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Russell's jersey number retired by all NBA teams

The NBA will honour late 11-time champion Bill Russell by retiring his jersey number six across the league.

U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, walks after the final statements in a court hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
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U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, stands inside a defendants' cage before the court's verdict in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia 4 August2022
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US WNBA basketball superstar Brittney Griner arrives to a hearing at the Khimki Court, outside Moscow on July 7, 2022
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