<div align="center"> <font color="navy">The Washington Wizards (23-15) The Indiana Pacers (20-18)</font> Time: 8:00 PM easter Place: Conseco Fieldhouse TV: Local</div> <div align="center"><font size="5"><font color="navy">Wizards Head Coach</font></font> <font color="navy">Eddie Jordan</font></div> <div align="center"><font size="5"><font color="navy"> Wizards Projected Starting Lineup</font></div></font> <div align="center"> <font color="navy">(Gilbert Arenas, Jarvis Hayes, Jared Jeffries, Antawn Jamison, Brendan Haywood) </font></div> <div align="center"><font size="5"><font color="yellow">Pacer's Head Coach</font></font> <font color="yellow">Rick Carlisle</font></div> <div align="center"><font size="5"><font color="yellow">Pacer's Projected Starting Lineup</font></font> <font color="yellow">(Jamaal Tinsley, Reggie Miller, James Jones, Jermaine O'neal, Jeff Foster) </font> </div> <div align="center"><font size="5">Bench Factors</font> (<font color="navy">Jaun Dixon</font>,<font color="yellow">Fred Jones</font>) </div> <div align="center"><font size="5">Key Matchup</font> (<font color="navy">Gilbert Arenas</font>, <font color="navy">Jamaal Tinsley</font>) <font color="navy">Gilbert Arenas:</font> 23.2 ppg, 4.8 apg, and 4.1 rpg <font color="yellow">Jamaal Tinsley:</font>16.9 ppg, 6.9 apg, and 4.2 rpg</div> <font size="5">Keys to the Game</font> <font color="navy">Washington:</font> <ul> [*]Where Will the D Come From?- With Larry Hughes, the Wizard's best defender, being out for 4-6 weeks, guard Gilbert Arenas needs to step up huge on defense, especially because that word is not in Jarvis Hayes' vocabulary. [*]Efficient Shooting- Hayes and Dixon, who has been hot lately, need to shoot the ball well tonight. The Pacers are coming off of a big win against the Heat, and this would be a huge plus for the Wizards to have these two players shooting the lights out. [*]Jamison- Uh oh, Jamison has to guard one of the best PF's in the leauge...Jamison + Defense = please? [/list] <font color="yellow">Indiana:</font> <ul> [*]Fatigue- Come out strong, they are coming off of a hard fought, OT win against the Heat...they are going to be tired, but they must play hard. [*]Feed Jermaine- Well, like every other dominating PF in this league, he is going up against Antawn "no defense" Jamison...can you say another 50 point night? I hope not. [*]Tinsley- Tinsley is one of the most underrated players in the leagye, he is averaging almost 17 and 7 assists. He is pretty strong, so this matchup with Gilbert should be a good one, look for him to be the man in this one. [/list] <font size="5"> Prediction</font> Well, Washington got their first win without Larry Hughes against Toronto and Indy was in a hard fought game with Miami. I am looking for Washington to come in strong and play strong, look to make a point. I take Washington 104-100.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Kobe 8 Ball:</div><div class="quote_post">On another note, wow...that yellow is hard on the eyes..</div> I must agree. I cant wait until this game comes on at 8, because I am ready for the Wiz to take on a formidable opponent on the road with their star, becuase I am getting tired of my friends saying the only reason the "insname" lost is because "ins.name" wasn't playing. I take washington 107-97.
Another close win for the Wizards this time taken by antawn Jamison!! I thought they would go with Gilbert Arenas here because he has made a lot of clutch shots and he was on fire. I do have to add that Brendan Haywood or Jared Jeffries has to do better covering JO. JO was killing them in the post. Wizards win 95-93.
Washington wins on a layup `by Jamison. This game was really a back and forth one by Gilbert and Jermaine. Gilbert had 33, Jermaine 38. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 22 (Ticker) -- Gilbert Arenas and Jermaine O'Neal put on an impressive offensive display before Antawn Jamison stole the show. Arenas scored 33 points and Jamison's runner with four-tenths of a second remaining lifted the Washingtons Wizards to 95-93 victory over O'Neal and the Indiana Pacers. </div> <div align="center"> <font size="1">Jamison hit the game winner with .4 left</font> Wizards/Pacers Recap Wizards/Pacers Box Score</div>
lol the yellow definately hurts, I was surprised to see that Jamison won the game, but good game since we were playing without Dixon also, and on the Pacers homecourt.
