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Maynard Trudeau has a quarter-million dollars more for his retirement.

Trudeau, 74, won $250,000 Friday night by making a three-point shot during halftime of Game 2 of the NBA Finals. He won’t be spending it any time soon.

“I don’t retire until I’m 80,†said Trudeau, a carpet installer and part-time security guard from Boynton Beach, Fla.

Trudeau got the chance to win $2 million after being selected from more than 1 million entrants in an AT&T; promotional campaign. The World War II veteran had five shots--the first four worth $250,000 each, the last a cool million. He shot them rapidly, each underhanded. The first went through perfectly. The others fell off.

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Trudeau, who made about half of his warmup tosses on Friday afternoon, explained his success by saying, “You gotta concentrate.â€

Trudeau is a native of Kankakee, Ill., and he and his wife are both big Bulls fans. “Maybe,†he said, “the Jazz will give me a job.â€

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Former Laker guard Byron Scott, who last month led Panathinaikos Athens to its first Greek championship in 14 years, is planning to become a free agent if the team doesn’t increase his salary, Scott’s business manager said Friday. . . . Former Seattle SuperSonic player Paul Silas has been interviewed as a possible replacement for fired coach George Karl. Silas played 16 seasons in the NBA, including Seattle’s 1979 championship season when current club president Wally Walker was a teammate.

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