He could feel it. He had to feel it. From the fans who barked at him at the Prudential Center and CambridgeSide Galleria to the cluster of media members lurking around his locker who turned him into a temporary claustrophobe, making him stop taping his ankles and instead put on his socks just to get out of the crowd. (Full article: 740 words)

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