<div align="center">@ <font color="Yellow">The Indiana Pacers (39-15)</font>@<font color="Navy">The Washington Wizards (16-36)</font> Time: 7:00 Eastern Place: The MCI Center TV: Local</div> Season Series 1-1 Indiana over Washington 93-79 Washington over Indiana 107-96 All Time Series Washington Leads it 67-56 Starters Jamaal Tinsley/Gilbert Arenas Reggie Miller/Juan Dixon Al Harrington/Jerry Stackhouse Jermaine O'neal/Kwame Brown Jeff Foster/Brendan Haywood <div align="center">Key Matchup Jermaine O'neal: 20.2 points per game, 10.3 rebounds a game Kwame Brown: 10.3 points per game, 7.0 rebounds a game</div> Injury Report <u>IND</u> Ron Artest Primoz Brezec Jamison Brewer <u>WAS</u> Larry Hughes Mitchell Butler Chris Whitney Key Factors: <u>IND</u> *Double Kwame, he always kills them *Make perimeter shots *defend the perimeter *Play smart ball <u>WAS</u> *Feed Kwame *Must hit Jumpers *Play solid second half defense...they must know a basketball game lasts 4 quarters *Let Kwame go 1-1 with Jermaine O'neal Prediction Washington falls short by 10+
Pacers take this one, but without Artest the Wizard guards can have an easier time scoring. Pacers by no more than 9
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Shard07:</div><div class="quote_post">I'll go with an upset, Wiz by 2.</div> That is very possible, but since Larry Hughes has gon down with his wrist injury, THE WIZARDS HAVE JUST SUCKED oh well...luck wasnt on our side this season
I can't see the Wiz winning this one.Even though the Pacers don't have Ron Artest I say they still pull off by 7. Pacers by 7.