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Article: Bullets Thump Raptors; 110-97 Victory Is Team's Seventh Consecutive Win
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- The Washington Post
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- April 15, 1996
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The Washington Bullets knew they wouldn't be perfect forever,
which is what they have been for a couple of weeks. They knew there
would be a day when jump shots stopped going in, their front-court
weakness was exposed or they experienced any of the dozens of things
that can happen to a team during the grind of an NBA season.
Having dealt with adversity all season, they overcame it
almost routinely yesterday as Juwan Howard, Calbert Cheaney and Tim
Legler had big games, and the Bullets defeated the Toronto Raptors,
110-97, in front of 18,756 at USAir Arena.
Despite losing center Jim McIlvaine to a dislocated finger
early in the fourth quarter, the Bullets (39-39) won their seventh ...