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maria paula gonçalves da silva -lrb- born march 11 , 1962 in osvaldo cruz , são paulo -rrb- , nicknamed `` magic paula '' , is a retired brazilian women 's basketball player .
she is considered one of the greatest players in her country , along with hortência marcari and janeth arcain .
for brazil women 's national basketball team , paula is the second biggest scorer with 723 points -lrb- behind hortência -rrb- and holds the record for caps with 45 games , being in two olympic games and six world championships .
in 2006 , paula became a member of the women 's basketball hall of fame .
