GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NBA: WASHINGTON (6-6) at MEMPHIS (3-9)

NBA: WASHINGTON (6-6) at MEMPHIS (3-9)

<h3>Winning streak over, Wizards look to start anew</h3>





<div class="pre">Washington (6-6) at Memphis (3-9) 8:00 pm EST</div>

MEMPHIS, Tennessee (Ticker) -- The Washington Wizards look tostart a new winning streak when they visit the Memphis Grizzlieson Saturday.


Washington had its six-game winning streak stopped with Friday's123-115 loss to Golden State.


Despite a triple-double by Caron Butler, the Wizards fell forthe first time after three victories since losing All-Star pointguard Gilbert Arenas for three months due to knee surgery.

Butler finished with 26 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, butit wasn't enough to push Washington two games over .500 for thefirst time this season.


Memphis is coming off a 101-88 loss to the NBA champion SanAntonio Spurs on Friday. Mike Miller scored 14 points forMemphis and Pau Gasol added 12.


The Grizzlies have lost consecutive games and five of sixoverall.


The two teams split a pair of games last season, each winning athome.

 

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<div class="pre">NBA WASHINGTON 43
MEMPHIS 48 3:02 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">WASHINGTON AT MEMPHIS - PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS


WASHINGTON MEMPHIS

F Caron Butler F Mike Miller
F Antawn Jamison F Rudy Gay
C Brendan Haywood C Pau Gasol
G DeShawn Stevenson G Juan Carlos Navarro
G Antonio Daniels G Damon Stoudamire

OFFICIALS: Dan Crawford
Pat Fraher
Courtney Kirkland</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA WASHINGTON 53
MEMPHIS 50 HALFTIME</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 26 27 53
MEMPHIS 26 24 50 HALFTIME

HIGH SCORERS AT HALFTIME

WAS - ANTAWN JAMISON 17, CARON BUTLER 8,
BRENDAN HAYWOOD 7
MEM - JUAN CARLOS NAVARRO 17, RUDY GAY 13, TWO
PLAYERS WITH 8</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA WASHINGTON 60
MEMPHIS 60 8:55 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA WASHINGTON 64
MEMPHIS 67 5:50 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA WASHINGTON 74
MEMPHIS 74 2:50 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA WASHINGTON 78
MEMPHIS 82 END, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA WASHINGTON 85
MEMPHIS 91 8:55 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA WASHINGTON 90
MEMPHIS 101 5:49 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA WASHINGTON 95
MEMPHIS 111 2:45 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA WASHINGTON 110
MEMPHIS 118 0:28 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA WASHINGTON 118
MEMPHIS 124 FINAL</div>

 

MEMPHIS, Tennessee (Ticker) -- Antawn Jamison and Caron Butlerhave stepped up for the Washington Wizards in the absence ofsuperstar Gilbert Arenas. But lately, it has not translatedinto wins.


Rookie Juan Carlos Navarro scored 28 points and Rudy Gay added27 and eight rebounds as the Memphis Grizzlies secured justtheir second win in their last seven contests with a 124-118victory over the shorthanded Wizards on Saturday night.

Pau Gasol collected 21 points and nine rebounds for theGrizzlies, who shot 53 percent (41-of-78) from the field,including 13-of-29 from the arc.


Arenas, who learned last week that he will be out three monthsthanks to knee surgery, leaves a huge void in the Wizards'offensive arsenal. However, Washington owns one of the highestscoring trios in the NBA - leaving Jamison and Butler to carrythe load.


Butler notched a triple-double in Friday's 123-115 loss to theGolden State Warriors and collected 27 points, seven reboundsand six assists in this one. But it was Jamison who stole theshow for the Wizards in another losing effort.


The high-scoring forward netted a season-high 41 points on18-of-22 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Wizards, whohave lost two straight since a six-game winning streak. Theyare 3-2 since Arenas went down.


But while the Wizards did not slip offensively, their defensiveeffort left much to be desired.


The Grizzlies, who snapped a two-game losing streak, had fiveplayers score in double figures, including Kyle Lowry who netted17 points on 13-of-14 shooting from the line.


Antonio Daniels had 10 points and 11 assists for Washington.

 

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<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NBA
WASHINGTON 118
MEMPHIS 124 FINAL</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 26 27 25 40 118
MEMPHIS 26 24 32 42 124 FINAL

HIGH SCORERS: WAS - ANTAWN JAMISON 41, CARON BUTLER 27, TWO
PLAYERS WITH 10
MEM - JUAN CARLOS NAVARRO 28, RUDY GAY 27, PAU
GASOL 21</div>

 

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<div class="pre">WASHINGTON (118) AT MEMPHIS (124)

WASHINGTON

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

C BUTLER F 41:37 10-21 4-4 3 4 7 6 5 5 5 27
A JAMISON F 35:43 18-22 3-4 6 5 11 0 4 1 2 41
B HAYWOOD C 21:34 3-9 2-4 4 6 10 1 2 0 3 8
D STEVENSON G 23:22 3-5 1-2 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 7
A DANIELS G 36:54 3-9 2-2 0 5 5 11 1 1 0 10
A BLATCHE 22:30 3-9 0-0 0 4 4 1 2 2 3 6
D SONGAILA 18:12 1-4 0-0 1 1 2 3 2 3 1 2
N YOUNG 21:46 2-7 2-2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 7
R MASON JR 15:02 4-8 0-0 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 10
D MCGUIRE 3:20 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

TOTALS 240:00 47-95 14-18 14 29 43 24 24 14 15 118
(.495) (.778) TEAM REBS: 39 TOTAL TO: 15 (0 PTS)

MEMPHIS

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

M MILLER F 42:27 6-11 0-0 2 4 6 6 1 0 2 17
R GAY F 44:14 11-19 2-2 5 3 8 2 3 3 2 27
P GASOL C 35:54 7-15 7-8 1 8 9 1 2 0 1 21
J NAVARRO G 37:30 10-14 3-4 0 1 1 4 2 2 4 28
D STOUDAMIRE G 16:52 0-6 0-0 0 5 5 5 0 2 1 0
K LOWRY 31:08 2-5 13-14 0 5 5 5 5 0 6 17
S SWIFT 11:38 3-3 1-2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
C JACOBSEN 5:31 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
H WARRICK 14:25 2-3 1-1 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 5
T KINSEY 0:21 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2

TOTALS 240:00 41-78 29-33 10 31 41 23 16 8 19 124
(.526) (.879) TEAM REBS: 41 TOTAL TO: 19 (0 PTS)

WASHINGTON 26 27 25 40 - 118
MEMPHIS 26 24 32 42 - 124

BLOCKED SHOTS: WASHINGTON - B HAYWOOD 2, D SONGAILA, A BLATCHE. MEMPHIS -
P GASOL 4.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: WASHINGTON 10-19 (.526), C BUTLER 3-5, A JAMISON 2-
3, A DANIELS 2-3, A BLATCHE 0-1, N YOUNG 1-2, R MASON JR 2-5. MEMPHIS 13-
29 (.448), M MILLER 5-8, R GAY 3-6, J NAVARRO 5-8, D STOUDAMIRE 0-
4, K LOWRY 0-1, C JACOBSEN 0-2.
TECHNICAL FOULS: NONE.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: COURTNEY KIRKLAND, DAN CRAWFORD, PAT FRAHER.
A - 13,579. T - 2:14.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">WASHINGTON (118)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
C Butler 41:37 10-21 4-4 3-7 6 5 27
A Jamison 35:43 18-22 3-4 6-11 0 4 41
B Haywood 21:34 3-9 2-4 4-10 1 2 8
D Stevenson 23:22 3-5 1-2 0-2 1 2 7
A Daniels 36:54 3-9 2-2 0-5 11 1 10
A Blatche 22:30 3-9 0-0 0-4 1 2 6
D Songaila 18:12 1-4 0-0 1-2 3 2 2
N Young 21:46 2-7 2-2 0-1 1 1 7
R Mason Jr 15:02 4-8 0-0 0-1 0 4 10
D McGuire 3:20 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 47-95 14-18 14-43 24 24 118
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.495, FT-.778. 3-Point Goals:
10-19, .526 (C Butler 3-5, A Jamison 2-3, A
Daniels 2-3, A Blatche 0-1, N Young 1-2, R
Mason Jr 2-5). Team Rebounds: 39. Blocked
Shots:4 (B Haywood 2, D Songaila, A Blatche).
Turnovers:15 (C Butler 5, B Haywood 3, A
Blatche 3, A Jamison 2, D Songaila, R Mason
Jr). Steals: 14 (C Butler 5, D Songaila 3, A
Blatche 2, A Daniels, N Young, A Jamison, D
Stevenson).


MEMPHIS (124)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
M Miller 42:27 6-11 0-0 2-6 6 1 17
R Gay 44:14 11-19 2-2 5-8 2 3 27
P Gasol 35:54 7-15 7-8 1-9 1 2 21
J Navarro 37:30 10-14 3-4 0-1 4 2 28
D Stoudamire 16:52 0-6 0-0 0-5 5 0 0
K Lowry 31:08 2-5 13-14 0-5 5 5 17
S Swift 11:38 3-3 1-2 1-1 0 1 7
C Jacobsen 5:31 0-2 0-0 1-1 0 1 0
H Warrick 14:25 2-3 1-1 0-4 0 1 5
T Kinsey 0:21 0-0 2-2 0-1 0 0 2

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 41-78 29-33 10-41 23 16 124
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.526, FT-.879. 3-Point Goals:
13-29, .448 (M Miller 5-8, R Gay 3-6, J
Navarro 5-8, D Stoudamire 0-4, K Lowry 0-1, C
Jacobsen 0-2). Team Rebounds: 41. Blocked
Shots:4 (P Gasol 4). Turnovers:19 (K Lowry 6,
J Navarro 4, S Swift 2, M Miller 2, R Gay 2,
D Stoudamire, P Gasol, H Warrick). Steals: 8
(R Gay 3, D Stoudamire 2, J Navarro 2, S
Swift).

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WASHINGTON 26 27 25 40 - 118
MEMPHIS 26 24 32 42 - 124
--------------------------------------------

Technical fouls: None.
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 13,579. T: 2:14.
Officials: Courtney Kirkland, Dan Crawford,
Pat Fraher.</div>

 

Re: NBA: WASHINGTON (6-6) at MEMPHIS (3-9)

I don't get why the Wizards pulled Jamison so early. He was on fire for them, going for 28 with several minutes still left in the third, and they yanked him in favor of Andray Blatche. He was their whole offense tonight, and they took him out of the rhythm.</p>

Blatche looked really good. I can see a lot of potential in the kid, but at this point, he's still too overagressive. It's nice to see a power player in today's soft era, but he still forces it too much at times. In a few years though, when Blatche gets a better feel for the game, he'll be deadly.</p>

Gasol wound up with a decent line (21 points, 9 rebounds, 4 blocks), but he was invisible the entire game and played matador defense. I still attribute most of that to Iavaroni's system though. I'd say it's about time for Pau to cut ties with Memphis and be adament about a trade, because it'd be better for both parties with the reduced role he's playing on offense these days. Maybe they can swing him to Atlanta in a trade for Josh Smith, or some other big who'll actually fit intoIavaroni's plans.</p>