New Britt here. Sample:

After four games, Barea’s efficiency is up — he’s shooting less but scoring more on a per-minute basis, and using his trademark energy to get teammates involved. In the final 100 seconds of the third period on Wednesday, he had a steal and fed backup center Greg Stiemsma for two layups and a midrange jumper to ignite the decisive rally. My skepticism about his value to the team is becoming less righteous. Now if he can only stop getting dinged up.

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