at Teams: <span style="color:#0000FF">Washington Wizards (12-12)</span> at <span style="color:#800080">Sacramento Kings (10-13)</span>Time: 10:30 P.M. ESTDate: December 21st, 2006TV: TNT<span style="color:#0000FF">Washington Wizards Lineup</span> PG Gilbert ArenasStats: 29.1 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 6.3 apg, and 2.1 spgSG]/b] DeShawn StevensonStats: 9.8 ppg, 2.6 rpg, and 2.7 apg SF Caron ButlerStats: 19.3 ppg, 8.2 rpg, and 3.6 apgPF Antawn JamisonStats: 18.8 ppg, 7.7 rpg, and 1.8 apgC Brendan HaywoodStats: 5.5 ppg, 6 rpg<span style="color:#0000FF">Key Bench Player for Washington</span>PG/SG Antonio Daniels Stats: 7 ppg, 2 rpg, and 2.8 apg________________________________________________________________________________<span style="color:#800080">Sacramento Kings Starting Lineup</span> PG Mike BibbyStats: 17 ppg, 3.8 rpg, and 5.7 apgSG John SalmonsStats: 9.7 ppg, 3.5 rpg, and 2.9 apgSF Ron Artest Stats: 16.4 ppg, 7 rpg, and 3 apg PF Kenny ThomasStats: 6.4 ppg, 8.1 ppg, and 1.5 apgC Brad MillerStats: 8.3 ppg, 6.2 rpg, and 2.4 apg<span style="color:#800080">Key Bench Player for Sacramento</span>PF Shareef Abdur-RahimStats: 11.8 ppg, 6 rpgInjuries<span style="color:#0000FF">- Darius Songaila (hip surgery)</span><span style="color:#0000FF">- Etan Thomas (ankle)</span><span style="color:#800080">- Kevin Martin (ankle)</span><u>Keys to the game for Washington and Sacramento:</u><span style="color:#0000FF">- After a tough loss against Denver on Monday night, the Wizards need to bounce back against Sacramento in a big way considering they lost to a depleted Nuggets team (fatigue may have been an issue). Look to get on the scoreboard early in the game, and get a big lead. We cannot start out slow for the second straight game.</span><span style="color:#800080">- Sacramento's guards need to step up to replace the big loss of Kevin Martin, who averages 21 ppg which leads the team in scoring. Guys like Fransisco Garcia and John Salmons will be looked at for extra scoring to make up for what Martin would give on a nightly basis. </span><u>My Prediction</u>I'm pretty sure we can take this one, even if it is on the road. We dont play our best on national TV, either but this is a mediocre Kings squad that we should be able to take advantage of. I'm gonna say the score will be 104-96 Wizards.
That was a fun game to watch IMO (not as fun as the Suns/Wiz game though, or Lakers/Wiz from last week Lol), but Haywood was a beast on the boards getting that double double.
