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The Washington Wizards have been a notoriously bad home team over the past couple of years, but they haven't had an issue with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Washington looks to continue its domination over Cleveland on Saturday night as it tries to open 2-0 at home for the first time since 2006-07.

The Wizards (1-3) are tied for 28th with 29 home victories since the start of the 2008-09 season - but somehow have gone 3-0 against the Cavaliers, who then featured LeBron James on the roster.

Washington also is 12-2 against the Cavaliers at the Verizon Center in the regular season since the beginning of 2002-03.

John Wall has been the topic of much discussion since scoring 29 points, dishing out 13 assists, and tying a franchise record with nine steals in his home debut Tuesday night, a 116-115 overtime win against Philadelphia.

The top overall draft pick in 2010 put up 13 points and a team-high seven assists in Friday night's 112-91 loss to the Knicks, but also turned the ball over nine times - giving him 17 in his last two contests.

Wall knows he needs to take better care of the basketball.

"I'm a leader, I've got to be a better leader and a better decision maker for my team," he said. "To win games I've got to keep the turnovers down."

Gilbert Arenas made his return to action for the first time since Jan. 5, before he was suspended for the final 50 games of last season for bringing guns into the locker room.

Arenas was glad to get back on the court but knows it will take some time getting into the flow of things.

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dandridge 10 wrote:I predict Verajao gets his career high in rebounds.

Rafael122 wrote:And it should be Hinrich. I think Hinrich will have a solid season overall, but he needs to come off the bench. Like I said in the Knick game thread, there's too much pressure on Wall to create offense and handle the ball. They need Gil out there.

LyricalRico wrote:

Rafael122 wrote:And it should be Hinrich. I think Hinrich will have a solid season overall, but he needs to come off the bench. Like I said in the Knick game thread, there's too much pressure on Wall to create offense and handle the ball. They need Gil out there.

I don't even think it's Gil's ball handling that's the most important. Having somebody that can create a shot for themselves I think is the biggest need. Dray has been trying but when he tries to do that too much he gets into trouble. The only other guy that can do it is Howard and he's still hurt. Hinrich, Thornton, McGee, Yi, etc are all guys who can't create anything on their own. Chris Paul could probably get this bunch going, but Wall isn't on that level yet. As long as Gil doesn't pound the ball too much, starting him to take pressure off Wall will help IMO.

dlts20 wrote:Flip seemed like he wanted to bring Gil off the bench for 3 games. I could see him still doing that due to guys always looking good in game 1 but then sucking some right after that when the reality of rust sets in. He's also coming back at the exact time we play a back to back so Flip might not want to risk it.

However, there are 2 very big reasons why Gil should start now. 1st off Wall obviously needs it & so does Dray. They need that help. 2nd, we are playing 3 straight winnable "home" games. Its the perfect time to start him. If Gil is on the bench the first 3 games then he might be making his 1st start against 6'8 Stephen Jackson. You dont want that. Get him in there now and get use to things for not only him but the guys around him. The home crowd should give them the momentum to carry itover

dandridge 10 wrote:I predict Verajao gets his career high in rebounds.