Knicks’ smothering of Hawks portends something much bigger
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Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
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2 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.
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“But here you go, as first uttered by ’Bama pigskin coach Bear Bryant: Defense wins championships.”
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The claim states that Bear Bryant 'first uttered' the phrase. While multiple sources attribute the cliché to Bear Bryant and mention him in connection with the phrase, none of the provided evidence definitively proves that he was the *first* person to utter it. The evidence only confirms that the phrase is attributed to him and is a common cliché.
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— "Defense wins championships" is a sports cliché and aphorism used, particularly in team sports, to explain that although a team's offense may be captivating or flashy, a championship is captured throu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_wins_championships
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_wins_championships
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— ‘Offense or defense wins championships. Oh, yeah, and don’t forget about special teams.’But it is too late for Bear Bryant, who died in 1983, to modify the cliché “Defense wins championships.” So I’ll…
https://andscape.com/features/its-time-we-modify-old-adage-d…
https://andscape.com/features/its-time-we-modify-old-adage-d…
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— Defense wins championships - Wikipedia. A sports cliché and aphorism attributed to Bear Bryant, who led Alabama to six national titles. The phrase implies that defense is more important than offense f…
https://m.search.yahoo.com/v1/en-US/w/sapp?ei=UTF-8&p=defens…
https://m.search.yahoo.com/v1/en-US/w/sapp?ei=UTF-8&p=defens…
“Nico Harrison, the former Mavericks GM, disgraced the phrase recently by using it as justification to trade Luka Doncic for Anthony Davis, a disastrous swap on several levels.”
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Multiple web search results report that Nico Harrison used the phrase 'defense wins championships' to justify the trade of Luka Dončić for Anthony Davis. This is corroborated by multiple independent reports detailing the event.
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— Luka Dončić ( LOO-kə DON-chitch; Slovene: [ˈlùːka ˈdòːntʃitʃ]; born February 28, 1999) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luka_Dončić
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luka_Dončić
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— The Luka Dončić–Anthony Davis trade was a National Basketball Association (NBA) trade made on the night of February 1–2, 2025, which saw Luka Dončić traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luka_Dončić–Anthony_Davis_trad…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luka_Dončić–Anthony_Davis_trad…
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— Nico Tyrone Harrison (born December 28, 1972) is an American professional basketball executive and former player who was the president of basketball operations and general manager of the Dallas Maveri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico_Harrison
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico_Harrison
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