Dave DeBusschere vs. Mike Miller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Miller and Dave DeBusschere, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Dave DeBusschere played 12 years in the NBA, 5 less than Mike Miller, who played 17. Dave DeBusschere had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, while Mike Miller had his rookie season in 2000-01. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Dave DeBusschere	12	8	1962-63 to 1973-74
Mike Miller	17	10	2000-01 to 2016-17

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Dave DeBusschere	Mike Miller
Season	1962-63	2000-01
Team	Detroit Pistons	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	80	29.4	12.7	-	-	8.7	2.6	-	-	-	3.1	5.1	11.8	.430	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.718
Mike Miller	82	29.1	11.9	0.8	3.2	4.0	1.7	0.6	0.2	1.2	2.4	4.5	10.3	.436	1.8	4.4	.407	1.1	1.6	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	4	39.8	20.0	-	-	15.8	1.5	-	-	-	3.5	6.3	14.8	.424	-	-	-	7.5	11.0	.682
Mike Miller	4	28.0	12.0	1.3	3.3	4.5	1.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	3.3	4.8	12.0	.396	1.8	4.5	.389	0.8	1.0	.750


Season 2
	Dave DeBusschere	Mike Miller
Season	1963-64	2001-02
Team	Detroit Pistons	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	15	20.3	8.6	-	-	7.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.1	3.5	8.9	.391	-	-	-	1.7	2.9	.581
Mike Miller	63	33.7	15.2	0.8	3.6	4.3	3.1	0.7	0.4	1.7	2.3	5.6	12.7	.438	1.8	4.8	.383	2.2	2.9	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	4	18.0	4.8	0.0	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.8	5.3	.333	0.3	2.0	.125	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 3
	Dave DeBusschere	Mike Miller
Season	1964-65	2002-03
Team	Detroit Pistons	Orlando Magic, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	79	35.1	16.7	-	-	11.1	3.2	-	-	-	3.1	6.4	15.1	.425	-	-	-	3.9	5.5	.700
Mike Miller	65	33.6	15.6	0.7	4.5	5.2	2.6	0.6	0.3	1.9	2.7	5.7	13.2	.434	1.7	4.6	.363	2.4	2.9	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Dave DeBusschere	Mike Miller
Season	1965-66	2003-04
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	79	34.1	16.4	-	-	11.6	2.6	-	-	-	3.2	6.6	16.3	.408	-	-	-	3.2	4.8	.659
Mike Miller	65	27.2	11.1	0.6	2.7	3.3	3.6	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.5	4.2	9.5	.438	1.2	3.3	.372	1.6	2.2	.723

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	4	24.5	7.5	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.8	1.3	0.0	1.3	1.0	3.0	8.5	.353	1.3	3.3	.385	0.3	0.8	.333


Season 5
	Dave DeBusschere	Mike Miller
Season	1966-67	2004-05
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	78	37.1	18.2	-	-	11.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.8	6.8	16.4	.415	-	-	-	4.6	6.6	.705
Mike Miller	76	30.0	13.4	0.5	3.5	3.9	2.9	0.7	0.3	1.7	2.6	5.1	10.1	.505	1.8	4.3	.433	1.4	2.0	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	4	27.3	12.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	2.8	0.0	0.8	1.3	1.8	4.5	9.3	.486	2.0	4.3	.471	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 6
	Dave DeBusschere	Mike Miller
Season	1967-68	2005-06
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Div Semis	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	80	39.1	17.9	-	-	13.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	7.2	16.2	.442	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	.664
Mike Miller	74	30.6	13.7	0.6	4.8	5.4	2.7	0.7	0.4	1.9	2.3	4.8	10.3	.466	1.9	4.6	.407	2.3	2.8	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	6	43.8	19.3	-	-	16.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.8	7.5	17.7	.425	-	-	-	4.3	7.5	.578
Mike Miller	4	26.8	8.5	0.3	3.5	3.8	1.8	0.5	0.5	2.0	2.8	3.0	7.5	.400	0.3	2.0	.125	2.3	2.3	1.000


Season 7
	Dave DeBusschere	Mike Miller
Season	1968-69	2006-07
Team	Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	76	38.7	16.3	-	-	11.7	2.5	-	-	-	3.8	6.7	15.0	.444	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.698
Mike Miller	70	39.1	18.5	0.7	4.7	5.4	4.3	0.8	0.3	2.6	2.0	6.6	14.4	.460	2.9	7.1	.406	2.3	2.9	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	10	41.9	16.3	-	-	14.8	3.3	-	-	-	4.3	6.1	17.4	.351	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	.820
Mike Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Dave DeBusschere	Mike Miller
Season	1969-70	2007-08
Team	New York Knicks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	79	33.3	14.6	-	-	10.0	2.5	-	-	-	3.1	6.2	13.7	.451	-	-	-	2.2	3.2	.688
Mike Miller	70	35.3	16.4	0.7	5.9	6.7	3.4	0.5	0.2	2.6	2.1	5.9	11.8	.502	2.2	5.1	.432	2.3	3.0	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	19	36.9	16.1	-	-	11.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	6.8	16.3	.421	-	-	-	2.4	3.6	.662
Mike Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Dave DeBusschere	Mike Miller
Season	1970-71	2008-09
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	81	35.7	15.6	-	-	11.1	2.7	-	-	-	2.9	6.5	15.3	.421	-	-	-	2.7	3.9	.696
Mike Miller	73	32.3	9.9	1.0	5.6	6.6	4.5	0.4	0.4	2.0	1.9	3.6	7.5	.482	1.2	3.1	.378	1.5	2.0	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	12	40.7	16.4	-	-	13.0	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	7.0	16.8	.416	-	-	-	2.4	3.7	.659
Mike Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Dave DeBusschere	Mike Miller
Season	1971-72	2009-10
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	80	38.4	15.4	-	-	11.3	3.6	-	-	-	2.7	6.5	15.2	.427	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.728
Mike Miller	54	33.4	10.9	1.0	5.2	6.2	3.9	0.7	0.2	2.1	2.4	4.0	8.0	.501	1.5	3.2	.480	1.3	1.6	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	16	38.5	16.6	-	-	12.1	2.3	-	-	-	3.2	6.8	15.1	.450	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.750
Mike Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Dave DeBusschere	Mike Miller
Season	1972-73	2010-11
Team	New York Knicks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	77	36.7	16.3	-	-	10.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.8	6.9	15.9	.435	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.746
Mike Miller	41	20.4	5.6	0.9	3.6	4.5	1.2	0.5	0.0	1.0	2.1	2.0	4.9	.401	1.0	2.9	.364	0.6	0.8	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	17	37.2	15.6	-	-	10.5	3.4	-	-	-	3.4	6.9	15.6	.442	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.775
Mike Miller	18	11.9	2.6	0.5	2.2	2.7	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.4	1.0	2.9	.340	0.6	2.1	.297	0.0	0.0	-


Season 12
	Dave DeBusschere	Mike Miller
Season	1973-74	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	71	38.0	18.1	1.9	8.8	10.7	3.6	0.9	0.5	-	3.1	7.9	17.1	.461	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	.756
Mike Miller	39	19.3	6.1	0.6	2.7	3.3	1.1	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.5	2.3	5.4	.435	1.4	3.0	.453	0.1	0.1	.400

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	12	33.7	12.0	2.1	6.2	8.3	3.2	0.6	0.3	-	3.0	5.3	13.8	.380	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	.621
Mike Miller	23	16.0	5.2	0.4	2.1	2.5	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.8	1.7	4.3	.404	1.3	3.3	.413	0.4	0.5	.818


Season 13
	Dave DeBusschere	Mike Miller
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	59	15.3	4.8	0.3	2.4	2.7	1.7	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.1	1.7	3.9	.433	1.2	3.0	.417	0.1	0.2	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	17	13.6	3.4	0.2	1.8	1.9	0.9	0.5	0.1	0.3	1.5	1.2	2.6	.467	0.9	2.1	.444	0.0	0.0	-


Season 14
	Dave DeBusschere	Mike Miller
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	82	20.8	7.1	0.4	2.2	2.5	1.6	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.2	2.6	5.4	.481	1.3	2.8	.459	0.6	0.7	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	7	24.7	7.3	0.3	3.4	3.7	1.3	0.9	0.0	0.7	2.3	2.1	6.0	.357	2.0	4.1	.483	1.0	1.3	.778


Season 15
	Dave DeBusschere	Mike Miller
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	52	13.5	2.1	0.1	1.7	1.8	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.4	0.7	2.2	.325	0.6	1.9	.327	0.1	0.1	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	9	7.2	1.0	0.0	1.1	1.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.3	0.6	.600	0.3	0.6	.600	0.0	0.0	-


Season 16
	Dave DeBusschere	Mike Miller
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	47	7.9	1.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.1	0.5	1.3	.355	0.4	1.1	.365	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Dave DeBusschere	Mike Miller
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	20	7.6	1.4	0.1	1.8	1.9	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.5	0.5	1.2	.391	0.4	1.0	.400	0.1	0.1	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dave DeBusschere vs. Mike Miller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Miller and Dave DeBusschere, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

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