@ <font color="Blue">The Washington Wizards (10-26)</font>@<font color="SlateGray">The New Jersey Nets (20-15)</font> Time: 7:30 Eastern Place: The Continental Airlines Arena TV: Local ======================== Probable Starting Lineups Brevin knight/Jason Kidd Larry Hughes/Kerry Kittles Jared Jeffries/Richard Jefferson Kwame Brown/Rodney Rogers Brendan Haywood/Jason Collins *Jason Kidd has the advantage on everything on Brevin Knight, but Knight is very slick stealing the ball *Larry Hughes has a better shot than Kittles and plays better defense *Jared Jeffries will get outplayed by Richard Jefferson so bad, he wont be able to keep up with him *Kwame Brown is a lot quicker than Rodney Rogers, plays nice D, and has better post moves *Brendan Haywood and Jason Collins have an equal matchup Sixth Men: Jarvis Hayes/Lucious Harris. ================================= Injury Report, and Suspensions: <u>Was-</u> Gilbert Arenas-Abdominal Strain-Out Jerry Stackhouse-Knee-out Chris Whitney-Ankle-Out Christian Laettner-2nd game missed out of a 5 game suspension <u>NJ-</u> Jason Kidd-Finger-Probable Tamar Slay-Groin-Out Kenyon Martin- Last game of suspension ================================= Notes:. <u>Was-</u> With Gilbert Arenas out -- perhaps for months -- it seems as if everybody forgot that Jerry Stackhouse is supposed to be back soon. <u>NJ-</u> Kenyon Martin is suspended, Jason Kidd sprained his finger ... yeah, the Nets are back in dominant midseason form. ================================== "X" Factors: <u>Was-</u> Can Kwame Brown continue his constant play? <u>NJ-</u> Can Richard Jefferson and Jason Kidd get some help? ================================= Key Players: <ul> [*]Larry Hughes is Washington's main threat, can he step it up again tonight? [*]Jason Kidd makes the people around him better, he will do it again tonight [/list] ================================== Keys To The Game: <u>Was-</u> <ul> [*]Get Kwame the ball in the post [*]Try to get Larry Shots off of screens [*]Dont Let Jason Kidd get going [*]Hit the Glass [/list] <u>NJ-</u> <ul> [*]Kidd needs to create [*]Jefferson needs a big game [*]Run the break, Stop Washington from second chance points. [/list] ============================ Prediction: NJ by 5-10
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The New Jersey Nets did not need forward Kenyon Martin to post their highest point total of the season. Richard Jefferson and Rodney Rogers picked up the slack in Martin's absence as the Nets defeated the Washington Wizards, 115-103, for their fifth win in six games. </div> Kwame Played Well with 13 pts and 12 boards, he is averaging about 13 a game over the past 8 or 9 games. Recap Box Score
