Game Day Seattle
3:39 AM ET….Dave Johnson checking in from Seattle.….fitting that as we arrived here from Portland around midnight local time that it was cold and rainy…it was that kind of Tuesday….bad loss 102-82…as Gilbert Arenas said to me in the elevator…”the Blazers hit everything”..as we talked about on the radio last night..just no pop on defense….Eddie Jordan said it’ was one of the rare times that he was already thinking about the next game with about 5 minutes to go…..that next game is tonight..could be our final game in Seattle for awhile…lots of talk about the Somcs about to move…sad because this is a wonderful city with a great basketball history and the place where Washington won its only championship…..thanks for all the activity last night on the blog…hope you can join us tonight for the BLOGCAST starting at 10 ET…..
9:08 ETÂ Dave Johnson checking in….no Chris Wilcox tonight….injured pinkie finger…..Earl Watson is a question mark with a right calf contusion
9:15 PM……Spalding Never Flat Random Winner time…….our winner tonight is Josh Brick of Fairfax, Virginia……Josh wins the Spalding Never Flat Pack which inlcudes a basketball, football, soccer and volleybal……if you have not done so send your name and address to wizardspromotions@washsports.com
9:54 PM… starters are in…..watson will go for the sonics with durant….petro, collison, green…..daniels, stevenson, haywood, jamison, butler…
Posted: March 26th, 2008 under Blogcast, Wizards.
Comments
Comment from neal
Time March 26, 2008 at 7:07 AM
I didn’t see the game last night. Were there any bright spots? Anybody play well? Anybody stink?
Comment from gbkdc
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:57 AM
Neal, it was a 3-point extravaganza by the Blazers, and it seems that we cannot guard 3 point shooters to save our lives.
Comment from Tom Mandel
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:17 AM
I don’t think that was the issue, though it didn’t help. We were outrebounded by about 20!
I suppose when you lose so badly, there are a host of factors to point at. We shot extremely poorly as well.
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time March 26, 2008 at 1:50 PM
i only saw a little bit of the game last night in the second half. i was encouraged by our defensive effort in the first bit of the 4th quarter, just the inability to capitalize on their misfortunes is what i think ultimately did us in. i think there were 3 minutes already gone in the 4th quarter and we had only scored 2 points (they hadn’t scored yet) off of a combination of several forced turnovers and several defensive stops/rebounds. our inability to capitalize last night against portland down the stretch did us in..
on a less serious note, i wonder what would have happened if we had gilbert. he still hasn’t gone true on his word of scoring 50 against mcmillan.. maybe next year.
Comment from SportzWiz
Time March 26, 2008 at 2:33 PM
Rod Benson, All-Star from the Dakota Wizards wrote in his latest blog about having Gilbert go through a rehab assignment in the D-League similar to what MLB teams do by sending them to their Triple-A Affiliates. Anyway, very funny and definitely worth the quick read.
Comment from Bridge
Time March 26, 2008 at 3:58 PM
That was funny – he got a pretty creative idea goin’…
I’ll be on here blogging tonight for the game. I was listening to my Gnarls Barkley CD (which is SICK by the way; sick=GREAT).
It just seemed like they went out like it was going to be an easy game or something, but boy were they (and we) surprised. Just as most of us think of Portland as a “lower” team, I think that’s kinda how the game was…approached. We can’t go out like that against the Sonics tonight (even though we all know that the Sonics…C’mon the Sonics…aren’t that great a team, but ya never know).
We gotta stay FIERCE! GO WIZARDS!
Comment from AUNDRA
Time March 26, 2008 at 4:38 PM
OK we lost to one of those hot shooting 3 baller west coast teams namely the Portland Trailblazers who rarely gets beat at there Homeland. I feel we had alot of good come out of the game because we reached the low limit on 7 key fundamentals. However if we having a low field goal percentage then any team can beat up so that being said lets get busy! Secondly some how some way we must we must take over the rebounds and out rebound the other team soon or we will lose!The key is to start fast and vicious and get the reserves to play outstanding also! Good Luck lets float like a butterfly sting like A Bee!!
Comment from gilbertarenas101
Time March 26, 2008 at 5:14 PM
Ok i’ll be falt out honest we stunk
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 8:33 PM
9:08 ET Dave Johnson checking in….no Chris Wilcox tonight….injured pinkie finger…..Earl Watson is a question mark with a right calf contusion
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 8:39 PM
:15 PM……Spalding Never Flat Random Winner time…….our winner tonight is Josh Brick of Fairfax, Virginia……Josh wins the Spalding Never Flat Pack which inlcudes a basketball, football, soccer and volleybal……if you have not done so send your name and address to wizardspromotions@washsports.com
Comment from Phemy
Time March 26, 2008 at 8:41 PM
I’m asking once again – DJ-WizardsRadio – is the Spalding Never Flat Pack winning thing only for american fans? i guess so, but i want to be sure 
(german fan here once again~)
today is once gain…a game we HAVE to win. Jeez, cb, ‘tawn, show us what you got! BAM!
solong,
phemy
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 8:52 PM
iSpalding Never Flat Pack is a random drawing…..I am sure we have had european entires i just have not picked one yet…let me check with the office tomorrow
Comment from gilbertarenas101
Time March 26, 2008 at 8:55 PM
Great now theWiz are in 6th place this is a msu t win game
whe nu want philly to win they lose but when u nedd them to lose they win
must win game
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 8:57 PM
Keys: Have to keep Sonics off the Boards, #1 Reb, #2 DefReb team in the NBA, transition d, they run on makes, protect the rim, bring the energy!
Comment from Phemy
Time March 26, 2008 at 8:59 PM
nice, thanks for the effort DJ-WizardsRadio! It was hard enough to get one of the agent zero jerseys down here ;>
…and i hope everybody from the blog has participated in the caron-butler winning thing (excuse my lack of english-knowledge), man that price is sick!
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:04 PM
sixers won tonight..so even more incentive
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:15 PM
starters are in…watson will go for the sonics durant, pehtro, collison, and green….daniels, stevenson, haywood, jamison, butler..
Comment from Bridge
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:15 PM
What up y’all. As usual, I gotta eat my game food first.
Did y’all see that game winner from D. West (of the Hornets) in their game against the Cavs tonight. I cheered and I’m not even a fan of the Hornets…
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:17 PM
make it a good meal
Comment from Bridge
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:24 PM
Oh I am. I would share my hospitality, but we’re, you know, online lol.
Comment from Wizfan4life
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:30 PM
just got my spalding never flat pack in the mail 2day! wizards should come away with a win tonight with chris wilcox out of the sonics lineup
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:30 PM
Watch Stevenson on Durant, gonna be a tough assignment
Comment from Jason C
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:31 PM
whats up guys, bounce back game i hope.
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:34 PM
Hey everyone, hope we can get this one that would make 1-1 among winnable games, not so bad.
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:37 PM
dave and glenn glad tpo have all of you with us
Comment from Jason C
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:37 PM
good start so far, exploiting the mis matches and decent cutting.
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:45 PM
Can’t watch the game so far, DeShawn seems to have started pretty well!
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:47 PM
deshawn has…want to see him drive as well
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:48 PM
need to be more patient on offense….i know we want to blow it out…but we can’t force it
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:48 PM
wizards had started 7 of 10…missed 6 of last 7
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:51 PM
you can feel it watching the score right now…
Comment from Phemy
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:51 PM
(today sadly no video stream for me, but radio stream, fine enough!)
C’mon guys, don’t let them get near us, keep the points coming!
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:52 PM
Yeah Phemy I’m in the same situation, seems like no more links for tonight 
But listening to Dave and Glen’s already pretty good!
Comment from Jason C
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:53 PM
deshawns falling in love with the 3 point line a bit tonight.
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:54 PM
Okay just found a video stream, have to listen to some unknown fsn guys….. and we’re down by 4 (I juste remembered how we won here last time, what a game 
).
Comment from Jason C
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:56 PM
caron seems a bit more patient tonight, thats good to see too.
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:56 PM
i am glad you guys are listening with us
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:57 PM
you know I can’t do that do you Phemy But hand me your mail and we’ll try to do something.
So up by 6 after the first quarter, good last play by Caron (not the long shot he missed). But I really wonder if we’re gonna have enough energy tonight.
Comment from ant62789
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:59 PM
Wassup you guys…im back for now…but i see that we are starting off good..hope we can keep this up…is there any way i can see the game 2 becuz i dont have csn
Comment from Phemy
Time March 26, 2008 at 9:59 PM
…mail is PhemyATgmx.net – would really appreciate it, my common sources seem not to work today =)
And yeah, first quartest seems good (looking at the stats) – keep it going! GO WIZ!
Comment from ant62789
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:01 PM
is there any way i can webcast the game
Comment from Jason C
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:02 PM
how come blatche isn’t playing?
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:02 PM
you can click the link at the top of this blog
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:02 PM
Wow we’re just getting scored on and blocked from downtown…. ugly….
Comment from Jason C
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:02 PM
nevermind…
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:03 PM
blatche now in..team need to take better shots
Comment from Bridge
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:05 PM
I was reading all the comments and I see that my homie LilGil is on. What up LilGil!
You betta not give up 2nite ant lol…
Comment from ant62789
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:05 PM
it wont let me in..oh well
Comment from Jason C
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:06 PM
man starting to look like last night with the o-boards.
Comment from ant62789
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:06 PM
im mad they lettin sonics keep up
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:06 PM
and we have to stop the bleeding on the boards
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:07 PM
Yeah Bridge finally made my way back in here ^^ How you doin??
What did Blatche do on that very last play, a lil more patience and he would’ve easily blocked that one…
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:07 PM
25 14 rebounding advantage to Sonics, wiz taking quick shots, ball needs to go to second side
Comment from Jason C
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:09 PM
that should earn dom some more playing time.
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:09 PM
Good play, not giving up til the last moment!!!
Comment from Bridge
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:11 PM
Good. Just fabulous if we win
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:13 PM
true.
They’re scoring easily right now, we just have to focus they can’t keep on doing this all night long (obviously….).
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:14 PM
only 2 field goals in 2nd quarter…..wiz 5 of last 22
Comment from Jason C
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:16 PM
Lilgil a lot of us said that yesterday.
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:16 PM
WOW what a HUGE rebound by Songaila and then the nasty dunk by tuff juice!
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:17 PM
JasonC – I put the obviously after remembering a couple of comments I read from yesterday…..
Comment from Jason C
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:17 PM
then again butler can also heat up…haha
Comment from Jason C
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:17 PM
oh ok didn’t read into that.
Comment from Jason C
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:18 PM
i’m just cranky from staying up yesterday to watch the game. =\
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:18 PM
that the way to do it
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:18 PM
no problem.
So we got the lead back! I like the idea of Haywood and Caron working together out there. It was a nice play when Caron drove and passed to Haywood who was literally following him.
Comment from Jason C
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:24 PM
we look tired.
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:25 PM
Okay I can accept the fact that collison hustles and gets a lot of boards (I don’t *really* accept it) but if we GIVE him the ball that’s something different!!!!!!!!!!
Comment from Bridge
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:25 PM
I don’t know what we look to tell the truth…
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:26 PM
for sure we don’t look good. Or we looked good for 37 seconds and then they woke up…
Comment from Bridge
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:27 PM
I’m sorry y’all but I might call it a night cuz I’m pretty tired…
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:32 PM
You don’t want that Bridge, you know Nick’s gonna come out there and score 40 on ‘em
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:33 PM
i am concerned about the bopards and it looks like jamison is pressing
Comment from Bridge
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:35 PM
I know…I don’t…I’m tryin
Comment from Phemy
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:37 PM
GIVE THEM HELL
…or something like that! cmon wiz, as said before many times – we really have to win this! and we can!
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:46 PM
some one need to get ABE to pay a few refs every one else has some
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:49 PM
Okay I went dowstairs to get something to eat, who got Td up?
Comment from Phemy
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:50 PM
AD if i remember right, …but i really don’t know for what
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:51 PM
Damn, 21-8 run… That was a close call on Stevenson…
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:51 PM
just not playing well
Comment from Jason C
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:56 PM
d isn’t here tonight…again
Comment from Brickjp
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:57 PM
Man, this is sooo hard to watch. Are we going to make a run? Why is this happening to us. We forgot how to rebound overnight or something.
Comment from Jason C
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:57 PM
we’re going to have to use a lot of energy to come back, the bench needs to step up to help.
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 10:59 PM
Let’s keep the pace the way it is right now… damn time out….
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:00 PM
alright now a 10-0 run….after the sonics had 15-2
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:02 PM
nice block
Comment from Jason C
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:06 PM
still managable to come back at least.
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:07 PM
If we get help from the bench, good energy, we might have a shot at it but I feel a dramatic ending a la Gil last year…
Comment from Phemy
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:07 PM
i think we really need antawn to make some points…not like yesterday 
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:08 PM
wizards still noi fb points
Comment from Jason C
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:12 PM
still settling for outside shots, we gotta use the paint more.
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:13 PM
finall a fb pooint
Comment from Brickjp
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:13 PM
Lets take this over please. We are veterans. School these kids.
Comment from Jason C
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:13 PM
sweet fast break points finally.
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:17 PM
Okay is that a “huge” shot?? or “important” shot?
Comment from Jason C
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:18 PM
man great feed to jamison, recognizing the help on mason.
Comment from Jason C
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:19 PM
nice, the D is picking up as well.
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:21 PM
yes the d has helped trigger the come back finally
Comment from Brickjp
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:22 PM
BOOM.
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:22 PM
HEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:23 PM
someone needs to stop durant. need to keep getting the open shot for roger, he’s been on fire this quarter.
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:25 PM
wizards have scikored on 10 of their last 11 tires…4 3s and 6 layups
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:25 PM
Mason 5-8 from downtown!
Comment from Jason C
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:25 PM
time to value posessions and play tough d
Comment from Brickjp
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:25 PM
If we can’t ‘takeover’ this game, they should drop the slogan. Okay, maybe not. But seriously, can we pull away here?
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:27 PM
great defense by songaila on that last defensive possession.
Comment from Brickjp
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:27 PM
ROGER is on…….FIRE
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:27 PM
songail goes out 10 on 4 of 5
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:28 PM
I just don’t know what to say…. I wish Roger had some kind of “I can’t feel my face” thing…
Comment from Brickjp
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:29 PM
Okay, this is our game now.
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:29 PM
MVP MVP MVP
Comment from Brickjp
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:29 PM
Okay, Mason is just out of his GOURD right now!
Comment from Jason C
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:29 PM
awesome, masons drawing help now too, and finding people.
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:29 PM
omg! this is the hottest i’ve ever seen roger mason shoot the ball. i always knew he was pretty much automatic from downtown, but… DAMN!!!!
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:30 PM
mason 16 fourth quarter points
Comment from ant62789
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:30 PM
in the last 3 mins…yes we got the lead…lets go wiz
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:30 PM
22points in 12:48 so far, oh my god….
Comment from ant62789
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:30 PM
hey wheres bridge
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:31 PM
what the heck why are they taking roger out?
Comment from Brickjp
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:32 PM
Quick breather for Rog hopefully.
Comment from Jason C
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:32 PM
stevenson for defense.
Comment from ant62789
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:32 PM
hopefully….roger got some range
Comment from ant62789
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:33 PM
101-92…lets go WIZ
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:33 PM
Bridge left earlier, at the half or something, I know who’s gonna be mad tomorrow ^^
Comment from ant62789
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:33 PM
did yall kno that sixers jumped in 5th
Comment from Jason C
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:34 PM
anyone know what the sonic fans are chanting?
Comment from ant62789
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:34 PM
oh bridge was mad that they was loosin
Comment from Brickjp
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:34 PM
Yea, we will be back in 5th with this win I believe.
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:35 PM
Yes the win gets us back in 5th place.
Comment from ant62789
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:35 PM
I hope we do jump back…sixers needs to lose some games man..its like they cant loose
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:36 PM
yea this win puts us 1/2 game ahead of PHI tonight. we have them some time the next 2 weeks.. should be a crucial matchup. plus we are playing better than the cavs right now, they lost to NO tonight. hopefully we can overtake them n get homecourt for round one.
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:36 PM
We gotta stay alert especially on D.
Comment from ant62789
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:36 PM
we outscored them 35-18 in the fourth…now thats how the wizards make a run
Comment from Brickjp
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:36 PM
Yea, it is unreal what they are doing. How did they go on a 19-0 run to beat the Celtics in Boston?! Insane! They have won 19 of 25 i think.
Comment from ant62789
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:37 PM
u right tag flip that will be nice for us 2…you kno we gon win if we get gil back to…
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:37 PM
Where’s that guy who was yealing “air ball” at Caron earlier ?!
Comment from Brickjp
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:38 PM
HUGE win for Wiz. Cant stress how important this was. I asked for a run, they gave me a run. Veterans get it done tonight.
Comment from Jason C
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:38 PM
good win, vets + mason really brought us back tonight.
Comment from ant62789
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:38 PM
but enuff wit sixers they suck newayz but they just getting lucky with them wins…but hell we in it..we gon have homecourt advantage over cavs…we goin to the second round…we goin to the eastern conference finals…and we goin to the finals…hopefully we can win the championship this year
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:38 PM
Good win!! I just couldn’t believe we woul lose to Portland and Seattle….
Glad I stayed up for that game. See you guys on Friday, good night y’all.
Comment from ant62789
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:39 PM
HUGE HUGE WIN…Now thats wat im talkin about wizards…lets win some more baby
Comment from ant62789
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:40 PM
goodnight lil gil…how do u do the stream phemy
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:40 PM
No problem Phemy, always there for a fellow Wiz fan .
Comment from ant62789
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:42 PM
How yall do the stream thang…i wanna hear some games 2
Comment from LilGil
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:42 PM
You can actually see them, I’ll hook you up with all that during the next game.
See ya.
Comment from Brickjp
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:42 PM
WIZ! I love listening to Phil and Buck especially on games like this. ‘He is on FIRE!’
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:43 PM
great win for the wizards tonight. need to keep the momentum surging into sacramento for friday night and come out of this road trip with at least 2 wins given that the lakers n jazz will be tough to finish out. again good win tonight.
Comment from ant62789
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:44 PM
thanks lilgil
Comment from Phemy
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:44 PM
and really big game for mason, hope he keeps it up the following games!
Comment from ant62789
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:44 PM
goodnight yall..hopefully see ya friday
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:46 PM
good game at the end sorry i was going to blog more but i got a little down watching the game glad we pulled it out
Comment from Brickjp
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:48 PM
Friday in SAC! See you guys there.
Comment from AUNDRA
Time March 26, 2008 at 11:54 PM
Its a bird It’s a plane No it’s Mr.RM. Random Missiles any time from long range.
You saved us this game and we fans thank you very much. We stayed true on the free throw line for 90% and we needed everyone of them. Our Rebounding was disasterous we were out rebounded 49 to 32. I personally donot know how we won this one from that one stat. We stayed true to not turning over the ball with 10 which is very good but not outstanding because Caron needs to curb his nobrainers down a little! However they seemed to go inside repeatedly for layups since there three point shooting was non existent! The steals and fastbreaks were exciting and thats our bread and butter so use it with reckless abandoment! Get soon rest and get in the whirlpool for treatment if you can! Good Luck!
Comment from GrifonRacing
Time March 27, 2008 at 12:12 AM
Great come back, and, great Win. Did anyone else notice…. Mason had five 3 pointers in the 4th quarter and pretty much put the team on his shoulders and brought us back… BUT…. (this is the cool part) when watching the game I noticed that on 3 of those 3 pointers Songaila is the one that set the pick to get Roger wide open. Roger had a Great game, but, Darius may just have had a slightly better one. Roger canning the 3′s brought us back. Darius’ picks, defense, assists, and scoring may really be the reason we came back and won this one. Anyone that doubted Songaila before …. rasberries to ya lol. That man plays smart basketball.
We are still in 5th place……
Comment from Da_Big_Taba
Time March 27, 2008 at 2:10 AM
one of the reasons i thought that we were down in the first place is because we cudnt get any points in the paint for some reason. we were settling in for too many jumpers that we cudnt make. jamison and stevenson cudnt make anything inside of outside.
roger mason really did carrie us. only him and caron was really creating our offensive flow.
i wud have to agree with grifon that songaila had a terrific game too. he kept getting to the basket making his layups. his defense was also bothered his defenders. did anyone see how long he made wilkins hold the ball when he was guarding him??? he made him take a lot of time off the shot clock. great win for the wizards. we cant lose an important game to a team like seattle (17-53) lol. im still frustrated with the loss to portland but they were really on fire and we cudnt get any offense going
Comment from Tom Mandel
Time March 27, 2008 at 7:37 AM
I didn’t get to watch the game, but I have it on the DVR. Sounds like I’ll be fine just watching the 4th quarter?
Rebounding almost cost us the game: we allowed them 5 more shots, and they had 4 more FT attempts than we did too.
Obviously, give this one to Roger Mason; we wouldn’t have won except that he was on fire from the 3 point line. Songaila played well too, except for rebounding (which no one but Antawn did).
The entire team — minus Antawn — managed 20 rebounds! That’s everyone combined.
Antawn’s game is really fantastic right now, and it has been the whole 2d half of the season. He’s not shooting a high %, but otherwise he is just over the moon. What a way to play the 2d half of your contract year, huh?
Comment from Tom Mandel
Time March 27, 2008 at 7:49 AM
Can’t leave Brendan out — he played extremely well, which we are used to by now. Caron too, except for 5 turnovers.
We are going to need DeShawn to step up against Sacramento. We’re going to *need* that win.
Note that the 4 kids combined for less than 13 minutes last night. McGuire got 5 of them and had a steal and a blocked shot to go w/ one foul and both a made and a missed ft. That’s at least some production. Nick and Dray did less than nothing.
Anyone know why Andray played only 2 minutes last night?
Comment from suzie-qwiz
Time March 27, 2008 at 7:54 AM
Antwan seems to be a little tired to me, he should be he has been carrying the team on his back all season. I hope he gets some rest tonight because we have some tough games ahead.
Comment from neal
Time March 27, 2008 at 8:41 AM
I didn’t see the game. Wish I had seen all Mason’s threes.
What’s up with rebounding? Aren’t we supposed to be a good rebounding team? Are our centers not getting position? Getting out hustled?
I’ve watched a couple of college games lately. The refs there (and HS I guess) don’t call as many fouls there. Maybe that’s part of the reason our rooks and Blatche get called for so many fouls – they’re not used to the stricter standard.
Comment from Bridge
Time March 27, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Sorry y’all, I was tired as hell and fell out. I finished watching the game this morning. That was a great win. How you gonna put me out like that ant; I wasn’t mad that we were losing cuz I knew we were gonna win, so I just went to sleep trusting that the Wiz would hold it down…And they did!!!
If it helps, I missed blogging with y’all lol….
Yeah, I heard that crazy a** fan too yelling “airball” (like a couple of times) at my boy Caronimo. I don’t know why cuz they had a couple of those too. Hahahahaha (damn fan).
C’mon GR; D. Song is great and all, and he did great last night, but give the man Mason his FULL credit. He only deserves it. All I gotta say is: WHAT I TELL Y’ALL ABOUT MASON – leave the guy alone…He’s all good….
To all those “hater” teams, announcers, and refs: WE COMIN BABY!!
Comment from Tom Mandel
Time March 27, 2008 at 5:32 PM
I watched the game this morning too. I watched the first quarter, then skipped forward to where we were down 73-56, so that I could watch the big come back.
It was fun. Everyone played great that whole stretch of 1.5 quarters.
Man, Kevin Durant looks a lot like George Gervin!
Comment from GrifonRacing
Time March 27, 2008 at 5:59 PM
lol… Bridge I was only trying to give credit where credit was due. I knew “Everyone” would be talking about Roger and the teriffic game he had. It’s just that 3 of his 3 pointers in the fourth quarter were Wide Open shots because of the great picks Songaila set for him. And like Da Big Taba said it was really cool to watch him on that posession in the 4th quarter guarding Wilkins. He made him hold the ball for 8 or 10 seconds.
I’ve been on Mason’s bandwagon since he played here in college.
Mr. Blatche is obviously in Mr. Jordan’s doghouse. As far as I know there isn’t anything wrong with him? We sure could have used his quickness around the basket last night!
Comment from Tom Mandel
Time March 27, 2008 at 6:01 PM
But, Blatche played 20 minutes in Portland — and he was… ok (not bad, and a lot better than some other guys).
Maybe Eddie just thinks it’s veteran time. He is right, it is.
Comment from GrifonRacing
Time March 27, 2008 at 6:03 PM
Neal… Brendan just wasn’t quick enough for Collison. That guy is a rebounding machiene. Every single time it seemed Collison would have position on him at both ends. We could have used Blatche in there a little, but, Eddie didn’t play him?
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Comment from aznzero
Time March 26, 2008 at 6:18 AM
man you cant really do anything when a team was hitting shots like that. its a tough lost.