<div align="center">@ <font color="Red">The Chicago Bulls (16-41)</font>@<font color="Navy">The Washington Wizards (17-38)</font> Time: 7:00 Eastern Place: The MCI Center TV: Local</div> Season Series Washington leads 2-1 Starting Lineups Kirk Hinrich/Gilbert Arenas Jamal Crawford/Juan Dixon Jerome Williams/Jerry Stackhouse Antonio Davis/Kwame Brown Eddy Curry/Brendan Haywood Sixth Men Eddie Robinson/Jarvis Hayes Injury Report <u>CHI-</u> Chris Jeffries Scottie Pippen <u>WAS-</u> Larry Hughes Chris Whitney <div align="center">Key Players Crawford: 17 points per game and 5.3 rebounds per game Brown: 10.5 points per game and 7 rebounds per game</div> Keys to the Game <u>CHI-</u> Control the paint Defense Offensive boards Bench play Jamal needs to take over if his shot is hott <u>WAS-</u> Feed the post Do not let the guards jack up shots Box out BIG MEN! Team chemistry Prediction Washington should take this one by 5+
Wizards have been playing good ball lately. Much like the Heat have been doing except not as well. Hopefully Stack won't be packing heat like he did in the other game. He needs to keep his temper cool. Kwame, Dixon, Blake and Arenas will have to work extra hard, you don't have much help on your bench. Hinrich will have to be at his best, Crawford will have to be able to deliver Hinrich's feed. Curry will have to make sure this happens. If not, I see Wizards by as much as 7.
This one should be an easy one for the Wizards , Kwame will either have a monster game or really struggle. Wizards by double digits.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting ObieCent:</div><div class="quote_post">Chicago by 8.</div> wow, that is a bold prediction seeing how we beat you twice
This game should be a close one. If Kwame,Arena and Stack can play good ball,they might have a chance of winning. But Kwame might strugle tonight. If the whole Chicago Team can play like a team and all give the effort they might win. The Wizard might have a advantage since they are playing good lately and they are 2-1 in the season series. I predict that the Wiz win by 3-7 but hope the Bulls win.
Kwame was hot earlier, then no one gave the ball to him, finished hot..I heard he spent a couple of hours in the gym the other day just shooting jumpers, and it is working, he has added that to his game, a little turn around J and a nice little 13 footer....Arenas had a Triple-Double with 21, 13 assists, and 12 boards, Kwame had 15 and 13. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">WASHINGTON (AP) -- One night after staging a mini-mutiny on offense, Gilbert Arenas had his second career triple-double Thursday to lead the Washington Wizards to a 95-87 victory over the Chicago Bulls. Arenas set aside five days of drama to score 21 points, grab 12 rebounds and hand out 13 assists as the Wizards completed rare back-to-back victories. Arenas' first triple-double came earlier this season, a 25-12-10 effort against Dallas on Nov. 5. </div> Wizards over Chicago 95-87 Box Score
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Q Rich3:</div><div class="quote_post">wow, that is a bold prediction seeing how we beat you twice</div> Heh, i came close. We were up alot and gave up another lead, thats our Chicago Bulls though, right?
close my ass lol , I knew it was going to be Wizards up by double digits damn Am I watching too many games or what?
Word. My boy Arenas posted a triple double last night, 2nd of his career as it's listed up there in the thread. Forgot to post about it last night, so here I am. Glad this Wizards team is starting to shape up with Arenas/Stackhouse finally healthy and in the swing of things. This lineup will be even more scarier once we see the return of Larry Hughes.
