"You take a look at our schedule, we probably played four teams that probably think they can win the championship and the fifth team that was in the championship last year,'' Vaughn said.
It was those defensive stops that helped Claxton prove to himself that he was healthy again and reminded his teammates why they consider him to be a front-runner for Defensive Player of the Year.
They face Orlando on Tuesday at Barclays Center, looking to get back over .500 as they enter a stretch that should tell them where they stand in the Eastern Conference.
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