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Team Utah center Shawn Bradley of Emery County and his Soviet counterpart, Alexander Okunshy, exchange greetings and gifts before the start of the basketball game between the Utahns and the Soviet National Junior Team Wednesday night at the Huntsman Special Events Center. But the players later demonstrated that dribbling and flying elbows translate the same in any language as the Utah high school stars rolled to a 104-85 victory before 5,745 fans. The Utahns raced to a 52-33 halftime lead and led by as much as 26 points. Sportswriter Scott Taylor describes the plays in what he says must be a pretty, great basketball state on Page D1.