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I took my 3-year-old to last night's Wizards game. No, he hadn't done anything wrong. He's been an early rider on the Trevor Booker bandwagon, and wanted a chance to see his undersized hero battle Blake Griffin in person. The fact that it was also his first Clippers game (being held in the middle of Lob City) portended a dunk-heavy, toddler-friendly brand of basketball.
On the ride over, I tried to get him pumped up with a next-level stat I had just been poring over for this very column:
Me: So, aside from the dunks we're going to see, these teams have two of the worst opponent 3-point field goal percentages in the league, which means we should see lots of open looks from downtown.
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