<div align="center">@ <font color="Navy">The Washington Wizards (20-40)</font>@<font color="Orange">The New York Knicks (28-35)</font> Time: 2:00 Eastern Place: Madison Square Garden TV: Not on TV in DC area, Local for NY area</div> Starting Lineup Gilbert Arenas/Stephon Marbury Juan Dixon/Allan Houston Jarvis Hayes/Tim Thomas Kwame Brown/Kurt Thomas Brendan Haywood/Mike Sweetney Sixth Men Etan Thomas/Penny Hardaway Injury Report <u>Washington-</u> Larry Hughes Jerry Stackhouse Chris Whitney <u>New York-</u> Dikembe Mutombo Moochie Norris Bruno Sundov <div align="center">Key Matchup Arenas: 19.1 points a game, 5.2 rebounds a game, and 5 assists a game Marbury: 21.1 points a game, 3.3 rebounds a game, and 8.8 assists a game</div> Keys to the Game <u>Washington-</u> Smart Shots Play all quarters, not just 3 Big Men Defense Bench Play <u>New York-</u> Marbury needs to create Hit open perimeter shots Get offensive rebounds Take advantage of Juan Dixon Play with intensity Prediction I think this is a winnable game for Washington who has won 4 out of 6...I say Washington by 4 with Arenas having a big game again.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Ming637:</div><div class="quote_post">Hey, Q Rich, if you wan't watch the game, tune into 980 a.m. sportstalk on the radio.</div> Thankyou, I was trying to remember the radio station.
From what I heard on 980 am, Knicks are winning at the end of the 3rd quarter 75-62. Knicks ended the 3rd quarter with an 8-0 starting with a wizard's turnover.
Boxscore Recap Juan had 25 points and Gilbert had 28, but both combined for 10 turnovers. Knicks come out victorious 99-86.
Arenas had another big scoring game, but also commited 7 turnovers, the Wizards just couldn't handle Starbury and Houston, and Tim Thomas couldn't miss. Starbury had 24 points and 13 assits, also 4 steals and shot 50%. Gilbert and Juan shot a combined 22-38 (57.9%), and scored 28 and 24 respectively. But with all ther scoring, they also combined for only 8 assists to 10 turnovers. The NY backcourt had 14 assists to 5 turnovers. Arenas also kept his hot 3 point shooting, going 3-5 from long range. The rest of the Wizards were non-factors on offense and the next high scorer was Ethan who made 8-8 from the line.
