Heres a story from John Schuhmann about Battier's defensive efficiency compared to all the other players. It also names houston as number 1 on a rankings based system at defending against top players such as Lebron, Wade, Melo and Kobe.

http://www.nba.com/2009/news/features/john_schuhmann/11/19/numbersgame.battier/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpt1

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