And Democrats have an outside shot at that rural seat.
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The Rangers, still with an outside shot, remained five games out.
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His outside shot is the only reason he's in the NBA.
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But that's not the only kind of OUTSIDE SHOT that exists.
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Equally clear is his need to make defenses respect his outside shot.
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Another wondered if he could be Corey Brewer with an outside shot.
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By his impossibly high standards, Durant's outside shot was hardly an inferno.
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Our forecast still gives them an outside shot of controlling 53 seats.
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Kim Reynolds Democrats think they have an outside shot at unseating Republican Gov.
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But Democrats also have an outside shot of taking back the Senate majority.
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Any progress on his outside shot would make the Spurs that much more formidable.
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At 17-27, the Pelicans still have an outside shot at a playoff berth.
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And more importantly for Sixers fans, can Simmons continue to thrive without an outside shot?
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It might be even more pronounced because he lacks any confidence in his outside shot.
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If he pulls it off, he just might have an outside shot at the nomination.
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The key for Kansas State (5-0) was the ability to hit the outside shot.
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Edmonton (46-26-9) has an outside shot at catching the Ducks, but it is unlikely.
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They're the kinds of numbers that give Democrats an outside shot at taking back the House.
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If the pattern persists, companies have an outside shot of ending about even with the 2015 period.
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Dinwiddie entered the league without an outside shot and now has one that defenses need to respect.
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Democrats are also eyeing this one as an outside shot, with five candidates competing in the primary.
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I especially liked HAPPY CAMPER, EMERALD ISLES, OUTSIDE SHOT, PINK MARTINI (because yum), CALORIE BOMB and ATOM SMASHER.
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While Sanders's positions have energized the party's base, he has only an outside shot of winning the party's nomination.
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Southampton preserved its outside shot at qualifying for the Europa League by defeating already-relegated Aston Villa, 4-2.
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Bojan Bogdanovic started it off with a 3-pointer and Georges Niang punctuated the run with an outside shot.
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Randle's outside shot is still cracked, and it's unclear what his role/position would be on a good basketball team.
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But this year Green has displayed as much confidence in his first step as he does in his outside shot.
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Rose is finally healthy and comfortable, resulting in the successful marriage of a sinister first step with an outside shot.
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Dallas came into the game with an outside shot of moving up to fifth, but needed to beat the Spurs.
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Despite a shaky outside shot, Fultz uses his quickness and tight ball-handling to knife his way into the paint.
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In sum, the modern game is faster, higher-scoring and far more reliant upon the outside shot and ball movement.
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But Democrats also have an outside shot of taking back the Senate majority if 2018 turns into a wave election.
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Republicans have an outside shot at getting close to 60 yeas if they run the table in this fall's midterm elections.
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His win vindicates Democrats' efforts to recruit good candidates even in places where Democrats have only an outside shot of victory.
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It's one thing for a defense to ignore a poor outside shot by sagging off whenever he doesn't have the ball.
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Cooler conditions could be back in the cards by later Wednesday into Thursday, with perhaps an outside shot at some snowflakes.
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He had few of the skills that defined a traditional point guard: panoramic vision, flawless ball-handling, a deadly outside shot.
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On offense, his versatility has been enormously important for the Charlotte Hornets, and it all traces back to that outside shot.
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In addition to the improved passing numbers, Horford has added another valuable element to his game: an even more dangerous outside shot.
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And Boynton Brown is relying on a similar red-state success pitch from her time in Idaho to boost her outside shot.
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A pure hustle forward with a reliable outside shot, he since has become a part of the rotation, earning a multi-year deal.
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"When you get to the basket, it opens up your outside shot," Mitchell said, when asked how he led the team in scoring.
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Rhode Island struggled with its outside shot (123-21 from 3-point) but still managed to put more than 80 points on the board.
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And it held that Outstanding Limited Series was a race between Chernobyl and When They See Us, with an outside shot for Fosse/Verdon.
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After previously clinching the AFC West title, the Chiefs (13-4) still have an outside shot at a first-round bye in the playoffs.
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Love's ability to hit the outside shot while also diving to the basket for rebounds was too much for the Thunder big men to handle.
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And even though he's capable of knocking down an outside shot, Tavares' gravity does not come close to comparing to that of someone like Kyle Korver.
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To prevent a wipeout—and maintain an outside shot at the nomination—Sanders needs to win in four non-Southern states: Vermont, Minnesota, Colorado, and Massachusetts.
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It's easy to feel for Barnes when you look at his situation and realize he knew the accuracy of his outside shot was all that mattered.
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But an iffy outside shot and the inability to consistently impact a game without the ball in his hands complicates Wiggins' place on a great team.
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But he and his wife saw an opening — an increasingly stagnant state economy — that they might seize on to build an outside shot at a campaign.
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One of his frequent opponents, whom Tsai described as a gym rat with a good outside shot, was Brett M. Kavanaugh, a future Supreme Court justice.
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Kuzminskas's skills, first developed in his native Lithuania and then refined in recent seasons in Spain, include a strong outside shot and general savviness on offense.
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While his outside shot has gotten better (he was 4-for-6 from beyond the arc in 99 playoff minutes), defenses now encourage him to shoot.
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Twice in the fourth Simmons found Dario Saric for a layup, despite David Nwaba (a good defender) sitting back and daring him to take an outside shot.
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Smith took five 363-point attempts per game, and that seems about right, given that his outside shot mostly exists to provide balance to his dribble drives.
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Robinson doesn't look like Stephen Curry — yet — but his outside shot doesn't look bad either, particularly for someone who seemingly just added the skill in recent months.
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Not only did Tucker stabilize his outside shot and prove he could defend multiple positions, but just as critical was his subtle transformation into a tertiary playmaker.
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There's an outside shot that Shaheen could be vulnerable in 2020, but it's hard to see Lewandowski -- and his baggage -- being the candidate who could beat her.
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He's a seven-footer with a respectable outside shot, and he's happy to remind you of that fact before sashaying past on his way to the basket.
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He desperately wanted to improve his outside shot, in part because he knew that was the only way he might have a chance of (one day) defeating her.
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Polls now suggest Mr Ince may have an outside shot at the presidency if the contest heads to a second round, which would take place on July 8th.
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The Raptors still have an outside shot at the top spot in the East and sit one game behind the Wizards with seven left in the regular season.
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Sturgill Simpson is nominated for Album of the Year at tonight's Grammy Awards, an outside shot for a country luminary to take one of the evening's biggest honors.
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Thomas was asked about Warriors big man Zaza Pachulia imitating Durant after hitting an outside shot to cap an 18-0 run to blow open a competitive game.
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Of course, his outside shot is still very much a work in progress, and that could muck up Cleveland's spacing if LeBron's range really is gone for good.
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No two-loss team has ever made the playoff, butUSC does have an outside shot at cracking the final four should things breakjust right over the next four weekends.
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Tucker promises defense, toughness, and intensity across multiple positions, and he's thrived in a low-usage offensive role with an outside shot that isn't far off of league average.
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It's a rare skill-set for any player, and even if his lacking outside shot lingers as a serious dilemma, the baseline of a useful tool is already here.
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While his outside shot is still a work in progress, it&aposs not as if it&aposs broken — he is shooting 33.8% on nearly four deep attempts per game.
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Rubio's outside shot has never been a threat and his inability to finish around the basket is at least as disruptive to the team's offense as his perimeter issues.
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The Blue Devils are tied for fifth in the ACC standings and could have an outside shot at a share of the conference title by winning their final four games.
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Experts say the 3-year-old thoroughbred has an outside shot at taking it all on Saturday -- and if he does, get ready to hear the name Rachel Uchitel, repeatedly.
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With Snyder's egalitarian principles already caked into their foundation, blending in more uptempo, outside-shot-happy, versatile ideals could give Utah one of the league's most dynamic and diverse attacks.
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Oklahoma still has an outside shot at sneaking into the playoff if other games across the country fall their way, but they have to take care of business themselves first.
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Boston missed another outside shot and the Bulls capitalized again, with Butler drawing a foul on a 3-point try and making all three from the line with four minutes remaining.
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Forward Robert Franks, the team's top reserve, struggled with his outside shot early in the season but has gone 733-of-11 from 3-point range over the last two games.
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But at 6 feet 9 inches, he has good length and agility, and Adams anticipates that McAdoo will develop a reliable outside shot that will help lure defenders away from the basket.
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When/if his outside shot comes around, he'll be able to coexist with any type of big, including Zion Williamson (it's hard not to faint when day-dreaming about that collective athleticism).
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Of the three, Chen, who is close to Xi having worked with him in Zhejiang province, is considered the outside shot candidate for promotion by sources with ties to the leadership and diplomats.
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The left-leaning Labour Party and its socialist standard-bearer, Jeremy Corbyn, are believed by some prognosticators to be narrowing the contest -- and could now stand an outside shot at toppling May's government.
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Superior party unity has even given Democrats an outside shot of picking up a Senate seat this fall in Mississippi, another conservative Southern state that they haven't carried for president for four decades.
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His outside shot is still a massive work in progress, but there have been signs of improvement in other areas of his game throughout the preseason, particularly as a pick-and-roll playmaker.
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Republicans have dominated the district for a generation, but the leading Democratic candidate, Jon Ossoff, has an outside shot to win outright on Tuesday by winning more than 50 percent of the vote.
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Williams said he had concentrated on improving his right hand and his outside shot, and his field-goal accuracy has soared, to 59.1 percent this season from 41.2 two years ago at Missouri.
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The season is young, and so is Zion (he is 18), so while he might not be the next Steph Curry, there's no reason he can't develop that outside shot into a respectable weapon.
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And the Yankees, who in the middle of the summer still had an outside shot at making the playoffs, possessed two of the very best relief pitchers in baseball in Chapman and Andrew Miller.
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Like several other big men drafted near the top — including the 183-foot Mohamed Bamba, who went to the Orlando Magic at No. 218 — Ayton is unusually mobile and is developing an outside shot.
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By suffocating Simmons with playoff-tested defenders, and by choking off his passing lanes, the Celtics have reminded Simmons that he would benefit from developing some semblance of an outside shot this off-season.
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Explaining his rationale in his 1949 book, "Scientific Basketball," Hobson said the home run was the liveliest play in baseball, and that the same could be said of a long outside shot in basketball.
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Dieng split two free throws with 46.2 seconds left to trim the deficit to 106-104 before a defensive stop gave the ball back to Minnesota, but Dieng came up empty on the outside shot.
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Already a second-team All-NBA tornado, elite shot-blocker, pseudo-MVP candidate, and consistently improving phenomenon who's accomplished all he has without a respectable outside shot, Antetokounmpo will be only 23 years old next season.
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"I would say it's likely she wins two (Olympic) golds, I would say an outside shot at five medals, and I think probably, at her best, maybe three or four of them are golds," he added.
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This year, not only are the Democrats strong favorites to win the White House, they are also favored to regain control of the Senate, and they even have an outside shot of taking back the House.
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ET, SEC Network Plus ABOUT VERMONT (6-2): The Catamounts love the outside shot and rank in the top 25 nationally in 03-pointers made (62) and attempted (171), with Ernie Duncan (11.5 points) leading the barrage.
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By the time the 1992 entry draft rolled around, Bautin was 25 years old, but with the NHL opening up to European players and his international experience drawing attention, he had an outside shot at getting drafted.
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But behind the scenes, Democrats are urging the wealthy mayor of Lexington, Jim Gray, to mount a campaign that he could finance partly on his own, arguing he has at least an outside shot of taking out Paul.
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Cousins' outside shot can relieve pressure by dragging opposing bigs out to the perimeter, but he's also a huge fan of going one-on-one, and will usurp touches from one of the world's most lethal shot makers.
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Even though he may not have the same offensive impact when his outside shot doesn't fall at a 673 percent clip, he's more plug-and-play than Harris, and—debatably—more accepting of his role within his roster's hierarchy.
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Assuming his outside shot translates from college (he nailed 43.8 percent of his threes last season after making just 31.8 percent as a freshman), Kennard will serve as a critical spacer in Van Gundy's high pick-and-roll scheme.
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An endorsement has been its weight in gold in many instances, given Trump's popularity among Republicans, propelling once outside-shot candidates such as Brian Kemp and Kris Kobach to victories in Republican gubernatorial primaries in Georgia and Kansas, respectively.
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His athleticism will be critical on defense, where he will be expected to switch onto ball-handling guards in pick-and-rolls, and his outside shot will be vital on offense, where it will help him stretch the floor.
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European leaders fear that Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front has an outside shot at winning presidential elections in France this year, throwing the membership of one of the bloc's core members into doubt just as another departs.
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The Wolverines still have an outside shot of winning the Big Ten East crown, but need to win their final two games of the regular season and hope that No.11 Penn State and 2422th-ranked Michigan State lose another game.
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Green Bay PackersOne thing to know: Minnesota has already secured their spot in the playoffs, but still have an outside shot at winning the NFC North if they win out, and the Packers lose out, including in a matchup this weekend.
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Sure, he can bulk up a bit, improve on the defensive end, maybe become a better passer and work on his outside shot, but the way this Wizards roster was constructed limits how much more Porter's role—and his game—can expand.
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Tennessee is one of three 2200-2241 teams tied for the final two wild cards in the AFC and still has an outside shot winning the AFC South, but it sits two games behind the Jacksonville Jaguars with two games to play.
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When all his teammates are capable passers with a well-respected outside shot, he can use his quickness to barrel into open space, trigger widespread panic in every defender on the other team, and create an opportunity for himself or someone else.
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But while "put the ball in Winslow's hands then surround him with competent shooters/playmakers/lob targets and see what happens" is a fun idea, an even more significant development to keep an eye on over the long-term is his outside shot.
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Gordon's low volume makes those numbers less impressive than, say, Victor Oladipo or Irving, but mixing his outside shot with one of the tighter handles in basketball (then unleashing it in a system that provides an unfair amount of room) is devastating.
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Joel Embiid's body, Ben Simmons' outside shot, and Markelle Fultz's defense each carry differing degrees of concern, but even if all three work out for the best, 23-year-old Dario Saric is the necessary glue stick who holds it all together.
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It was not all pretty in the first half, as Fultz, who had struggled mightily with his jump shot back in October, came up well short of the rim on an 163-footer that represented his only outside shot of the half.
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His outside shot still needs copious amounts of work — he is not close to trusting it in times of need — and there is room for growth in reading the game at both ends, consistently making his teammates better and refining his decision-making.
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Schumer said in an interview Tuesday there has been "no dissension" in his 47-member caucus, giving him an outside shot at getting vulnerable and independent-minded Republicans to back his plan to bring the acting White House chief of staff to testify.
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The last candidate with an outside shot, Tulsi Gabbard — who has not publicly said she has hit the donor mark, but was within striking distance and also does not have any qualifying polls — registered 21 percent support in Nevada and 2504 percent in South Carolina.
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His outside shot needs to improve if he wants to reach the former, but he can still have tons of success as a two-way thrill ride whose athleticism stands out in an environment that regularly features the most athletic humans in the world.
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Stein's effort barely got started before it was mostly laughed off, but Clinton supporters and Trump detractors then turned their hopes on the very, very outside shot that enough Republican electors of the Electoral College would vote against Trump despite the wishes of their state's voters.
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The Colts have lost four of their past five games, but they're still alive with an outside shot at stealing a wild card spot in the AFC if they can find a spark and get back on a run through the final four games of the season.
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Long before Giannis Antetokounmpo decided to dominate the NBA with unprecedented physical characteristics so obscene they nullify his need for a reliable outside shot, there was Grant Hill: A unique, positionless natural who probably could've averaged a triple-double if averaging a triple-double was his primary goal.
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Poor Paul Zipser got caught with no rim protection as Simmons bore down on him during Chicago's win over Philly on Monday night: The handle, speed, size and ability to finish at the rim aren't the only attributes that let Big Ben get away with an impotent outside shot.
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Antonio's recent goal against Sunderland saw him perform his brilliant Homer Simpson-inspired celebration Usually a skilled, goal-scoring winger in his mould would be getting heavily linked with an outside shot at a place in the England squad for the Euros, but he's not really had any of that.
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Were Alex Reyes healthy right now instead of prepping for Tommy John surgery, we'd likely be talking about a very different division race in the Central, with St. Louis right there behind the Cubs in second place, and with an outside shot at claiming the division if things broke right.
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There was a period Sunday night when you wondered if anyone would stand tall alongside James to the finish, even on a night when the young Celtics couldn't make an outside shot but figured to have youth and stamina on their side, along with an unblemished playoff record at home.
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The Cavs went under screens against Marcus Smart after Isaiah Thomas went down in the Conference finals last spring, and Smart himself, as well as Avery Bradley, did the same against John Wall and Washington in the Conference semifinals—even though Wall has worked hard to improve his still-inconsistent outside shot.
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Kaminsky is ostensibly a pick-and-roll threat whose outside shot can force a defense into uncomfortable decisions, but opposing teams don't seem to care how open he is on pops behind the three-point line, and bigs don't have much trouble recovering back to stop him on hopeless dives to the rim.
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Walker likely won't stray too far from what the Illini have been doing — especially since they had an outside shot at the NCAA tournament before losing to Rutgers and Michigan to end the season — though trying to get his team focused after what it's been through in losing its head coach could be his hardest task ahead.
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Fultz's outside shot is a long way from being fixed, as we covered here in November, but all you had to do was watch the way he closed down the Lakers on Wednesday night to see that he has still has no shortage of gifts — speed, strength, agility, finishing ability at the rim — that are as tantalizing as they ever were.
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An improved outside shot sprinkled atop his usual aggression has quietly elevated the 28-year-old to a level we haven't really seen—if post-All-Star-break All-Star teams were a thing, Bledsoe would make the cut—and if he can carry his play from the past six weeks into Milwaukee's first-round matchup against a Boston Celtics team that won't have Kyrie Irving, Marcus Smart, or any of 19 other players from their opening night rotation, well, all of a sudden the Bucks may find themselves barreling into the conference finals.
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