<div align="center">@ <font color="DeepSkyBlue">The Denver Nuggets (33-31)</font>@<font color="Navy">The Washington Wizards (20-41)</font> Time: 7:00 Eastern Place: The MCI Center TV: Local</div> Starting Lineups Andre Miller/Gilbert Arenas Voshon Lenard/Juan Dixon Carmelo Anthony/Jarvis Hayes Nene/Kwame Brown Marcus Camby/Brendan Haywood Sixth Man Earl Boykins/Etan Thomas Injury Report <u>Denver-</u> Jeff Terpagnier Ryan Bowen Mark Pope <u>Washington-</u> Larry Hughes Jerry Stackhouse Chris Whitney Mitchell Butler <div align="center">Key Players Anthony: 20.3 points a game, 2.7 assists a game, and 6.2 rebounds a game Arenas: 19.4 points a game, 5 assists a game, and 5.1 rebounds per game</div> Keys to the Game: <u>Denver-</u> Offensive rebounds Perimeter play Bench Play Give Melo the one on one with Hayes Feed Nene when Jeffries is guarding him <u>Washington-</u> Feed the post Smart shots Guard play Perimeter Defense Transition D Prediction I have lost all hope on the Wizards...no one shows up to play anymore except Gilbert, I take the Nuggets by 8+
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Q Rich3:</div><div class="quote_post"> Prediction I have lost all hope on the Wizards...no one shows up to play anymore except Gilbert, I take the Nuggets by 8+</div> Don't forget about Juan Dixon. Them 2 has played well past couple of games, but the team can't keep the ball, so i'm going to favor the nuggets by 12.
The game has already started (Half time Nuggets 46- Wizards 39), but I don't think the Wiz can take it. This is a must win in the eyes of the Nuggets against a struggling East team. Gilbert will light it up, but it won't be enough and the Nuggets will win by 11.
Washington is down big...like I thought...we have lost two players, possibly 3 to injuries..Jarvis Hayes went out wiht a Pulled hamstring, Jared Jeffries went out with a sore right knee, the one he had sergury on last year, and Kwame twisted his ankle in the 2nd and has been hobbling ever since.
The Nuggets had a good game against the struggling Wizards and beat them by a large margin. The Wizards suffered a lot of injuries in the game and lost by a large margin. Melo had a great game with 26 points (10-21) 6 rebounds and 7 assists. Voshon Lenard was also impressive scoring 27 points on 11-17 shooting. Andre Miller dropped 9 dimes, Nene had 15 points and 8 boards, and Boykins had 12 points, 6 assists, and 4 boards off the bench. Juan DIxon had 19 points for the Wizards, and Arenas had 23 points and 7 assists but was a brutal 7-22 from the field. Kwame recorded a double double with 13points and 10 boards, and the rest of the Wizards were just there. The Wizards shot 39.2% from the field and 63.6% from the line and had 18 turnovers to the Nuggets 11. The Wiz just need to continue playing hard and keep pushing at it. Box Score Recap
What a horrible game in teh second half, we had the lead most of the first half, and then we just forgot how to guard Melo...Kwame got to the free throw line a lot, Arenas took some horrible shots, Dixon made some nice shots, but I still think he hurts us more in the Starting position because he too takes unnecissary shots...these Nuggets have a bright future.
