<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">It's far too early to label the upcoming stretch as crucial for the Washington Wizards, but the team will be tested with five of the next six games away from Verizon Center and contests coming up against Detroit, Cleveland, Dallas and Houston. After getting Monday off, the Wizards (3-3) returned to practice yesterday and attempted to get thoughts of Sunday's 105-93 overtime loss to the New Jersey Nets out of their heads. They will try to climb back over the .500 mark tonight against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. Washington is 0-2 on the road, but both losses -- the Nov. 1 season opener at Cleveland and Nov. 6 at Orlando -- were by three points, and the Wizards had plenty of chances to get out of those games with a victory.</div> Link It's going to be important for the Wizards to come out strong in this road swing and execute against teams like Houston, Detroit and Cleveland. The Big Three needs to execute and take over late in the games, which has been a problem so far this season. We're still winless on the road, but I do expect our first road win to come against the Knicks tommorow night.
