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Opinion: In brief: Heat roar back to tie series with Hawks

23 Apr 2009 00:28:17 PDT

BusinessWorld Online WA •Wizards turn to Saunders: Flip Saunders officially has the job on the Washington Wizards' bench, complete with an $18 million, four-year contract and the task of picking up the pieces from one of the worst seasons in franchise history. ...

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BDL's 2008-09 NBA Season Preview: Washington Wizards

14 Oct 2008 13:30:27 PDT

Written by J.E. Skeets
Last Season: 43-39; lost in first round of playoffs to LeBron The Wizards are thin, thinner than they were last year, and getting older in all the wrong places. In an improved Eastern Conference, that will be enough to drag things down. Michael Bay's Twitter Season Projection:

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Opinion: Butler Does It: Last Second Shot Staves off Elimination for Wizards

01 May 2008 07:30:00 PDT

Written by David Friedman
Of course, no Cleveland-Washington playoff game this year would be complete without the obligatory incident featuring extracurricular contact and jawing by Wizards' players, with both the contact and the jawing generally directed at James. This time, Darius Songaila made a backhand slap to James' face after Songaila had already fouled him on a driving move. James simply rubbed his jaw and moved away but players from both teams congregated around each other and started woofing and posturing. For no apparent reason, Stevenson slapped down Anderson Varejao's arm. After the officials sorted everything out, Songaila, Stevenson and Varejao received technical fouls.

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Opinion: Cavs-Wizards Game 4 Recap

28 Apr 2008 08:07:30 PDT

Written by Ryan Jones
CLEVELAND WINS THE TIP. “Awful pass by Stevenson.” —Mike Tirico “Foul by Stevenson.” — Mike Tirico “Stevenson off the mark.” —Mike Tirico Some other stuff happens, and then Antonio Daniels hits a three to put the Wizards back on top, 23-22. Jamison dittos, 44-41. 4Q: Caron hits a pair. 80-75.

Original story at SLAM Online .

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Opinion: Wizards Bounce Back From Embarrassing Loss to Rout Cavs

25 Apr 2008 04:53:00 PDT

Written by David Friedman
In my Cavs-Wizards series preview article for CavsNews.com, I predicted that this series would start out 2-2 before the Cavs prevail in six games. I said that the keys for the Cavs, as always, are the brilliance of LeBron James supplemented by team defense and rebounding, while the Wizards must focus on teamwork and ball movement on offense while limiting James to near his average on defense, thus forcing other Cavs to perform very well. I also predicted that--contrary to all suggestions from the Wizards--Arenas would rejoin the starting lineup, most likely in game three. So far, the series has played out according to the script that I described. The Cavaliers stayed true to their recipe for success in the first two games while at the same ti...

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Opinion: Well Done is Better Than Well Said: Cavs Silence Wizards, 93-86

19 Apr 2008 22:32:00 PDT

Written by David Friedman
Yes, this was just game one and the Wizards may very well win game two and seize homecourt advantage but the point is that we have years of evidence from the regular season and the playoffs about both James and Arenas and that mountain of evidence shows that James is a franchise player and that Arenas is not. That does not mean that Arenas has no value or that he makes the team worse or that he can't have a big game and carry the Wizards to a win or two in this series--but it does mean that, barring evidence to the contrary, he cannot lift the Wizards the same way that James lifted the Cavs last season. As Coach Brown predicted, several players took turns guarding Arenas. James can perhaps bother Arenas the most because James is much bigger and just as qui...

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Opinion: The Score, the Key Stat, the Bottom Line: Playoff Positioning

13 Apr 2008 02:43:00 PDT

Written by David Friedman
The Bottom Line: The Sixers could have moved up to fifth place in the East but instead they slid to seventh and the Wizards are now in fifth place. Washington controlled this game on both the inside and the outside, outrebounding Philadelphia 48-36 and shooting a blistering 12-22 (.545) from three point range. Antawn Jamison had an excellent game, posting game-high totals in points (25) and rebounds (13) to help the Wizards make up for the absence of injured All-Star Caron Butler. Arenas got off to a slow start, shooting just 2-8 from the field, but he owned the fourth quarter, scoring 12 points on 5-6 shooting while also contributing as a rebounder and playmaker. This is the Arenas that Wizards' fans have been waiting all season to see and if th...

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Opinion: Q&A: Mike Prada from Bullets Forever

10 Feb 2008 22:20:46 PST

Written by Atma Brother ONE
From the Chris Webber/ Juwan Howard era Bullets to the failed Mitch Richmond/ Rod Strickland experiment to the disasterous Michael Jordan comeback Wizards, which were only good for some fly retro striped Bullets jerseys to the assemblage of the Washington Warriors with Larry Hughes,...

Original story at Golden State Of Mind .

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Opinion: NBA Coast to Coast Crew Hands Out First Half Awards

29 Jan 2008 23:50:00 PST

Written by David Friedman
Tim Legler said that the Wizards need Arenas because his special talents give Washington a chance to beat elite teams on a given night. That is interesting--I guess Legler missed that Washington has beaten Boston twice this season and just recently routed Dallas. Legler added that this year's Wizards are much better defensively because Antonio Daniels is a better, more physical defender than Arenas and that Daniels puts more pressure on opposing point guards than Arenas did. Daniels is obviously not a big time scorer but that is not a bad thing; he shoots a good percentage, gets the ball into the hands of his team's scorers and plays good defense. In other words, Daniels plays like a point guard. With Arenas, it was all about the show--the Age...

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Opinion: Agent Zero and Celtics Bench Support

03 Nov 2007 17:02:09 PDT

Written by ManchvegasBob
The first game of the season was in full view Friday night against the Washington Wizards – a sell-out crowd, ESPN coverage on national television, and the suspense of the new threesome on the Celtics. The drama was heightened by none other than Agent Zero, a.k.a. the blogger and all-star guar...

Original story at MVN .

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Opinion: Wizards Hit With Painful Spell - Hartford Courant

08 Apr 2007 00:07:31 PDT

Wizards Hit With Painful Spell CT - Caron Butler likened the Wizards' double dose of bad luck this past week to being snake bitten. Washington figured to be a threat to go deep in the playoffs ... NBA Notes: Ex-LSU star Thomas giving Bulls reasons to smile Shreveport Times

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Opinion: Time runs out on Salmons

22 Feb 2007 19:02:44 PST

Gilbert Arenas scored 30 of his 43 points in the first half, and the Washington Wizards blew a 17-point fourth-quarter lead and survived a video review at the buzzer to beat the Sacramento Kings 109-106 Thursday night. With 0.7 seconds remaining, John Salmons took a long inbounds pass and m...

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Opinion: Wizards report

20 Jan 2007 21:46:00 PST

DC - Jan 20, 2007 Wizards coach Eddie Jordan, who said he would be happy to change his plans if Washington has the East's best record through Feb. 4. If that were to happen, ... Douglas Pils: Week in review/preview San Antonio Express all 2 news articles

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Opinion: Rollin' with Smokin' Al Koken

27 Jun 2006 17:55:00 PDT

Written by mikediamond06@aol.com
Al Koken has served in a number of major broadcast roles for the Washington Capitals, Washington Wizards, Baltimore Orioles, and CAA basketball. Currently, he is the co-host of the award winning "John Thompson Show" on WTEM, and the host of "BallHogs," a popular Redskins talk show. NHL Dr...

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