<span style="color:#0000FF">Washington Wizards (37-31) @</span> <span style="color:#ADD8E6">Utah Jazz (45-24)</span> <span style="color:#0000FF">The Good Guys</span> Gilbert 'The Hibachi' Arenas = 28.9 PPG 4.7 RPG 6.1 APG DeShawn 'You Can't See Me' Stevenson = 10.3 PPG 2.5 RPG 2.5 APG Antawn 'Silky Smooth' Jamison = 19.9 PPG 8 RPG Andray 'Worst Dressed' Blatche = 3.5 PPG 3.8 RPG Brendan 'I love my Mama' Haywood = 7.2 PPG 6.7 RPG <span style="color:#AFEEEE">The Musicians</span> Deron Williams = 16.7 PPG 3.3 RPG 9.7 APG Derek Fisher = 10.1 PPG 1.7 RPG 3.4 APG Andre Kirilenko = 8.5 PPG 4.7 RPG 3 APG Carlos Boozer = 20.9 PPG 10.7 RPG Mehmet Okur = 17.9 PPG 7.3 RPG --- Wizards Key Bench Players: PG: Antonio Daniels C: Etan Thomas PF: Darius Songaila SF: Jarvis 'Pretty Misses' Hayes --- Jazz Key Bench Players: PF: Paul Milsap SG/SF: Matt Harpring SG: Gordon Giricek _____________________ Injuries: <span style="color:#0000FF">Caron Butler</span> ______________ <span style="color:#4169E1">Keys To Washington Winning the Game</span><ul>[*]<span style="color:#0000FF">Don't let Okur get hot from the three! We all saw last time these two teams met that Okur can shoot the three and that we can't defend the three. Please do not let Okur get another Career High!</span>[*]<span style="color:#0000FF">Clear the Glass Carlos Boozer dominated us on the boards last game including a crucial one with about 10 seconds left to tie the game. Do not let this happen again, despite boozers offensive rebound near the end part of our fourth quarter comeback was from stopping so many offensive boards to land in Boozer's hands.</span>[*]<span style="color:#0000FF">Mommy, will the Hibachi be there? 51 Pts and a buzzer beater last time these two teams met. I'm sure there will be double teams going his way all night with a coach like Jerry Sloan at the helm. Despite this Gilbert needs to do what the team needs from him.</span>[*]<span style="color:#0000FF">Stop the Dumb Fouls from the Bench! Seems to be becoming a routine with guys like Songaila and Etan to foul for no reason. A little bit of finesse please Darius?</span>[*]<span style="color:#0000FF">1-4 on this road trip? No Thanks! All in All this road trip has had no resemblance to the one back in December. Wizards need a win here to gain breathing space away from the Heat and not make this road trip a complete disaster. Cmon guys this is an important game, especially since it is the last one against a Western Conference team.</span>[/list]<span style="color:#ADD8E6">Keys to the Utah Jazz Winning the Game:</span> Plain and Simple, Make sure that you only use your feet. No Handballs out there please. All in all this is a very important game for the Wizards if they hope to win the division and keep their hopes of a deep playoff run alive. This is also are last game without Caron. It's gonna be a relief after this game heading home to play Toronto and Philly with Tough Juice back but currently Wiz gotta face the task at hand.
I hope Andray plays tonight, they say he sprained his knee so I'm a bit worried. We really could have used 7-10 points and maybe 7 or 8 rebounds in this game. The bench has been pretty stellar in this road trip, and guys like Daniels and Songaila need to lead the way.
This team is so f*cking pathetic, we let Carlos Boozer make us look like a 3rd grade basketball team when he kept grabbing those boards. I swear to God, if we don't get that "defensive inside presence" soon, I'm going to kill myself. We seriously could have won this game, even without Caron and Andray. We played excellent defense in the 1st half for once, and then throw all that sh*t out the window in the 2nd half. Third quarters are nightmares for the Wizards. This team goes from 1st in the East to 6th. Nothing else to say.
Good finish to a game which started out looking like a dog turd. The Wizards do need to find someone inside, because you guys got manhandled in the paint. I thought Michael Ruffin would be able to do that for you, but he didnt do it either; which surprised me cause he was good at that when he played for the Jazz.
