<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Gilbert Arenas once said that if Eddie Jordan wasn't coaching professional basketball, he'd probably be a high school science teacher or a college professor. If Jordan graded his Washington Wizards after completing an eight-game preseason schedule with a loss to the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night, he'd give high marks to his starters and a few incompletes to his reserves. The preseason games followed a pattern: The Wizards typically controlled the early quarters, outscoring opponents 223-180 in that period overall, but they also blew several large leads once Jordan turned the game over to his second unit. After taking yesterday off, the Wizards will practice today and start preparing for Wednesday's regular season opener at Cleveland. "I like our first unit, the way we came out with a real defensive mind-set, a good defensive posture," Jordan said. "I think the numbers say so, I think the way we played says so. I also saw that we've had some problems when we get to the second quarter, that we struggled with some of the rotation guys. A pecking order has been established, and we have six more practices to really fine-tune things."</div> Link The Wizards' bench has a lot of talent, but they haven't been performing the same as the starters on defense. Guys like Jarvis Hayes, Antonio Daniels, and Darius Songalia will definitely come off the bench and give us scoring power and that's what I'm excited about.
