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NEW YORK — Royce O’Neale had 10 shot attempts in the first half of Tuesday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks, tied with Cam Thomas for second on the Nets. Only Mikal Bridges had more attempts through the first 24 minutes of action. Pointing that out was not meant to be a slight toward sharpshooting forward. That is just not his role on this team. He averaged just 6.4 attempts per game entering the night. And when he is forced to jack up a ton of shots, as he did in the first half against Dallas, it is rarely a good omen for the Nets’ offense. So it was not much of a surprise to see the Nets,…

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