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Pat Spencer still sticks out on the basketball court.

That was true six years ago when he put on a Northwestern jersey for the first time as a graduate transfer. And it was true again Sunday night, when the former Wildcat stepped onto the United Center court for the Golden State Warriors and peppered the Chicago Bulls with 12 points in a 123-91 blowout .

It’s not hard to define why Spencer draws the eye. He wears No. 61, like the kid who showed up late to his rec league and had to dig a jersey out of the back of the closet. He runs with a grounded explosivity, hardly disguising his past as the onetime greatest college lacrosse player in the country. His teammates watch him from the sidelines with barely contained glee, celebrating the fact

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