Mutombo Swats His Way to Second in Blocks

2007/01/27 16:15:05 @NBA.com: News

In the HOUSTON CHRONICLE, Jonathan Feigen writes ?at the top of their leaps, Dikembe Mutombo, the N BA's oldest player, stuffed Andrew Bynum, the league's youngest, once and then again, moving Mutombo up a notch in the record book and lifting the Rockets with him to a 102-77 win. With two stuffs of Kobe Bryant shots and the two of Bynum in the third quarter, Mutombo moved past Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bynum's tutor, for second in career blocked shots behind only Rockets legend Hakeem Olajuwon with 3,191. He added one for an encore in the fourth quarter, wagging his trademark scolding finger triumphantly after each.?
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