Kemba Walker added 16, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had 14 and Ben Gordon finished with 12.

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He's now battling Charlotte's Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, who gets 15.7% of his shots blocked, for the regular-season crown.

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One is Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, the country's second-best freshman, who was saddled with early foul trouble and didn't score almost 30 minutes into the game.

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