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Epigraph: "Maybe we won." - Herc Avon attends the annual basketball game between Baltimore's East and West sides, which his team loses. Herc and Carver come across the game and realize he is there, identifying him when Sydnor brings the boxing poster. They try to follow him as he leaves, but he notices and outmaneuvers them. Freamon pulls records from City Hall that identify Avon's fronts and confirm that he donated to several politicians. He and Greggs show Shardene the stripper's corpse after finding it in a dumpster, convincing her to help the detail. The detail overhears Poot talking on the phone about Wallace's mental state. Bubbles steals drugs from the Barksdales but realizes they are actually baking soda. He convinces his mistrustful sister Rae to let him move into her basement. Omar buys Avon's pager code from East side leader "Proposition" Joe Stewart and lures him to a spot to kill him. Wee-Bey arrives just in time to save Avon and shoot Omar, who flees.
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