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Larry Sanders Is the NBA’s Best Interior Defender

by Grantland Staff on March 4, 2013

Using opponent field goal percentage, Kirk Goldsberry details how Larry Sanders is the best interior defender in the NBA and David Lee is one of the worst.

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