So now Jordan rides the bus home after school ends every day, no running around at practice or working out in the weight room with the rest of his buddies.

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Both teams came out a bit off their best, perhaps because neither had played a game since last Saturday, a four-day layoff that was a particularly difficult adjustment after a lockout-compressed, no-rest regular season.

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