"You didn't go to a circus, you went to the circus, " said one historian about Barnum-esque circuses: They were, in truth, all the same.

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"I don't want to be a circus act, " Hopkins said.

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In a twist, Thursday's win didn't look like the superstar circus the team usually looks like: Sharpshooter Mike Miller, a role player with a bad back, made seven 3-pointers to score 23.

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While the clownish antics of circus theater isn't really Mr. Morse's bag, a poignant scene between Pippin and his grandmother Berthe (Andrea Martin) connected his heart to the production.

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The idea of a circus just didn't fly.

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MarShon Brooks made his first 10 shots and finished with a career-high 27 points for the Nets, who haven't played at home since March 17 because the circus is at Barclays Center.

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"I don't think there's anything cruel (in the circus), we have a strict code from the animal welfare, " he said.

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See, the circus train is about a mile long and they can't really bring it into the city and walk the elephants up the escalators from Penn Station.

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