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20 years ago: Death threat can’t stop Karl Malone

Fred Jewell, Associated Press

FILE: Utah Jazz forward Karl Malone shoots over Chicago Bulls' Luc Longley, foreground, during the second quarter of Game 5 of the NBA Finals at the United Center on Friday, June 12, 1998, in Chicago.

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Karl Malone was the target of a death threat during the Utah Jazzs 122-115 victory over the New Jersey Nets, according to a source at Continental Airlines Arena.

If Malone knew of the threat, he sure didnt act like it.