Re: Gilbert Drops 60; Beats Kobe & the Lakers I knew my Lakers would start losing some without Odom.Bynum really needs to step now.
Re: Gilbert Drops 60; Beats Kobe & the Lakers Yeah, like Odom would've made a difference . Wiz have Thomas and Songaila and Ruffin out (forcing guys like James Lang [who?] to play 15 minutes). Let's see here...Kobe scored 81 against Mo-Pete and had 0 assists? Gil played against Kobe and had 60 with 8 rebounds and 8 assists.
Re: Gilbert Drops 60; Beats Kobe & the Lakers <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KyleOrton18 @ Dec 18 2006, 05:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>What was with those uniforms?? UGLY</div>More like fucking sweet.
Re: Gilbert Drops 60; Beats Kobe & the Lakers Haha, you either love them or hate them. Personally, I don't like how it's a gold jersey with black shorts. They should do all gold and all black... boy, would that be awesome or what?!
Re: Gilbert Drops 60; Beats Kobe & the Lakers <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Punisher @ Dec 18 2006, 04:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>8 assists?</div>Sarcasm buddy. Hence the smiley.
Re: Gilbert Drops 60; Beats Kobe & the Lakers <span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:100%"> Dec. 22-23, Wizards @ Suns -- Gilbert Drops 54; Busts the Suns' 15-game Winning Streak</span>
Re: Gilbert Drops 60; Beats Kobe & the Lakers <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Punisher @ Dec 23 2006, 01:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:100%"> Dec. 22-23, Wizards @ Suns -- Gilbert Drops 54; Busts the Suns' 15-game Winning Streak</span></div>Who were you rooting for with that Amare sig?
Re: Gilbert Drops 60; Beats Kobe & the Lakers In Hot Streak, Arenas Has Words for BryantGuard Addresses Criticism From Lakers StarBy Jack MagruderSpecial to The Washington PostSunday, December 24, 2006; Page E03PHOENIX, Dec. 23 -- Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas appears to have adopted a new shooting mantra. For the time being, anyway, he said he has stopped saying "hibachi" when his jump shot is in mid-flight even though, as teammate Caron Butler said Friday, "Once he starts saying that, I know it's money."Now Arenas claims to utter the phrase "quality shots," a tweak at Kobe Bryant's petulant criticism following Arenas's 60-point game against Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers last Sunday."Ever since Kobe said I was lucky, I say 'quality shots,' " Arenas said with a grin and a twinkle in his eye after scoring 54 points in the Wizards' 144-139 overtime victory over Phoenix before 18,422 at U.S. Airlines Center on Friday."Maybe Kobe would say that was luck. It's luck when you score 30 or 40, but luck can't get you 50 or 60. Every game before the game, I make 10 threes from 10 spots on the court. That's 100 threes."Arenas made an old-fashioned three-point play with 20 seconds remaining in regulation, finger-rolling an eight-foot bank shot into the hoop after absorbing contact by Shawn Marion and sinking the ensuing free throw to send the game into overtime tied at 127.Butler added eight of his 34 points and Arenas banked in a three in the final 64 seconds of overtime.Overall, the Wizards won for the 10th time in 13 games while breaking the Suns' franchise-record and NBA season-high 15-game winning streak.Arenas made 21 of 37 field goal attempts, including 6 of 12 three-point attempts, to go with four assists and three steals while breaking Bryant's U.S. Airways record of 51 points, set April 7, 2006.The Suns tried guards Steve Nash and Raja Bell and Marion, a forward, on Arenas, using Marion most of the second half and overtime.Yet none hindered Arenas. He had an evenly spaced 54 points -- 17, 7, 14, 11 and 5, by periods."When you are on fire, you are on fire," Arenas said.After being asked to leave the USA Basketball training camp this summer with a purported groin injury, Arenas had vowed to score 100 points in his two games against Phoenix and Portland this season. Suns Coach Mike D'Antoni and Trailblazers Coach Nate McMillan were assistants on the Team USA staff.Arenas later apologized, and after the game Friday said he had moved on -- sort of."I wasn't mad at D'Antoni or Nate McMillan," he said. "They didn't have a part in" picking the roster for Team USA. "I know if they did, I would have been on it. But I knew I had to back up what I said."Wizards Coach Eddie Jordan said he saw no extra spark in Arenas's eyes."He is motivated all the time," Jordan said of Arenas. "He got 60 against the Lakers, and nothing happened there. It wasn't about this summer. He wants to win. This is one of his great games."After starting 4-9, the Wizards (14-12) are two games over .500 after finishing the first of their two long West Coast trips 3-1.Nash, the league's two-time defending most valuable player, had 42 points and 12 assists, his 13th double-double in the last 16 games, and several times was serenaded with chants of "M-V-P.""I respect my elders," said Arenas, third in the NBA in scoring, when asked if he belonged in the MVP conversation this season. "We're two different types of players. He's more of the traditional point guard. I'm more of a scoring point guard."Starting when the Wizards stopped Dallas's 12-game winning streak Dec. 4 at Verizon Center, Arenas has scored 38, 38, 32, 41, 34, 27, 60, 23, 30 and 54 points -- an average of 37.7 over the run.Arenas took a long look at the Suns' bench after hitting a 35-footer in the final second of the first quarter to give Washington a 39-28 lead, but he said it was more about game strategy than payback."I knew they had a foul to give," Arenas said. "I heard them on the bench saying, 'Foul, foul, foul.' I was looking to say, 'Yeah, you should have fouled.' "
Re: Gilbert Drops 60; Beats Kobe & the Lakers <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KyleOrton18 @ Dec 24 2006, 12:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>How many assists did Arenas have?</div>The 60-point game he had 8 assists and the 54-point game he had 4 assists.
