Game Day Chicago
9:23 AM ET….Dave Johnson checking in from Chicago….I am just very proud of this team. The Wizards have clicnhed their fourth consective playoff spot. As assistant coach Mike O’Koren said it has been a long journey. We found out on the first day of training camp Etan Thomas would need heart surgery. Eight games into the season Gilbert Arenas is out—-and this after we didn’t look so good in a five game season opening losing streak. Then there  were the injuries to Caron Butler and Antonio Daniels. Through it all this team has just stayed together and worked. Antawn Jamison sound like he will be back—maybe..that’s maybe tonight….but if not tonight..Wednesday ….and Gilbert against the Heat showed us even more…here’s hoping the best is yet to come…..BLOGCAST starts at 8:30 tonight…hope you can join us.
7:15 ET..Dave Johnson checking in courtside….Spalding Never Flat Winner time….tonight’s random winner is Frank Miller of Gaithersburg, Maryland……Frank wins the Spalding Never Flat pack…includes a basketball, football, soccer ball and volleyball.,,,just send your name and address to wizardspromotions@washsports.com
7:23PM…..word here is that Drew Gooden is not going to go because of a lower abdominal strain…..Antawn Jamison said today he would see how he felt shooting….but he may not go….This is the first back-to-back for Gilbert Arenas…he is okay but we will have to see if he goes tonight…
7:54 PM…….UPDATE…Antawn Jamison will NOT play tonight…sprined right shoulder—-Darius Songaila will start in his place…Gilbert Arenas will NOT play tonight….his left knee is fine..it is just a precautionary measure…..
Posted: April 5th, 2008 under Blogcast, Wizards.
Comments
Comment from buckeyes90
Time April 5, 2008 at 12:53 PM
That last game versus the Heat was a joke. The defense really needs to pick up on those outside shooters!
Comment from wizfan and the kid
Time April 5, 2008 at 2:36 PM
Phemy and buckeyes90… we certainly need to rotate to outside shooters, but honestly we won the game with the Heat making 19 threes.
I would rather see a team beat us by making 19 threes than kill us on the boards or drive and dunk on us. We lose when we give up the middle and do not rebound.
Comment from neal
Time April 5, 2008 at 3:11 PM
Any word on Thomas?
Comment from Tom Mandel
Time April 5, 2008 at 4:04 PM
True enough, but also please recall that there were very few real NBA players on the floor for the Heat.
Note that Alexander Johnson, who suffered a scary concussion in the 4th quarter, has been released from the hospital.
Johnson worked out for the Wizards before the ’06 draft, and Glenn liked him a lot. He was drafted in the 2d round, 3 picks before our turn. We might well have grabbed him had he been there.
Comment from neal
Time April 5, 2008 at 5:06 PM
In response to the matter posed on the last stream, yes Sloane would have given Arenas an earful for his grandstanding by coming onto the court late in his first game. And would have, before now, either gotten Arenas to play better team basketball or gotten rid of him. But Jordan is apparently not going to take Arenas on about it. Yes, I’d rather have Sloane, or 3 or 4 other coaches in the league. But that’s out of 30 in the league. Jordan’s an excellent coach and the guys I’d rather have already have good jobs.
So if Jordan is not going to use tuf love, is there an assistant coach who could/should? O’Koren? Ayers?
One thing that impresses me is that no one else on the team has his nose out of joint about Arenas. That speaks of a lot of character. They’re just letting “Gil be Gil”. None of them have an ego that’s going to create dissention.
Comment from AUNDRA
Time April 5, 2008 at 5:29 PM
NEAL
I would rather have Etan continue rehabbing and getting his body ready for
next year and then the medical staff can reevalute him at that time. I know
it may sound I’m really cautious and that would be true I am when it comes to
him! I think we as a team can defend the three ballers better but that has to come
from the teams veteran leadership”Butler,Jamison,Arenas,Daniel and Stevenson”.
I would also put Haywood in the mix but he is rarely out of the box area!Lets get the
communication flowing again so everyones on the same page! Good Luck !
Comment from AUNDRA
Time April 5, 2008 at 6:17 PM
Block then Run!
Steal then Run!
Penetrate then dish to the Three-Baller!
0 Defend the Threeballer!
Rotate the ball to open man!
0 Play disciplined with few Bonehead Turnovers!
Win The Game!
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time April 5, 2008 at 6:19 PM
:715 ET..Dave Johnson checking in courtside….Spalding Never Flat Winner time….tonight’s random winner is Frank Miller of Gaithersburg, Maryland……Frank wins the Spalding Never Flat pack…includes a basketball, football, soccer ball and volleyball.,,,just send your name and address to wizardspromotions@washsports.com
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time April 5, 2008 at 6:25 PM
7:23PM…..word here is that Drew Gooden is not going to go because of a lower abdominal strain…..Antawn Jamison said today he would see how he felt shooting….but he may not go….This is the first back-to-back for Gilbert Arenas…he is okay but we will have to see if he goes tonight…
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 6:26 PM
I ain’t even on all this serious stuff right now – we WON! All my guys out there did great. Would anyone on here ever have just ONE good thing to say. Personally, I think that Gil is coming along on his defense and that his overall performance is great.
We finally got a bit of sun here in Milwaukee so I’m enjoying it – bumpin my music in my car. I think that I’m an aspiring rapper or something; I think I’d go by…”Bridge Mix…”
I can’t wait till this game tonight. And neal, the Bulls are NOT the “Dulls.”
Pretty sure I’ll be blogging tonight –
GO WIZ!!
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time April 5, 2008 at 6:28 PM
i got to blog its not on TV so i have to use the radio to get my fix
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 6:32 PM
I’ll be getting my fix with you Wiz4Life 
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 6:40 PM
same here bridge.. stupid comcast ppl don’t give us fans here in the hampton roads area the love we deserve so i will have to listen to DJ… just like the last chicago game. the irony there…
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 6:43 PM
keeping my eye on other scores from today.. orlando has already beaten cleveland from a day game… hawks are beating philly by 9 three minutes into the 2nd in philly.
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time April 5, 2008 at 6:43 PM
glad to have you guys with us…we’ll try to do our best
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time April 5, 2008 at 6:48 PM
Keys to Bulls: Rebound, Rebound Rebound, Bulls are best off reb team in the league, Wiz need another big game fromm Blatche and Darius especially on the boards, and Wiz need to get paint scores and not rely on jumpers.
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 6:53 PM
is jamison starting tonight or is he a no-go, and if so will songaila start for him again
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 6:54 PM
score update: hawks by 3, 5:39 left in 2nd quarter
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time April 5, 2008 at 6:56 PM
7:54 PM…….UPDATE…Antawn Jamison will NOT play tonight…sprined right shoulder—-Darius Songaila will start in his place…Gilbert Arenas will NOT play tonight….his left knee is fine..it is just a precautionary measure…..
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 6:59 PM
are you serious. man that sucks, but i guess we will see how we play with butler as our lone big 3 player instead of jamison.. might be an interesting dynamic.
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:01 PM
yeah Jamison said he was going to try..but the reality is….it is probably better to be 100%…..so after tonight he will hev three more days to rest before the game against Boston
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:03 PM
scoreboard update: hawks lead 76ers by 8, 2:05 left in 2nd
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:13 PM
hawks by 11 at the half. as long as we take care of business tonight we will be fine.
Comment from buckeyes90
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:19 PM
What channel is this game on?
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:19 PM
big challeneg and as we said no quick shots and rebound….
Comment from millie mill
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:27 PM
Where is the radio link? I can’t watch the game at work I can only listen.
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:30 PM
the lkink is suppsoed to be at the top of the page..but you get it on nba.com..if you go to audio
Comment from millie mill
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:31 PM
Thanks
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:33 PM
they are about to out the link at the top of the blog
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:33 PM
you could click the line in the post below its the same thing
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:33 PM
the audio link
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:34 PM
hawks by 14 in the 3rd against PHI. looking good so far.
Comment from SportzWiz
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:34 PM
The audio link is up.
Comment from buckeyes90
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:35 PM
Anyone know what channel the game is on?
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:35 PM
thanks for the info tag i was just about to check that… but that is some good news
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:37 PM
audio link at the top where it says click to listen live..on tv it is channel 50
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:37 PM
Caron was messin with Benny! Funny -
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:37 PM
i love the N1 Gil Caron AB and Haywood line up the other day i just cant wait to put AJ in that and see what they could do thats one high power line up
Comment from Reuben
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:41 PM
Bad news on gil and twan. Are we not playing Gil because it is a back to back? Hopefully we can get a win
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:42 PM
that’s what i have been hearing Reuben. according to somebody else in here they said it was for precautionary reasons.
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:43 PM
scoreboard update: nets lead raptors; hawks lead sixers. both teams lead by 8.
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:43 PM
yeah it was said when he was cleard that he would come off the bench and no back to back games..
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:45 PM
CB3 for 3 again!
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:45 PM
I like the line-up they had with Blatche in there. I like Nick and all, but…I just feel like there’s a lot of favoritism shown towards him. It is sooo obvious (from yesterday’s game) that Dray really looks up to Gil – like some sort of brother or something, but that don’t really matter do it cuz most of everyone’s attention is on Nick…
Just my opinion though…
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:46 PM
sounds like we need to head for the rim more and try to stop the paint up on D
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:46 PM
Caron doin great by the way!
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:47 PM
AB is better than N1 but he needs to play like that every game just needs work thats not a problem
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:47 PM
good recover by chicago’s 6-0 run to start…
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:48 PM
And I agree – always room for improvement
Comment from Reuben
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:48 PM
good start
do Philly lead the series w/ us?
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:50 PM
Reuben – philly has taken 2 of 3 from us, we play them once more next saturday in DC. hopefully jamison will return by then.
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:50 PM
i think so but we can tie it up the next time we play them
Comment from Reuben
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:52 PM
We must win against Philly otherwise I don’t think we can be the 5 seed.
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:53 PM
i think when we have 2 of our big 3 not playing, tonight being jamison and arenas, with butler in there by himself tonight, i think he brings much more intensity than jamison does. butler is a much better all-around player than antawn jamison so i think he will be able to motivate the guys by his play as well his words. nothing against jamison but because butler is more aggressive.
Comment from gbkdc
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:54 PM
i’m here. nocioni needs a haircut
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:56 PM
what happened to mason?
Comment from Reuben
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:56 PM
gbkdc he doesn’t just need a hair cut he needs to not comb his hair like that
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:57 PM
just slipped
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:58 PM
bad clock management there
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 7:58 PM
it sounds like our offense is very sloppy right now.
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Speaking of Butler, everybody (and they mama) always talking about somebody that they know knows Caron Butler. Maybe it’s just a Wisconsin thing. I guess people think that they know him. I’m like: “I been here for a LONG time – I don’t know Caron (like that), I know OF Caron…I wanna know Caronimo. Hook me up.” Lol
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:02 PM
i would love to meet him in fact i like CB3 more than any other player in the NBA…. if some told me i could talk to MJ or CB3 i would still chose CB3
Comment from gbkdc
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:02 PM
no hd is rough. hard to see who is who. go darius.
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:02 PM
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a Wiz fan, but why y’all gotta hate on Noc; is it because of that uh *cough cough dunk on Pech *cough cough lol.
Where JC at??
Comment from Reuben
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:02 PM
The UNC-Kansas game is muchmore exciting and its only 7-2 with Kansas up
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:03 PM
what a slam
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:03 PM
sounds like a good first quarter for the most part, just need to take care of sloppy offense and execute.
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:04 PM
I would meet…both. Well Caron gave me a high-five before. I was happy as can be
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:05 PM
yeah we need to play some of the passing lanes… but this team is much better then there record would let on
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:05 PM
good finish to quarter despite high tos
Comment from gbkdc
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:07 PM
caron is my favorite of all time. it’s the story of redemption that gets me.
i am just a fashion critic, that’s why the nocioni comment. that hair GOT TO GO!!!!!!!!!! i’m just trying to help, that’s all!
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:07 PM
The look alikes defending each other: Mason and Gordon
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:08 PM
He’s just a bit shag-a-licious, that’s all lol
Comment from Reuben
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:09 PM
Nice runner from AD
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:09 PM
That was nice by AD!
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:10 PM
you know something, i like the way andray blatche plays, however he NEEDS to stay out of foul trouble. he is not going to be a great player in this league and for this team if he gets in foul trouble.
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:10 PM
Can’t feel his face
Comment from Reuben
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:11 PM
Bridge you’re right Roger used to look just like Ben Gordon
Comment from gbkdc
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:12 PM
tag flip – cosign about andre “foul machine”
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:13 PM
Oh foul smoul…I don’t care about fouls, especially with some of these refs. Also I’m a Rodman fan and he used to get like 5 fouls in one half (not really, but y’all get the point). Sometimes AB is just at the wrong place at the wrong time – no really – that’s not an excuse…
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:14 PM
wizards yet to go to the ft line
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:17 PM
need to minimize TOs and get caron back in the game.
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:18 PM
time out…to get butler back in the game….wizards do have eight assist on 14 made field goals
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:19 PM
Wix have yet to take a free throw, need to attack the paint, need more penetration from the guards.
Comment from Reuben
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:20 PM
Atlanta are beating Philly by 8 w/ 2 mins to go and Toronto are tied
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:22 PM
Not D. Sond with a TECH!! I guess that all things are possible
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:23 PM
low-scoring quarter we got.
Comment from gbkdc
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:23 PM
poor ad.
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:23 PM
Yeah, I guess he said a “magical” word
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:25 PM
Nice by Haywood
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:26 PM
songaila got T’d up?
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:26 PM
Nice b-beater by D-Steve
Comment from Reuben
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:26 PM
I CANT FEEL MY FACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:30 PM
no call as daniels drove…haywood does go to the line
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:32 PM
Nice pass but no finish, did get a call though
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:32 PM
Close close game
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:33 PM
oh no.. not butler getting hurt.
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:33 PM
Butler poked in the eye by Thabo
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:34 PM
we have ourselves a ballgame heading into halftime. good weekend for DC sports, wiz clinched playoff spot last night, caps did the same tonight.
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:36 PM
My bad – Noah
Comment from Reuben
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:36 PM
Not a bad 1st half but we need to do much better
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:36 PM
on CSN it says wiz @ bulls on monday at 7 wonder whats up with that we dont play them again monday do we
Comment from Reuben
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:40 PM
Wizards4Life there are no games on Monday because of the NCAA final
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:41 PM
That can’t be right; the Wiz got a three day-er, then they play the Celt-di**s (ooops, did I say that) on Weds
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:43 PM
i thought so but at least i can watch this game on monday at 7 then
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:46 PM
if we win we are only 3 games back from the Cav’s
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:55 PM
great moive by haywood
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 8:56 PM
brendan’s having a great game. why doesn’t he play like this all the time every game.
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:02 PM
nice little run by washington. need to come out of the timeout strong with the same intensity
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:02 PM
haywood just had a 7-0 run of his own
Comment from marie.kym.smith
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:02 PM
Brendan is killin’ em!!! He needs to come strong every game. He’s entirely too big to be shying away from the basket. Get big and muscle in there!! And I guess Andray is just not going to deliver today…
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:04 PM
wow they must not be calling alot of stuff sounds like theres alot of reaching
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:05 PM
Nice by D. Song
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:05 PM
Caron slamin it!!
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:06 PM
AD just run too fast sometimes; I just get so scared for him
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:06 PM
Haywood needs a break this game is getting fast
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:08 PM
tough juice!
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:08 PM
WOW D. SONG!!
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:08 PM
Steal then BOOM!!
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:12 PM
Nice pass by Blatche
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:12 PM
need to finish out the 3rd strong.
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:12 PM
D.song said let me go free agent i show you why you should have gave me some cash
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:13 PM
Ching-Ching
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:16 PM
lets bust this 4th out we need the same strong play we had in the 3rd
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:17 PM
amen to that
Comment from marie.kym.smith
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:19 PM
we keep turning it over, but at least we are scoring like crazy…
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:22 PM
good foul by roger.. need to make him earn his pts. i say put CB3 back in there at the 8:00 mark. we have 3 days off until boston. he’ll get his rest.
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:24 PM
16 point lead i say let him rest but thats still not a safe lead in the NBA
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:26 PM
Wiz look alikes:
Gil – dude from Law & Order
AD – Mix between AI (from Philly) and Monta Ellis
D-Steve – dude from Making the Band 4 (Brian)
Mason – Ben Gordon
Dominic – Apart of the West Coast rappers from back then (with Ice Cube and them)
Pech – Stewie
Nick Young – Nick Cannon
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:27 PM
ya, no lead is safe in the nba, even if your playing miami
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:28 PM
Philly lost by the way
Comment from Phemy
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:28 PM
yeah…nice one TOR lost, PHIL lost…..only one thing to say: GOO WIIIZZZZ
Comment from Bridge
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:30 PM
HAYWOOD
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:32 PM
keep fingers crossed..this would be hiuge com,ing off a game last night..we did not get here until about 2:30
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:33 PM
cavs lost today too.. we have our eyes set on #4 seed.
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:37 PM
holy cow.. didn’t realize brendan had that many pts.
Comment from marie.kym.smith
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:38 PM
I retract my statement. It looks like Andray is going to bring it. At least on the rebounding front.
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:40 PM
like i said… no lead is safe in the nba
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:40 PM
o man the ship is getting hevy we cant let this sink
Comment from ant62789
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:42 PM
They lettin them get back into it and still leavin the wide open for the 3′s..they just dont learn do they
Comment from ant62789
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:44 PM
game over…we won tonight
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:45 PM
wizards win! great game by brendan! unfortunately for his alma mater UNC is still losing…
Comment from ant62789
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:45 PM
40 games…BIG W
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:45 PM
we got the win we got the 5th seed for now and we are looking at 3 days of rest for the C’s
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:48 PM
that is just incredible. 40 wins… for the 4th straight year. we need to play better in the years to come and get a 50-win season or two.
Comment from TAG FLIP
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:48 PM
im signing off for the night… great win again guys. see you all wednesday for boston
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:48 PM
garat stuff..thankls everyone..haywood huge
Comment from Phemy
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:51 PM
man, we really could get the 4# spot! lets show them what we got!
Comment from Jason C
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:52 PM
ah nuts, missed a good win, ah well I will enjoy watching the replay.
Comment from Tom Mandel
Time April 5, 2008 at 9:53 PM
Nice game by Brendan, Darius, Andray, Antonio, Roger (especially!), and Caron. We dominated the boards, shot a higher percentage and would have blown them out of the building except for 18 turnovers — still had 5 more shots on basket.
Altogether very very nice — and esp. for Philly and Toronto to oblige us by losing! Awright. Get some rest and beat the Celtics — how sweet it is!!
Comment from Tom Mandel
Time April 5, 2008 at 10:04 PM
With a 2 game lead over Toronto w/ only 5 games left, and owning the tiebreaker, it now seems unlikely that we’d fall to 7th in the East.
If we beat Philly next week, that’ll likely make the difference between being 6th and playing Orlando or being 5th and playing Cleveland.
Comment from AUNDRA
Time April 6, 2008 at 1:54 AM
Nothing but praise going to the Big Guy. You played with passion,purpose and determination. This is the smart inside presence I have been waiting for. You assisted
the ball to the shooters when it wasn’t there and you made them pay with the high percentage dunks and layups! Lets keep showing you veteran leadership and just play smart ball through out the remaining games! I hope everyone gets some treatment at the facility to fix all thoughs nicks and cuts! Good Luck!
Comment from AUNDRA
Time April 6, 2008 at 2:07 AM
I love the black and gold colors. They represent honor, valor, sacrifice and we wizards
fans have seen plenty of all three this year. I would like to take a vote to see if we can wear this special uniform again against Boston and Philadelphia! This is the uniform that the world knows the Wizards for when Agent Zero dropped the 60 point bomb on Kobe and that was very very special! That made my year Of Course! What are your opinions on this Bloggers!
Comment from LilGil
Time April 6, 2008 at 8:36 AM
Nice to come back home in the morning and to find out that we’ve won, and especially without ‘Tawn and Gilbert. The only informations I got are from the boxscore since I couldn’t find the game anywhere and it seems like *everyone* played pretty well. One of the things that shocked me are the turnovers…. I mean 18 turnovers that’s kind of high! But anyway we had to get that W as we’re about to have 5 tough tough games (okay indy might not be that tuff but still) and as you guys I don’t want the 5th spot, I want homecourt advantage!!! Can’t wait for antawn’s return on wednesday on national tv that’ll be great (let’s hope they rest their big three…).
Comment from wiz-skins07
Time April 6, 2008 at 9:02 AM
Seems to me like we played a great game…especially Haywood…i wasnt able to see the game…I knew we could beat these guys…
Its great to have the 5th back in our hands and now we control our destiny if we can win the rest or atleast most of our games we should be able to beat out Cleveland for the 4th spot…
I think we can beat the Celtics…first we can beat them when they have a full squad…secondly…they’re resting KG, Ray, and Pierce alot…..so they shouldnt something we cant handle
GO WIZARDS
Comment from neal
Time April 6, 2008 at 1:02 PM
I was looking at 3 pt figures – thought I’d share them with you.
Percentage of 3 point shots made:
Mason .391
Young .387
Stevenson .372
Butler .365
Jamison .336
Pecherov .269
Arenas .267
Blatche .231
The Celtics subs will be fresh, eager, and relaxed. We’d better come out with energy.
Comment from Tom Mandel
Time April 7, 2008 at 7:22 AM
Pecherov hasn’t really shown anything this year… too bad.
We should be pretty fresh too, and yes we’d better go out and win this game.
Comment from neal
Time April 7, 2008 at 10:11 AM
The above isn’t really fair to Arenas. His career average is .358.
Comment from Tom Mandel
Time April 7, 2008 at 11:05 AM
Gilbert is 5 for 8 shooting 3pointers in his 2 games back. That’s .625 — we’d like him to keep up that pace, yes?????
Comment from neal
Time April 7, 2008 at 11:35 AM
Yes, I’m for that.
I wish Pecherov would concentrate on other than 3 pointers for now. Once he gets confidence in the rest of his game he can try some long range shots again. Besides, I’m afraid he’s going to hit a rafter every time he tries one.
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Comment from Phemy
Time April 5, 2008 at 11:18 AM
pleasssseee defend the 3-point shooting. then we should do fine!