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realgm.com - 5/16/2008

Goaltending - 'Improved' Wizards Defense Is A Fallacy

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Authored by Kevin Broom - 15th May, 2008 - 1:01 pm Read a mainstream media account about the 2007-08 Washington Wizards , and you'd think they were a significantly improved defensive team. After all, as Mike Jones from the Washington Times points out, the Wizards allowed a league-high 104.9 points per game last season, and this year they allowed 12th fewest (99.2 ppg). So, umm, wow -- ...

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