defensive
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Also, checking the stat sheet before the game, the Lakers were listed as one of the worst three-point shooting teams and one of the worst defensive shooting percentage teams in the league.
From Los Angeles Times
Beijing’s goal is now defensive, said the people close to internal discussions: ensuring it isn’t erased from the ledger of Venezuela’s oil reserves entirely.
He had only spent a single year as the Minnesota Vikings’ defensive coordinator before the Steelers put the franchise in his hands.
From a tactical perspective, energy stocks appear to be shifting from a defensive phase into one of accumulation.
From Barron's
“We recommend hedging the market’s heavy growth positioning with defensive – both value and growth – and we highlight over-sold industries such as Commercial & Professional Services and Software,” Carroll concludes.
From Barron's
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