two Star B. Two Star P. One Star B Biographical: KENYON MARTIN
Six minutes and Kelly Tripucka could take no more. Six minutes wearing a face mask to protect a cut over his eye while playing at the old Boston Garden was all he could take.
So he heaved it.
"It lasted about six minutes, I hated it so much," said Tripucka, now a Nets broadcaster, but two decades ago a high-scoring...
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