<div align="center"> vs. <font color="brown">Washington Wizards (22-16)</font> vs. <font color="blue">Orlando Magic (22-17)</font> Date: December 17thth, 2006 Time: 9:30 P.M. Eastern TV: CSN and Sun Sports Place: TD Waterhouse Center</div> [div=50%]<font size="3"><div align="center"><font color="blue">Magic Starting Lineups</font></div></font> <div align="center"> <font size="1">(J. Nelson, G. Hill, H. Turkoglu, T. Battie, D. Howard)</font></div> <font color="blue">2006-07 Magic Stats</font> Leading Scorer: Dwight Howard - 17.4 PPG Leading Rebounder: Dwight Howard - 12.6 RPG Leading Assist Man: Jameer Nelson - 4.0 APG Points Per Game: 93.6 Field Goal Percentage: 46.5% 3-Point Field Goal Percentage: 35.6% Rebounds Per Game: 41.4 Assists Per Game: 18.0 <font size="3">Backcourt</font> [imgl]http://www.nba.com/media/playerfile/jameer_nelson.jpg[/imgl]<font color="blue">Jameer Nelson</font> PPG: 13.3, RPG: 2.9, APG: 4.0 [imgl]http://www.nba.com/media/playerfile/grant_hill.jpg[/imgl]<font color="blue">Grant Hill</font> PPG: 14.7 RPG: 4.0, APG: 2.5 <font size="3">Frontcourt</font> [imgl]http://www.nba.com/media/playerfile/hedo_turkoglu.jpg[/imgl]<font color="blue">Hedo Turkoglu</font> PPG: 11.2, RPG: 3.4, APG: 3.2 [imgl]http://www.nba.com/media/playerfile/tony_battie.jpg[/imgl]<font color="blue">Tony Battie</font> PPG: 5.5, RPG: 5.0, APG: 0.4 [imgl]http://www.nba.com/media/playerfile/dwight_howard.jpg[/imgl]<font color="blue">Dwight Howard</font> PPG: 17.4, RPG: 12.6, APG: 1.7 [/div]<div align="center"><font color="brown"><font size="3">Wizards Starting Lineup</font></font> <font size="1">(G. Arenas, D. Stevenson, C. Butler, A. Jamison, B. Haywood)</font></div> <font color="brown">2006-07 Wizards Stats</font> Leading Scorer: Gilbert Arenas - 29.9 PPG Leading Rebounder: Antawn Jamison - 8.2 RPG Leading Assist Man: Gilbert Arenas - 6.2 APG Points Per Game: 107.1 Field Goal Percentage: 45.9% 3-Point Field Goal Percentage: 36.6% Rebounds Per Game: 40.9 Assists Per Game: 20.0 <font size="3">Backcourt</font> [imgl]http://www.nba.com/media/playerfile/gilbert_arenas.jpg[/imgl]<font color="brown">Gilbert Arenas</font> PPG: 29.9, RPG: 4.4, APG: 6.3 [imgl]http://www.nba.com/media/playerfile/deshawn_stevenson.jpg[/imgl]<font color="brown">Deshawn Stevenson </font> PPG: 9.8, RPG: 2.6 APG: 2.6 <font size="3">Frontcourt</font> [imgl]http://www.nba.com/media/playerfile/caron_butler.jpg[/imgl]<font color="brown">Caron Butler</font> PPG: 20.9, RPG: 8.1, APG: 4.0 [imgl]http://www.nba.com/media/playerfile/antawn_jamison.jpg[/imgl]<font color="brown">Antawn Jamison</font> PPG: 18.8, RPG: 8.2, APG: 1.8 [imgl]http://www.nba.com/media/playerfile/brendan_haywood.jpg[/imgl]<font color="brown">Brendan Haywood</font> PPG: 6.6, RPG: 6.9, APG: 0.7 <div align="center"><font size="3"><u>Keys To The Game</u></font><ul></div>[*]<font color="blue">Double Team Arenas</font> ? After the Knicks game, every team should follow the Knicks, by playing very tight on Arenas and double-teaming him during crunch time. The Caron Butler game-winning dunk was just a small defensive breakdown, but the Knicks did a great job keeping the ball out of Arenas's hands and limiting him to 16 points. Gilbert Arenas can drop 40 without breaking a sweat, so Orlando will need to do all they can to get him out of an offensive rhythm.[*]<font color="blue">Control The Boards</font> ? The Wizards are not a great rebounding team, but they did bring it Wednesday night against the best rebounding team in the league. Orlando must make sure, they can find second chance points off rebounds and keep the Wizards to a shot per possession at the same time, and it will hurt the Wizards' offensive rhythm.[*]<font color="blue">Limit Turnovers</font> ? Orlando are last in the NBA in turning the ball over at a disgusting rate of 17 a game, while the Wizards are 4th in the league in steals. The Wizards love to turn up the tempo, by getting easy fastbreak points off turnovers, so Orlando need to move the ball smoothly and keep the tempo down.[*]<font color="brown">Target and Eliminate Shooters</font> ? It's not going to be a surprise to know who will shoot lights out after the first two meetings, that it's Hedo Turkoglu with contributions off the bench from Keyon Dooling. After the Wizards' let Quentin Richardson alone shoot 7-12 from downtown and won't having an easy night if they let Hedo shoot lights out again. <font color="brown">Production From Role Players</font> ? You have to expect Orlando to double team Arenas at most times espicially during the last two minutes, so the Wizards will definitely need good shooting performances from Antawn Jamison, Deshawn Stevenson and Jarvis Hayes, while getting strong defensive presences from Andray Blatche and Etan Thomas. That's of course if they leave Arenas with the ball one on one. [*]<font color="brown">Contain Dwight Howard</font> ? Washington cannot afford to have a red hot Dwight have a 20 and 20 type game on Friday, and the Wizards big men have done a good job doing that the first two meetings. With Etan Thomas back on the active roster, and recent rise of Andray Blatche, they should have Dwight Howard guessing on offense and do a good job keeping him off the boards.[/list]
