<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The Washington Wizards were clearly disappointed following Wednesday night's season-opening loss at Cleveland, but coaches and players took solace in the fact that it was only one game. "We've got 81 more of these," guard Antonio Daniels said. "I know there was a lot of hype because it's the opener, national TV and everything, but all we can do is learn from it and move on." Guard Gilbert Arenas, who had an uncharacteristic 2-for-12 shooting night en route to scoring seven points, shook off notions that the Wizards will have visions of the Cavaliers running through their heads when they host the Boston Celtics in their home opener Saturday night at Verizon Center. "Nah," Arenas said. "I thought the game was a little boring, not like our playoff series. We've got to make stops at the end. We ended the season the way our season started. We've got to make progress." Arenas's performance was perplexing because he looked passive early on, turning down several open shots while preferring to set up teammates. When Arenas did attack, he found the lane clogged. He picked up a pair of offensive fouls to go along with a defensive foul that forced him to take a seat with 8 minutes 54 seconds remaining in the half. Arenas, who debuted his new Adidas sneaker, "Gil Zero," was scoreless in the first half. He did wind up with 11 assists for the game and kept the Wizards alive down the stretch by finding open teammates, particularly Caron Butler, who scored a team-high 23 points. "It happens," Arenas said. "You're going to have ups and downs through the season. I did some good things out there. I had a lot of assists. The only turnovers I had were off a couple of questionable offensive fouls. If I would've had a chance to get a rhythm without sitting on the bench with the offensive fouls, it could've been a better game."</div> Link I think the Wizards are going to have a much better feeling and hype against the Celtics being their home opener and all. Just hope they're able to stop Paul Pierce like they did with LeBron, Arenas playing a lot better, and the Wizards' frontcourt denying second chance opportunities.
