Over their first nine games this season, they were 8-1 with the league's fourth-best defensive rating.

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Camby, a former leaguewide defensive player of the year, owns the second-best defensive rating on the team.

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Speaking of player ratings: Richmond once incurred the good natured wrath of former Phillie outfielder Doug Glanville, who was miffed at his defensive rating in 2001.

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The team allows 99 points per 100 possessions when Wallace is on the court, the sixth-best defensive rating among NBA big men who have played 20 games or more.

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CDOs, and the rating agencies that gave them their initial high ratings, are feeling defensive.

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