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  • Nick Young said "it was a lot of emotions in the locker room" but you couldn't tell, when they came out and got outscored 26-12 right away, with DeJuan Blair whom the Wizards passed on in the 2009 NBA draft made a stutter-step bank shot.

    Wizards roll over in worst home loss of the season Michael Lee 2011

  • "His basketball IQ, his ability to know what play to run, what pass to make, how to run the pick-and-roll or a stutter-step to hold the defense, that's stuff you can't teach," Johnson said Thursday.

    Lin Has Been 'Magic,' Lakers' Great Observes 2012

  • Traffic on the stairs did a perpetual stutter-step tango as patrons went up and down laterally, passing cheek to cheek, back to back, chest to shoulder blade.

    Why Do You Hoard? Why Do You Squander? 2009

  • It was hardly even a stumble—barely more than a stutter-step.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • It was hardly even a stumble—barely more than a stutter-step.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • It was hardly even a stumble—barely more than a stutter-step.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • Traffic on the stairs did a perpetual stutter-step tango as patrons went up and down laterally, passing cheek to cheek, back to back, chest to shoulder blade.

    Lance Mannion: 2009

  • It was hardly even a stumble—barely more than a stutter-step.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • After a quick stutter-step toward the middle of the field, Mr. Edwards had outside leverage and settled under the ball.

    Sanchez Works His Magic Scott Cacciola 2010

  • Tight end Jack Simmons, coming off a toe-injury-tainted season, turned a mid-range catch into a 53-yard touchdown on Minnesota's first possession of the second half with a stutter-step move that faked Rice at the 15 and made it 17-10.

    USATODAY.com 2008

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