"With the Qatar game, it was a round trip of about 16 hours in a plane and it wouldn't have been good for my problem, " he said.

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You see the Spurs in the championship round, and it's like realizing your plane ticket is a middle seat.

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Visitors either take a ferry there, or fly 30 minutes on an Aloha Island Air commuter plane that holds 37 passengers and makes 10 round-trips daily from Honolulu.

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