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PER Diem: March 20, 2009

By John Hollinger
ESPN.com

Friday, March 20, 2009

ATLANTA -- Flip Murray called himself "Fourth Quarter Slaughter" a year ago when he was with Detroit, but now that he's in Atlanta, he might consider renaming himself "Second Quarter Slaughter." I'll explain: There's a trend at work here, and Murray has been a huge part of it. The Hawks have been absolutely killing opponents in second quarters, when Murray and Zaza Pachulia normally play nearly the entire frame, and it has been the main reason the Hawks won all seven games on their just-compl ...

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