WizBlog RSS FeedGame Day Cleveland - Game 2
6:06 AM….Dave Johnson checking in early and eager to get this one started….It was an upbeat mood at practice yesterday…Wizards know they had game one but let it slip away..we could question shots late…but one three point attempt by Jamison was in the flow of the game and he was wide open and more often than not that would have gone down….posturing going on…heard Cavs coach Mike Brown talk about LeBron James getting fouled when he drives but the fouls not getting called…he did get to the line 14 times…. when asked about what constitutes a traveling violation after watching James on Saturday head coach Eddie Jordan smiled and offered no comment…sprained right wrist by Gilbert Arenas is a concern keep your fingers crossed….BLOGCAST starts at 7…radio and blogging and you can listen online too….check back later
1:14 PM… FantasticWiz checking in… just heard from this morning’s practice that Gilbert looked good and will play tonight.
6:17 PM…Dave Johnson checking in from the Q…….starters are in…..west, szczerbiak
ilgauskas, wallace and james….daniels, stevenson, haywood, jamison, and butler…
6:20 PM ..radio broadcast starts at 6:55….Eddie Jordan talks about managing Gilbert and Antawn’s minutes so theyr are fresh for the fourth quarter… and look for more double teams on LeBron to try to stop him before he gets going in the lane
April 21st, 2008 at 8:09 AM
Watching that last game showed us that the Cavaliers are worse than we thought or in Denny Green’s venacular “They are who we thought they were”. Tough Juice was not moving well, double team or no double team. Haywood looks like he can’t be stopped inside which causes you to wonder even more, why we settled for jumpshots. Stephenson’s 1-9 could be more of the 20% playoff shooting again. It’s great that Zero hit some outside shots but it’s clear he still doesn’t have the lift to the basket. How about someone deciding to rebound this game.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:13 AM
That news on Gilbert’s wrist aint no good…. Let’s hope he can go and well. Anyway we really gotta be consistent tonight and tune into playoff mode cuz we can’t have 2 or 3 bad games now!!
April 21st, 2008 at 8:59 AM
i thought the cavs to loose game 1 but win the series well, i think they gonna win it all in 5 if not in 4.
April 21st, 2008 at 9:20 AM
Man, I feel sorry for the Wiz when they go back home because if they not gettin any love from some of our bloggers, they probably won’t at home either. I would feel embarrassed to have “on-and-off(ish)” type of fans. I thought that we were trying to keep players and not run them away. Last time I checked, players aren’t obligated to make every single shot - MJ wasn’t even obligated to do this.
And for people who are relying more on stats and not on watching the game, the CALLS (and no-calls) by the refs got bad in the third quarter and even worse in the fourth. I don’t know what the hell Mike Brown talkin about; if anything that was Arenas (in our last couple of minutes of the game) who weren’t getting any calls.
I know that it’s the play-offs and that it’s real easy to be mad at our players (because I was), but to not give any credit where credit is deserved is a bit too harsh. I didn’t know that Caron was supposed to pull out his extra set of wings and do something spectacular (because what’s expected of him is, I think, unhuman-like). Oh, lets get one of our best players injured again on top of his other injuries. If anything, I can say that I’m a bit hard on Stevenson right now, even with it being game 1. It’ll be good if he learned how to be more flexible as a player - I understand his defensive obligation, but surprise people by switching things up a bit - get away from the 3-point spots. I hope that Mason proves all of his “finger-pointers” wrong (which I know he will); Mason is a great player, we should be trying to keep him. I also hope that Stevenson could prove me wrong because this series IS about proving the doubter wrong…
GO WIZARDS!!
April 21st, 2008 at 9:29 AM
beeb, man just be real, you are too much thinking with your emotins if the cavs that bad with the injuries they had they managed to keep homecourt and beat the wizards in the regular season after the trade deadline with only 6 players and two Dleugue players. they blow us out when they were in a full strenght and we barely beat them by two in the Verizon ctr, well we just need to admit that they are good i dont wanna say they are better than the wizards but dam all that and we still saying that they are bad well the wizards are even worse that they cant beat a bad team.
April 21st, 2008 at 9:42 AM
Majdi -
Are you REALLY a Wizards fan or a “Cavs spy”
If you are a Wiz fan,
Welcome aboard
If not,
Y’all need to get a life!
April 21st, 2008 at 9:52 AM
Awful news about Gil. I am going to assume hes still going to go. I expect a much better game from Caron. For some reason, we always have the ‘jitters’. Tonight is a huge game for this team as a whole and I expect them to play to their potential. Love this team - cant wait til gametime!
April 21st, 2008 at 10:06 AM
Since responding to Majdi and Bridge allows me be distracted from work, then here goes. Majdi, I do think we are better then the Cavs from a talent standpoint. I’ve also sat directly behind Mike Brown during a game and I could write a column on how bad his coaching is. I miss the days when TV went into the huddle and embarrassed Dick Motta because Bickerstaff was clearly the X and O man. Bridge, of course I blog with my emotions. However, my pocketbook would say that my season ticket expense would justify that. However, while we certainly did not get the calls, in the end, our shot selection and rebounding failures were what lost the game for us. You can’t go long stretches without scoring and expect to win.
April 21st, 2008 at 10:07 AM
I wish I could have seen the game — seems like it was very exciting. I actually listened to the last 10 minutes on crackly AM radio from the boonies.
There is no point in avoiding the stats or in not being analytical. If you don’t analyze you don’t understand, and if you don’t understand you don’t have a way to improve.
If we’re the better team, we’ll win the series. If we’re not, they will win it. That is what “better team” means.
As to all this stuff about “the refs are against us” that’s just silly. If you shoot jump shots in early offense, the other team doesn’t get fouls called. Look at the season statistics for how often we went to the line — we’re in the middle of the pack I’m sure.
Lets play better and win!
April 21st, 2008 at 10:10 AM
call it whatever but not a wiz fan. team with three all stars nonono.
they never went any where, they never improved their bench no defense no bigs i dont know whta kind of team is that. worst than the cavs when they were without apoint gard. so i guess i need to get a life just like the other twenty nine teams fans.
April 21st, 2008 at 10:11 AM
the only thing i dont like about the cavs is poor and coaching
April 21st, 2008 at 10:11 AM
but they still good when lebron on the floor
April 21st, 2008 at 10:39 AM
Guys all we need is a split in Cleveland and we have this series. You know when the Cavs come to washington that the verizon center is going to be rockin…..we are gonna be harrassing Lebron all night long.. Tonight we have to make our free throws and take care of the basketball so cleveland cant get fast break points. If we do that I have no doubt in my mind we will be fine.
April 21st, 2008 at 10:47 AM
majdi, do you have 8 posts out of 12 on this blog??????? 3 posts between 10:10 am and 10:11 am? Sounds like a troll to me. Stop replying to yourself!!!
ANYWAY, I agree with Bridge about giving the players credit. I am VERY upset we lost, but I think we played very well in many areas. We held them to 39% shooting, even though defense was not perfect. Jamison had 19 REBOUNDS!!!!! WHAT A BEAST!! I know he missed the shots at the end, I know, but I’m not mad at him. He did everything he could to win the game, and then some. There are 9 players on the team, or 8, or who knows anymore… I can’t keep track with all the injuries! All I’m saying is the whole team shares the loss, not just Jamison for missing those 3’s.
I can’t wait for tonight. I told my husband I’m putting my head in the oven if we lose the series (the microwave). (kidding of course!)
April 21st, 2008 at 11:42 AM
Honestly you can, sometimes, get mad at the players, but man there’s no way you get mad at anyone after game one. How stupid would you feel if you said like now “well this team has no talent, it won’t go anywhere as long as it can’t hit a damn jumper which won’t ever happend!” and that we win the serie?? I’ve got a couple bets with friends concerning this serie and you know how horrible it is to see your friend after a loss well this time, despite being stupid enough to bet on a Cavs win, my “worst” friend wasn’t that happy, he said he wouldn’t start partying and usin my money as long as the serie wouldn’t have come to an end. Come on if a man who sincerly believes “king james” (hurts my fingers to write that) exists can say that we all can.
And there’s no way that majdi is a Wizards fan or even a fan…Just some guy who found that blog and thougt it was funny to disrespect the Wiz; thanks but the whole world’s taking care of that!
April 21st, 2008 at 12:05 PM
i would say TOM was right on any other game but game one we had 2x as many points in the pait in the 3rd and 23 less foul shots and if thats not the refs on there side i dont know what is…. but there not going to call it when we drive we need to learn that so make sure you hit the shot or a open man neer the basket… we did miss shots but thats going to happen with nevers “i hope its nevers” tonight we will win and sorry to tell the Cavs fans this year we get the first round and you go home and watch nike promos to get your LBJ fix
April 21st, 2008 at 12:47 PM
Pocketbooks, Anger, Betrayal,Finger pointing—Hey Forget all of that Lets just support the damn team. Hey yeah I been reading all the posts etc..and look the bottom line is we had one bad game, we didnt play to our fullest potentail as a TEAM. It’s game 2!!!!If you are a Die hard WIz fan Lets go!!!Lets Support the team!!Look If you want to justify it, he who holds tickets (Beeb???) Cheer as load as you can and have a great damn time (And get back to work to, I’m pretty sure your employer doesnt like that).
Guys Let’s Act like we are ready to rule!!!!!!!
Go WIZ!!!!!!!!!!
April 21st, 2008 at 1:09 PM
I hope they do double Butler again. Give it to Haywood or Jamison on the inside at every opportunity.
Jamison’s rebounding sure makes a statement about playing smart. It ain’t always the tallest or the biggest jumper that gets the ball.
Need some production at the two spot.
Tom, I know that we’ll win tonight, since you and I will be cheering. Game 1 is our fault, since we missed it.
April 21st, 2008 at 1:14 PM
hey neal you can blame me too for missin saturday’s wiz-cav game. sadly ill miss it it agen tonight cuz of class!
but dont worry being the biggest fan i always have resources to keep me updated on the game. while not paying attention in class.
good to hear agent zero is ok. honestly the cavs having seen the best of our team. that first game was bad and wouldnt expect to see it again. Go wiz!!! Ready to Rule!
April 21st, 2008 at 1:22 PM
Ok, I just got back from one of my classes. I don’t know what being a season ticket holder has to do with anything, but…ok. That would, I guess, justify you as a fan – which is great…It’s great to be a fan. I can be a Bucks season ticket holder, but not be a Bucks fan; this is NOT to say that you aren’t a Wiz fan (because I know you are), but let me tell you something…I went to a game (from Milwaukee to D.C.) for the March 2nd Hornets game. I sat by a season ticket holder – he didn’t even know who Pech was. I wish that I had the luxury of traveling to D.C. at any time, but like you, I have obligations here. Maybe when I graduate, I’ll be able to make it to more Wiz games and cheer insanely loud for a team that I love that’s not my home team. You can make it to games, but when I can’t, I CAN make it to this blog to support my team verbally but in written form, as can every other blogger on here. When I get the chance to come more often to Wiz home games, hopefully I’ll be able to sit by you – but with living in Milwaukee, I find that kinda hard right now.
Who don’t blog with emotion; if there was no emotion, we probably wouldn’t be blogging. We all want this team to win, but with that, we all have different opinions. I didn’t see anything wrong with their jump-shots or rebounds whereas you did Beeb. I saw everything wrong with the ref calls whereas Tom did not. I’m not saying either that stats are tainted and/or wrong; I’m just saying that more is caught watching (a game) as opposed to in numbers. If numbers are sooo reliable, the Cavs should not have won that game. If numbers are sooo reliable, Gil would be living up to his number – but he’s not (in other words, he’s not a zero). If numbers are sooo reliable, Mason would be making more…I can analyze stats like you wouldn’t believe, but I just choose not to.
But that’s all I’ll say for today; maybe I should miss class again to be able to catch this game tonight…Oh yeah, obligations…just like you…
GO WIZARDS!! KICK THEIR A**ES!!
April 21st, 2008 at 1:58 PM
excuses ……..why dont the wizards just win tonight. hopfully the cavs will have an off night, miss shots and loose the game.
April 21st, 2008 at 2:03 PM
Ok we need to at least thank Antawn Jamison, Brendan Haywood, and Gilbert Arenas for showing up for game one. 24pts for gill is efficient, 24pts and 19rbs is what is needed from Jamison, and a double double for Brendan is great. Deshawn is not going 1 for anything tonight and expect caron to be a triple double threat like he has all season. What happened to attacking the basket in the second half, Brendan had a good first half and i dont think he was to involved in the second half. As soon as roger mason jr. starts to get foing and off set wally and daniel gibson. If you are a true wizards fan then you know that we need only one of te first 2 because when we get home we will destroy cleavend…… maybe gilbert can get some lebron calls.
April 21st, 2008 at 2:04 PM
Majdi…………………………get a life……………. worship lebron james on the cavs blog
ANYWAY………….. Being at work on saturday and hearing what had happened pissed me off….Wizards need to get it together and PLAY 48 MINUTES OF GOOD BASKETBALL……44 MINUTES WON’T DO IT EVERYDAY……………… I KNOW THEY CAN PULL OUT THIS WIN TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LET’S GO WIZARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 21st, 2008 at 2:14 PM
I officially nominate majdi as the blog pessimist…haha just kidding. If you want to argue about how we lost the game on saturday fine, but bringing up regular season losses doesn’t matter at this point.
April 21st, 2008 at 2:19 PM
If we can steal one tonight, its huge momentum, b/c the refs will swing the calls our way for games 3 and 4. The real question is can we execute down the stretch in crunch time or not. The key is Caron, and him adjusting to the double teams. Him and Twan are our best mis-matches at this point. I don’t count gil yet b/c he does not have his game legs back yet.
April 21st, 2008 at 2:50 PM
I feel good tonight for one major reason: Caron. I really don’t think the man can have two “bad (well let’s say a lil under average)” games in a row. And as all of you I read he’s especially focused, that’s good
And don’t dream, whatever happens the refs won’t ever give us anything. I know it’s hard to be objective as I’m a fan, but I really don’t think we will get away with anything for as long as we’re going against the Queen.
April 21st, 2008 at 3:10 PM
LETS WIN TONIGHT YALL!!!
April 21st, 2008 at 3:40 PM
dopeboyfresh you right 48minutes 44 will not do it like game 1
April 21st, 2008 at 4:08 PM
Hey hey guys saturday was a good game but just didn’t bounce our way. If we play the same or better we are sure to win. I’m sure the refs will blow the wistle a lot more rtonite than the first game to make sure that things don’t get out of hand… And as long as we are not setteling for jumpers than we should be fine. Ps I don’t no if we have any redskins fans here but I’m listening to the john riggens show on 94.3 and he’s ripping the wizards and gilbert arenas saying that we played with no heart and that we didn’t give off the impression that we wanted it more and that we are not a “team” when areans is playing and a whole bunch of nonsense! Way to support the home team riggens! Wtf?!
April 21st, 2008 at 4:10 PM
majdi you going to be around talking when we win tonight or you going to tuck tail an run ? because make no mistake about it we are going to win we know it you know it so just do what all LBJ fans do and jump on our bandwagon now and save your self some time……
April 21st, 2008 at 4:12 PM
In a playoff series a team like the Wizards needs to get a win on the road so that they can win some more at home and then finish the series. They had a chance the other night and the only reason I can honestly say they blew it is because DeShawn Stevenson went and made those comments about LeBron being overrated. Okay sure we can sit here and argue that the Wiz still shoulda stopped him and that the refs were one-sided at the end of the game but let’s be real here for a second. What premier superstar in this league do you know let’s a guy just talk trash about him and then not retaliate (especially when this superstar has put your team out of the playoffs for 2 years straight)? Our guys gotta be smarter about what they say to the media man. At the beginning of the game LeBron was on lock and then he erupted because he was not going to go on record as being the “overrated” athlete that Stevenson said he was. Nothing more nothing less. Trash talk like that reminds me of when Raja Bell was trying to talk trash to Kobe. If you are going to talk trash to the big dogs, don’t get in there and let them walk all over you.
April 21st, 2008 at 4:13 PM
hey everyone, my computers on the fritz so I haven’t been on all day, but I am here in cleveland and let me say Gilbert looked very good and loose today at shootaround. Also I think CB3’s going to have a big night tonight,
April 21st, 2008 at 4:16 PM
LilGil am sorry i was in class but if you think i desrespected the wizards. i have not i was never gonna do that i just talk sports and make things exciting not boring. wiz wiz wiz is kind boring also cavs, cavs cavs is boring too so i speake about both sides. any way the desrespect story is not me. to show you the desrespect this will be the strting lineup tonight: (1g) snow , (2g) billy tomas, (sf) pavlovic, (Pf) dwyane Jones (C) allerd.
inactive : LBJ, Z, BW,D west, Gibson
April 21st, 2008 at 4:19 PM
we got Cleveland tonight and for the series………. I doubt we’ll miss 11 shots in a row again. Caron will bounce back and Antawn will make his open threes.
April 21st, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Wizards4Life i am on all the time i will love if the cavs loose tonight i will love it more and enjoy it if it goes seven, but i dont see it, i might be right i might be wrong so we just gotto wait and see the 48 minutes.
April 21st, 2008 at 4:29 PM
on another note….
GO WIZARDS
we gonna win tonight…
April 21st, 2008 at 4:46 PM
to whoeversaid we don’t have a big man: Jamison only had 1 3 pointer and 2 free throws so his points must be coming from somewhere else. Watch for his scoop shot in the post and his 10 boards a game. You do not have to be 7 feet to play big.
Thats embarrasing 2 Lebron who is now 260 and can’t post anyone up.
April 21st, 2008 at 5:23 PM
6:17 PM…Dave Johnson checking in from the Q…….starters are in…..west, szczerbiak
ilgauskas, wallace and james….daniels, stevenson, haywood, jamison, and butler…
April 21st, 2008 at 5:25 PM
6:20 PM ..radio broadcast starts at 6:55….Eddie Jordan talks about managing Gilbert and Antawn’s minutes so theyr are fresh for the fourth quarter… and look for more double teams on LeBron to try to stop him before he gets going in the lane
April 21st, 2008 at 5:30 PM
Hey everyone, i know everyone’s a little more intense with the playoffs starting, but PLEASE WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE!!! THANKS!
April 21st, 2008 at 5:38 PM
well got 30 mins till start time no game on CSN it is on TNT but that means you have to hear Barkley yack…. never did get why anyone would want to hear him he is the most talented guy to do nothing in the NBA and then become a brodcaster and do the same thing
April 21st, 2008 at 5:53 PM
Keys: Game 2: Limit Lebron’s touches, Front big Z, get some rythm back on offense and don’t “watch”Arenas, play with him. Wiz again must rebound again, and then be ready to play in the 4th quarter.
April 21st, 2008 at 5:58 PM
Dave do you know why Houston has homecourt over the Jazz even though Utah is the 4 seed?
April 21st, 2008 at 6:01 PM
Damn I forgot I’d have to hear Barkley…. gonna have to deal with it…
No problem majdi, the comment wasn’t really directly aiming at you.
LETS GOT WIZARDSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
April 21st, 2008 at 6:04 PM
Let’s roll!
April 21st, 2008 at 6:06 PM
iHouston home court becsue of the better record bu tah won divsion for the higher seeding..and that will help the jazz in terms of pairings….
April 21st, 2008 at 6:07 PM
thanks Dave
April 21st, 2008 at 6:10 PM
Here we go lets tie it up
April 21st, 2008 at 6:13 PM
First foul…
April 21st, 2008 at 6:14 PM
good start
April 21st, 2008 at 6:15 PM
love the start
April 21st, 2008 at 6:16 PM
We look determined. Lets keep it up
April 21st, 2008 at 6:17 PM
Does Szczerbiak actually try to guard Caron??
April 21st, 2008 at 6:18 PM
Caron was not happy with his play in game 1. You see the aggressiveness early on
April 21st, 2008 at 6:18 PM
AJ looking to get that shot down early
April 21st, 2008 at 6:18 PM
Threee
April 21st, 2008 at 6:19 PM
see that, we can do the same they do! ;>
April 21st, 2008 at 6:20 PM
nice pass
April 21st, 2008 at 6:20 PM
We need to dominate this game. Send a message.
April 21st, 2008 at 6:20 PM
why to get it in man that looked hard
April 21st, 2008 at 6:21 PM
Already second on Haywood… We really gotta watch out they can kill us from the inside if we loose Haywood early.
April 21st, 2008 at 6:22 PM
i dont know LilGil i think D.Song did a nice job last game of keeping people off the glass
April 21st, 2008 at 6:22 PM
better offensive rhthym
April 21st, 2008 at 6:24 PM
Off to a good start….
April 21st, 2008 at 6:24 PM
AGENT ZERO IS IN!!!
April 21st, 2008 at 6:24 PM
True, true, but still we gotta watch out, Haywood can body up both Ilgauska (not a whole lot but still) and the james while Songaila is a little less into that (he fouls pretty well but not the same body).
April 21st, 2008 at 6:24 PM
there getting after it alot more as well i seen a few times were ball that the Cavs should have had that a Wizard chased down
April 21st, 2008 at 6:25 PM
KEEP in mind that the NBA does not want lebron to be out of the playoffs in the first round. Its a MONEY thing
April 21st, 2008 at 6:26 PM
These refs are really pissing me off.
April 21st, 2008 at 6:26 PM
every time, yeah well…
April 21st, 2008 at 6:27 PM
Man that was offensive……..
April 21st, 2008 at 6:28 PM
its not alot of contact but if it gose both ways its good
April 21st, 2008 at 6:28 PM
this is crazy
April 21st, 2008 at 6:28 PM
bah
April 21st, 2008 at 6:28 PM
Don’t like that they are giving so many FT opportunities to high % shooters.
April 21st, 2008 at 6:28 PM
wow that technical foul should not have been called……i mean seriously
April 21st, 2008 at 6:29 PM
Blotch?
April 21st, 2008 at 6:29 PM
Ah okay there tryin to set a new record of fouls called in a quarter against a single team! Damn refs….
April 21st, 2008 at 6:29 PM
Um - Flagrant please?
April 21st, 2008 at 6:30 PM
wow these refs are being totally biased……making all calls for cleveland
April 21st, 2008 at 6:30 PM
wtf
April 21st, 2008 at 6:32 PM
We finally get one call and the Cavs are complaining. Wow. This game is already out of hand in terms of the officiating.
April 21st, 2008 at 6:32 PM
well its going to be that way we got to win anyway its not like there going to stop calling it that way
April 21st, 2008 at 6:33 PM
getting good lucks but only shooting 38%
April 21st, 2008 at 6:33 PM
ok so is there anyway 2 protest the way refs call games? like if theyre being 2 biased for a certain team and it effects the game?
April 21st, 2008 at 6:35 PM
nope it would do no good because its the NBA and the money that LBJ brings in
April 21st, 2008 at 6:36 PM
they calling these fouls late
April 21st, 2008 at 6:38 PM
wow these refs……
April 21st, 2008 at 6:38 PM
gil is mad
April 21st, 2008 at 6:39 PM
i can understand that refs usually give more calls in favor of the home team……but i think this is a little 2 much
April 21st, 2008 at 6:39 PM
dom in to play D
April 21st, 2008 at 6:39 PM
How stupid was that by Gilbert?…. If he grabbed him he would have been ejected!
April 21st, 2008 at 6:40 PM
gotta make the freethrows, cmon!
April 21st, 2008 at 6:40 PM
if i were gil i would be mad 2!
April 21st, 2008 at 6:41 PM
FLOP
April 21st, 2008 at 6:41 PM
We gotta slow down and play the way we want to play….
April 21st, 2008 at 6:41 PM
if we had made our freethrows we would be winning
April 21st, 2008 at 6:42 PM
dude stop crying bout your mouth princess
April 21st, 2008 at 6:42 PM
What shot in the face are you kidding me?
April 21st, 2008 at 6:42 PM
that was a big time flop
April 21st, 2008 at 6:43 PM
We need to come together as a team here and get real about this game.
April 21st, 2008 at 6:43 PM
Gilbert was ineffective, FT shooting was awful, too many outside shots… very ominous first q
April 21st, 2008 at 6:43 PM
Come on guys watch the language those stars aren’t enough!
April 21st, 2008 at 6:44 PM
They’ve got a bad case of nerves.
April 21st, 2008 at 6:44 PM
lil Gil keep it close on the words they been getting on us about that as of late
April 21st, 2008 at 6:44 PM
Good start but then we couldn’t create on offense, couldn’t make our FT and Gil came in only to get two fouls if I’m not mistaking…..
April 21st, 2008 at 6:44 PM
Sorry really sorry… got heated up, won’t happend anymore.
April 21st, 2008 at 6:46 PM
Those cavs are liking the way we play. WE are playing seperate…We need to join as one..Emotions need to go out the window.. and play smart!
April 21st, 2008 at 6:46 PM
Where playing bad
Although let’s hope that we start of hot in the 2nd and Gil keep your cool
MY dad and I are protest the bad call and the immature Lebron James(making fun of Deshawn)
April 21st, 2008 at 6:46 PM
Would like to see Antawn can Caron take greater advantage of mismatches off the dribble.
April 21st, 2008 at 6:47 PM
Strong play by Brendan.
April 21st, 2008 at 6:47 PM
Haywood is doing great
April 21st, 2008 at 6:47 PM
what a pass by darius
April 21st, 2008 at 6:47 PM
Haywooooood thats power
April 21st, 2008 at 6:47 PM
haywood big time
April 21st, 2008 at 6:48 PM
yeah brendan!!!
April 21st, 2008 at 6:49 PM
This is what I’m talking about
April 21st, 2008 at 6:49 PM
it’s all good everyone, the amount of those has increased dramatically in the last two games. and we’ve also had a lot of newcomers want to make sure eveyrone nkows the rules
April 21st, 2008 at 6:50 PM
and were back! lets keep up the nice rebounding
April 21st, 2008 at 6:50 PM
Ridiculous foul by Brown.
April 21st, 2008 at 6:50 PM
nice little 7-0 run.
April 21st, 2008 at 6:50 PM
that had to hurt
April 21st, 2008 at 6:51 PM
wow should have been a foul on smith not songaila
April 21st, 2008 at 6:51 PM
That was over the back, therefore nice foul!
April 21st, 2008 at 6:52 PM
It’s good to see Songaila and Mason being more productive tonight.
April 21st, 2008 at 6:54 PM
yea but if brendon keeps playing good he can take us to the finals. he has to stay out of foul trouble
April 21st, 2008 at 6:56 PM
if we can continue 2 rebound well we will have this game
April 21st, 2008 at 6:57 PM
No kidding, that over the back nonsense etc etc
April 21st, 2008 at 6:57 PM
that was a block?
April 21st, 2008 at 6:58 PM
offensive foul anyone? :\
April 21st, 2008 at 6:58 PM
Ever seen a more offensive foul?
April 21st, 2008 at 6:58 PM
Jamison is taking us there
April 21st, 2008 at 6:58 PM
Good lord I hate them so much. I’m getting my oven ready to put my head in it…
I want to see FIRE, ANGER AND FEROCITY FROM OUR GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DRINK SOME TOUGH JUICE, ALL OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 21st, 2008 at 6:59 PM
Its back and fourth right now
April 21st, 2008 at 6:59 PM
Nice attack by Antawn… could have settled for an outside shot but didn’t.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:00 PM
They’re hitting everything while we just don’t seem to be able to defend….
April 21st, 2008 at 7:01 PM
we need to jump em now and make the lead big about 10 points to take into the 4th
April 21st, 2008 at 7:02 PM
We have got to pull it together. and quick. If they get this momentum going its going to be hard to dig ourselves out of a hole.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:03 PM
And i hope Gilbert can give us the production he gave us on Saturday.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:04 PM
We really need to turn this to a wizards game not their style.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:05 PM
Have to take better care of the basketball…
April 21st, 2008 at 7:05 PM
we need to get the crowd out of the game
April 21st, 2008 at 7:05 PM
gotta have some1 there 2 get that offensive rebound
April 21st, 2008 at 7:06 PM
Finally… let’s get the hibachi warmed up
April 21st, 2008 at 7:07 PM
not sure about that shot
April 21st, 2008 at 7:07 PM
need to get rhythym on offense back
April 21st, 2008 at 7:07 PM
That wrist is bothering him.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:08 PM
Gilbert shouldn’t shoot too much tonight… He could even “re injure” himself (he seems to be in pain).
April 21st, 2008 at 7:09 PM
We cant be settling for these long jumpers. Get in the paint and finish.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:09 PM
can someone please take daniels out… he missed his layup by getting blocked. he cant play d and he cudnt create in our fb and he took a 3 which is NOT his game.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:10 PM
Awful foul….
April 21st, 2008 at 7:11 PM
WE have got to put a stop to this NOW
April 21st, 2008 at 7:11 PM
I think after half time we will pick up but I hope he advise them to calm down though… Lets just focus on the plays, defense and the game…
April 21st, 2008 at 7:12 PM
Wizards are being dominated in every facet of this game… If they keep playing this poorly they are going to get crushed tonight.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:13 PM
bleh just got in, we better have a good run in us before the half.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:13 PM
Our defense is DEAD. nobody is rebounding and they are just FLYING into the paint
April 21st, 2008 at 7:13 PM
or possibly the 3rd quarter at this point.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:14 PM
damn guys, cmon..gotta make some buckets
April 21st, 2008 at 7:14 PM
yea but we will make or run
April 21st, 2008 at 7:15 PM
I don’t wanna comment too much right now cuz I think I’d bee too harsh on our team… But damn could we get something going…..
April 21st, 2008 at 7:15 PM
we need to get it under 10 before the half
April 21st, 2008 at 7:16 PM
More dumb fouls… Can’t give that up with two on the shot clock. Let him take the off-balance shot.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:19 PM
Thank god for halftime. We need to take this back in the locker room and pull this together. The Cavs are NOT a better team than us. They aren’t playing that well, we are just playing pretty bad. All we have to do is runt he offense and play like we did on Saturday, minus the poor shooting.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:19 PM
Hopefuly Saturday’s fourth wuarter ending is today’s second quarter ending and we’ll play better during the second half…
April 21st, 2008 at 7:21 PM
we will make our shots believe!!!!!
April 21st, 2008 at 7:21 PM
I don’t even know where to start. There are so many lapses on both the offensive and defensive end. Here are some of the problems.
1) No offensive rhythm: abandoning the offense.
2) Poor shot selection
3) Not taking care of the basketball
4) Losing the battle in the paint. Ilgauskas is killing us again.
5) Giving open looks to Gibson and Sczcerbiak.
It’s one thing if you allow open looks to jump shooters if you are containing LeBron, but they are getting burned by him too.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:22 PM
lil gil i am with you…just get our rhthym back
April 21st, 2008 at 7:24 PM
Lost our composure in the last few minutes.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:25 PM
it starts with defense…and we need to start d-ing up again.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:27 PM
Where’s AUNDRA? I could use some positive talk right now. I am so bummed out.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:27 PM
i am hoping that this will be a tale of two halves, and we will send queen james back to the nail salon before the series shifts back to DC.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:28 PM
We can and have done so much better. I think we are getting flustered or something as time goes on. We started off GREAT, lets just go back there. And I never thought I would ever say this in life, but since Gil isnt really making his shot, take the ball out of his hands. Maybe this would be a great assist night for him. If he doesnt want to drive and if his wrist is bothering him, just PASS the ball to Caron or Antawn. They cant stop all three of you…
April 21st, 2008 at 7:28 PM
If you want positive Philly was losing to Detroit by 13 at half yesterday also.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:34 PM
THANK YOU, SPORTZWIZ!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ll turn the gas down…
Yeah, we just look so nervous and disjointed. I hope someone in that locker room can calm them down. Don’t care who it is, EJ, AJ, Caron, whoever… someone needs to take charge and get us settled down and focused.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:34 PM
yeah this game could end up alot better for us we need to get stright and get after it… its time to stop being worried about who we are playing and what we said and do what it takes to win.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:35 PM
i think it was 16
April 21st, 2008 at 7:35 PM
just bad shooting …becasuye of poor offensive exceution only 7 of 19 in secoind quarter and we have to start makjing our free throws…
April 21st, 2008 at 7:39 PM
a hand check foul in the playoffs?
April 21st, 2008 at 7:40 PM
can we umm play d now.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:42 PM
CMON WIZARDS
April 21st, 2008 at 7:43 PM
wow…sorry to say i agree with reggie miller on that one…deshawn shouldn’t be taunting at this point…
April 21st, 2008 at 7:43 PM
Man that’s a question of not letting yourself down, true he ain’t doing good but still we’re on the road we gotta show some pride… even now!
April 21st, 2008 at 7:44 PM
This is very hard to watch. Jamison missing layups now?
April 21st, 2008 at 7:44 PM
Why are we playing like this? We can do better than this. Everyone is playing like they are tired and they dont know what they are doing. Dont let this wack team show us up like this….
April 21st, 2008 at 7:45 PM
We’re litteraly falling apart….
April 21st, 2008 at 7:45 PM
lol its paying back now huh
April 21st, 2008 at 7:45 PM
still taking quick shots
April 21st, 2008 at 7:45 PM
thank you finally taking it to the rim.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:46 PM
down to 10 by 4 minute mark please….
April 21st, 2008 at 7:47 PM
This is 100% out of control…
April 21st, 2008 at 7:48 PM
OMG that some much Bull
April 21st, 2008 at 7:48 PM
What now Miller?? Not a nice playoff hard foul?
April 21st, 2008 at 7:48 PM
he did not touch him
April 21st, 2008 at 7:49 PM
Eh that was at least a 1 i’ll admit.. I don’t know about the 2 though.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:49 PM
This is so ridiculous… How can you call a flagrant-2 when the guy jumps right up off the floor? How hard could the foul have been?
April 21st, 2008 at 7:49 PM
even reggie said it
April 21st, 2008 at 7:49 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAYWOOD :((
April 21st, 2008 at 7:49 PM
That is insane.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:50 PM
oh this is hard to take
April 21st, 2008 at 7:50 PM
tag man calm down cant be saying stuff like that on here
April 21st, 2008 at 7:50 PM
Honestly I’m just gonna try and stay calm and funny there…. They’re constantly trying to kill AD and as soon as Brendan touches THE DAMN QUENN HE GETS EJECTED!!!!!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!
April 21st, 2008 at 7:51 PM
wiz4life its off
April 21st, 2008 at 7:51 PM
Yeah I agree with Reggie on that one…its an F1.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:52 PM
I cant BELIEVE this. We have GOT to settle down. If we can get in a nice run or two we can still pull this off.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:52 PM
We are getting eaten alive right now.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:52 PM
I’m getting tired with the refs and the way the queen (to remain polite) is treated… I mean I know this has been going on for a while with many different superstars but damn that’s just so wrong….
April 21st, 2008 at 7:53 PM
i’m sorry maybe i should have said it a little less obscene but everyone here will agree with me that the refs baby lebron way too much.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:53 PM
I’ve never seen anyone who gets as many calls as LeBron does complain so much.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:54 PM
As if they needed to play dirty….
April 21st, 2008 at 7:54 PM
I DONT BELIEVE THIS!!!!!
April 21st, 2008 at 7:54 PM
Awful call by the ref. He was still moving even if he was outside. Awful.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:54 PM
he was standing on the line wile moving and its a charge
April 21st, 2008 at 7:55 PM
And another botched call… Wallace was clearly in the restricted area.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:55 PM
he was inside the area, come on, we cant play the team and the refs
April 21st, 2008 at 7:55 PM
i’m just so pissed off right now. at least there’s one bright spot for DC sports: caps are tied with the flyers.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:55 PM
Wallace was moving … now way!
April 21st, 2008 at 7:55 PM
wizards need to dig deep and play harder an smarter
April 21st, 2008 at 7:55 PM
One of his feet was in the air, are you kidding me?
April 21st, 2008 at 7:56 PM
gawd i cant watch this
April 21st, 2008 at 7:56 PM
It’s just not possible to win when faced with this type of situation. If even the Wiz were playing well, it just wouldn’t matter. It’s in their head now and the big 3 are doing nothing. More Young, less stevenson. It’s not like stevenson is stopping lebron, so young couldn’t do any worse.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:57 PM
They are definitely in our head. Why does this always happen in the playoffs? It’s like we are scared of them or something. This is crap.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:57 PM
i say we all get together and protest the whole series if they don’t care about the fans of both teams enuf to do whats wright we should let em know about it
April 21st, 2008 at 7:58 PM
well i see that our second round is goin down the drown…just turned on the game
April 21st, 2008 at 7:59 PM
SELDOM do you see worse officiating. SELDOM. How are we supposed to win if the refs can’t call a fair game? I REALLY don’t want to lost this game like this. Eddie must be INCENSED…
April 21st, 2008 at 7:59 PM
and plus they callin to many fouls on us…this game we definitley didnt win..
April 21st, 2008 at 8:00 PM
and nun of our shots are goin in….well bye bye wizards…BOSTON gon get in cav’s azz
April 21st, 2008 at 8:01 PM
This is insane. Is this a basketball game? I can’t tell if it is.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:01 PM
Gilbert NEEDS TO COME OUT. PLEASE take him out. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take him out….
April 21st, 2008 at 8:02 PM
where is bridge? i no he’s pissed
April 21st, 2008 at 8:02 PM
Wow wats gting on? Its like we r not even trying anymore… U can see it on their faces
April 21st, 2008 at 8:02 PM
Why don’t the officials just eject every single players out there by giving 6 fouls to everyone??
April 21st, 2008 at 8:03 PM
damn i know charles barkley happy now
April 21st, 2008 at 8:03 PM
I dunno Eddie has got to get our guys in control…
April 21st, 2008 at 8:03 PM
The only hope I have is that our players don’t start acting crazy and get techs or whatever, that’d be so stupid (but totally understood as I’d have a couple of words for the officials tonight).
April 21st, 2008 at 8:04 PM
Lets hope we can regroup mentally and get a quick run going here.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:04 PM
iight goodnight yall…game over…series is over
April 21st, 2008 at 8:04 PM
its best of seven ant. glad to see you are off of here though.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:05 PM
You can’t even blame the refs for this one. The Wiz flat out stick right now. They weren’t going to win this one.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:05 PM
ahh come on
April 21st, 2008 at 8:05 PM
don’t give up ant, I mean we could all give up but no, that’s just a bad dream or something… we’re the wizards not the heat (we’re playing like the heat right now).
April 21st, 2008 at 8:05 PM
HAND CHECK?!?!? Now I know the refs are crazy…
April 21st, 2008 at 8:05 PM
we were on a run when they tossed haywood
April 21st, 2008 at 8:05 PM
ummm….ok that was a bad call…
April 21st, 2008 at 8:06 PM
that was cheap they still in it
April 21st, 2008 at 8:06 PM
This is SURREAL, just incredible I juste can’t believe what I’m seeing….
April 21st, 2008 at 8:06 PM
The press is going to be all over this team, and deservedly so. I wonder what Eddie Jordan’s plan is to change the dynamic.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:06 PM
Hey guys, we need to settle down and the team needs to settle down, this is exactly what they want us to do play out of control. Now is the time for Eddie to settle this team down and get back to what got us here. (smart defence and good offence) All of this I can do it better than you w/ Lebron needs to start, this is a team not one guy, lets go team.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:06 PM
no, the refs calls are HORRIBLE! i wouldn’t even say the flagrant on varejao was flagrant, just a clean-hard playoff foul, but haywood’s definitely wasn’t a flagrant TWO! it’s only because it’s lebron and the refs give him the calls so he won’t cry. basically whenever we play the cavs it’s 5 vs 8.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:08 PM
i am about to quit watching basketball at all i follow my team all year to watch the Refs give the game to a team that should have been in our house to start with its not what the game is about and the man that runs this league needs to know what he has done to this game
April 21st, 2008 at 8:11 PM
I mean, Ive never seen such a thing in a playoff game. The refs are seriously out of line. I hope when the league reviews this game (which they will), i hope they see the refs NOT GOING THEY job. I mean, we cant win for losing
April 21st, 2008 at 8:12 PM
To be honest even without all the bad calls we would be down, I mean it would be totally different but still, we’re not in the game, we have many things to change before thursday.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:13 PM
…can only get better in the 4th
April 21st, 2008 at 8:13 PM
86-63, Come on this is not all the refs, we are not rebounding and to be honest right now Gil is a liability.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:14 PM
The thing with that is, I can see our guys giving up and losing hope. They see what the refs are doing and it kills your spirit. When you are just down on your own merit, then you can muster up the strength to close the game out strong. We have come back from more against better teams. But when you know the refs are going to make all the calls against you, then why even bother
April 21st, 2008 at 8:15 PM
cant think about the bad calls it happens. the series doesn’t start until somebody loses at home
April 21st, 2008 at 8:15 PM
yes we are being outhustled….the haywood call we do not agree with but..we have made poor offensive decisions
April 21st, 2008 at 8:15 PM
People - stop blaming the refs for making the Wizards be down by 20+. Everything that the Wizards learned about how to play better team basketball is completely lost now that Arenas is back. I’ve never been so upset at the team for playing 1 on 5 basketball during the last 4 minutes of Game 1 and all of the second half in Game 2. It is frustrating to lose, but blaming the refs is a cop-out response.
If the Wizards don’t wake up now from BAD BAD BAD basketball, not even a more friendly home crowd will help them in Games 3 & 4. Lastly, Wizards need to stop playing like THUGS. They’re trying to be the Bad Boys of Pistons and they’re making themselves look foolish on national tv.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:16 PM
We need a run and NOW. If Gil is not going to help then TAKE HIM OUT. It doenst have to be this way
April 21st, 2008 at 8:16 PM
well you can think that but if you drive get nailed an they dont call a foul then you dont score if your outside shot is not falling what do you do? then you have one guy driveing he missed his shot and if it gets off the rim you have a foul
April 21st, 2008 at 8:16 PM
Go down fighting, Id rather everyone foul out than what I see now
April 21st, 2008 at 8:18 PM
same for me suzie….
April 21st, 2008 at 8:18 PM
Wally is so annoying right now. Man that guy annoys me.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:19 PM
a rebound would be GREAT
April 21st, 2008 at 8:21 PM
OMG what happened????
April 21st, 2008 at 8:21 PM
we look deflated…no effort on defense.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:21 PM
they not playing with heart im gonna watch the capitals
April 21st, 2008 at 8:22 PM
I’m really hesitating on watching the end or not… but I will as usually…. damn we could be such a good team I can’t believe what has happens (it’s not even anymore happening…).
April 21st, 2008 at 8:24 PM
Caps:4-2
April 21st, 2008 at 8:24 PM
ima watch 2 the caps seem like they are gonna win
April 21st, 2008 at 8:25 PM
NODNARB1 = typical fairweather fan
April 21st, 2008 at 8:25 PM
Don’t understand why Gilbert is on the floor. I thought they wanted to limit his minutes.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:25 PM
We BARELY care. We probably just trumped this up as a loss and want to work on game 3, which is probably going to be without Brendan. And why are Caron and AD sitting. We could at least try to go down with some dignity
April 21st, 2008 at 8:26 PM
Don’t give ant such a hard time. He has every right to be dissapointed and who can still be optimistic about the wizards chances after this game? It’s been a total fiasco.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:27 PM
I’m just looking for some composure on the floor for the last 6 minutes of the game.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:29 PM
yeah better news from philly……yeah to the polint..whiulke we could questions some calls…haywood….the refs didn’t do this..the wizards did not execute on offense…and it all unraveled
April 21st, 2008 at 8:29 PM
I know why Roger Mason is struggling so bad. His confidence is completely down because he knows that Gilbert is back and his minutes are going to be limited. Just like Blatche last month, when Songaila played very solidly, Andray went to the dumps.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:29 PM
That would be lovely. Just because this game is out of reach doesnt mean we have to just sit down and take it. The Hawks fought tooth and nail against the Celtics, and they lasted longer than we did. This is probably one of the worst games we have ever played
April 21st, 2008 at 8:30 PM
its gonna be embarrising cuz everbody is gonna rip on the wizards since they where talking trash. i dont even wanna watch tnt postgame
April 21st, 2008 at 8:30 PM
come on you guys are killing me, iam a fan, this is a series, this is not the final 4. This team can do this, this game is over and it was bad, we come ho