At one point, officers guarding one location mistakenly opened fire on a pickup truck, believing it matched the description of Dorner's dark-colored 2005 Nissan Titan.

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Another possibility might be starting Marco Belinelli at the point, with Jimmy Butler guarding Williams, and bringing Robinson off the bench.

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Guarding the only secure landing point on the Cinque Terre coast, Vernazza is the quaintest of the five villages.

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"In practice, it's hard to simulate how tall they really are, " said Indiana's Jordan Hulls, a 6-foot senior who was at least 4 inches shorter than the players usually guarding him and went 0 for 6 on 3-point tries.

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Pointing out this scheme takes nothing away from the stifling Pacers' defense, which has an elite paint protector in Roy Hibbert and is historically rare in the sense that it ranked No. 1 in the league at both guarding the rim and limiting makes from the three-point stripe.

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