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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 21: (L-R) Actor Denis Leary, actor Ryan Reynolds, musician Elvis Costello, Tracy Pollan, Michael J. Fox and former NBA player Brian Grant attend the 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson's' benefit at The Waldorf Astoria Hotel on November 21, 2009 in New York City.
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I knew it was going to turn around ... I've always been a product of hard work. I was in the gym late last night taking shots. They (coaches) made me take about 250 of them. I knew it was going to pay off sooner or later.
Coach [Stan Van Gundy] is always telling us that when things aren't dropping on the offensive end, we got to play defense ... We did a really good job on the defensive end tonight. The defense kept us in the game.
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