<div align="center">@ <font color="Yellow">The Los Angeles Lakers (36-20)</font>@<font color="Navy">The Washington Wizards (18-38)</font> Time: 3:30 Eastern Place: The MCI Center TV: Local</div> Starting Lineups Gary Payton/Gilbert Arenas Kobe Bryant/Juan Dixon Rick Fox/Jerry Stackhouse Brian Cook/Kwame Brown Shaquille O'neal/Brendan Haywood Sixth Men Derek Fisher/Jarvis Hayes Injury Report <u>LAL-</u> Karl Malone Jamal Sampson <u>WAS-</u> Larry Hughes Chris Whitney <div align="center">Key Players Bryant: 23.3 points per game, 5.10 rebounds per game, and 4.8 assists Brown: 10.6 points a game, 7.10 rebounds a game, 1.5 assists a game.</div> Keys to the Game <u>LAL-</u> Come out with energy Let Kobe post up Dixon Shaq should dominate down low Help Cook guard Brown <u>WAS-</u> Be competitive Arenas needs to have a good game Brown needs to have a good game Haywood needs to keep Shaq of the glass Get Shaq in foul trouble Don't let Kobe get hot Prediction Lakers in a blowout, 101-82
Wizards has been great the last two games, but I think the fun stops tommorow. I'll favor the Lakers by 8.
Nice to see a preview by two different people in the Laker and Wizards forum. Anyways, like I said in the Laker forum preview, LA will definetley be tired and it could slow them down in this game. Since Washington has enough to get it done on the offensive side, and due to the lack of the Lakers D, I will take the LakeShow in a close one. Lakers by 8. Wiz will keep it close but Shaq will be too much for them inside.
