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_______13-36, 14th East_______________________________32-18, 4th East
_____13-11 Home / 1-9 last 10 ______________________ 15-11 Home / 6-4 Last 10

Coming off of a loss to Gilbert Arenas and the visiting Orlando Magic, YOUR Washington Wizards strap it on for the second of a home back-to-back versus Southeast Conference rival Atlanta Hawks. The Hawks are also on the tail end of a back-to-back, having won on Friday night in a thrilling 1 point win versus the L.A. Clippers. Hawks F Al Horford took a nasty shot (Flagrant 1) from Clippers F Blake Griffin with 0.6 seconds left - and his subsequent free throws proved to be the margin of victory. Don't know as I write this if Horford will have any lingering effects from the landing awkwardly after getting fouled, but he was gimpy while shooting his FTs.

YOUR Washington Wizards limp into the contest the winners of just one of their last 10 games. Rookie F Trevor Booker had a good game for your Wizards in Friday night's loss. G Kirk Hinrich had a good second half coming off of the bench.

It would appear that the game will come down to two factors - (1) Can the Wizards front line match-up with the Hawks'? (2) Can Kirk Hinrich slow down Jamal Crawford?

Saturday night in the District. All of the young men and ladies be looking fine at the phone booth to catch the game before hitting the clubs. Can YOUR Wizards find the juju to come up with a win at home?



Projected Lineups:

Point Guard

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________John Wall, 6' 4", Kentucky___________________Mike Bibby, 6' 2", Arizona
________14.7 ppg, 9.3 apg, 4.1 rpg ___________________9.6 ppg, 3.7 apg, 2.5 rpg


Off Guard

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______Nick Young, 6' 7", USC_______________________Joe Johnson, 6' 7", Arkansas
_____17.3 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.3 apg ______________________20.6 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 5.5 apg


Small Forward

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___Rashard Lewis, 6' 10", Alief Elsik HS____________Josh Smith, 6' 9", Oak Hill Academy
______12.9 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 1.7 apg _____________________17.2 ppg, 8.9 rpg, 3.4 apg


Power Forward

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___Andre Blatche, 6' 11", South Kent Prep_____________Al Horford, 6' 10", Florida
________16.1 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 0.9 bpg __________________16.1 ppg, 9.9 rpg, 1.1 bpg


Center

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_____JaVale McGee, 7' 0", Nevada ___________________Jason Collins, 7' 0", Stanford
_______9.1 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 2.5 bpg _______________________2.1 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 0.2 bpg



The Ones to Watch

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________Wizards G Kirk Hinrich______________________Hawks G Jamal Crawford

The battle of reserve guards, Hinrich vs Crawford / defense vs offense may very well be key to the game.



-- Can the Wizards turn around a bad patch and get a win versus a Southeast Conference rival?
-- Which team will win the battle of the boards and points in the paint?
-- Can Hinrich's D slow down Crawford's offensive prowess?

Post your thoughts, opinions, and predictions here.


What: Washington Wizards vs Atlanta Hawks

Where: Verizon Center - Washington, DC

When: 7:00 p.m. (EST)

TV: Comcast Sportsnet, NBA League Pass

Radio: 106.7 The Fan


Go Wizards!

National TV game. We don't want to embarrass ourselves.

HA! When was the last time we played well on a national stage?

wait waht?! another back to back game?! and man, i hate playing atlanta. they always burn us with their athleticism. should be a good game for booker to get some burn.


looking at the box score i didnt realize booker had 6 blocks last nite!

Tyrone Messby wrote:HA! When was the last time we played well on a national stage?

To be fair NBA TV doesn't really have the same cachet as TNT or ESPN. But I don't expect them to match up well against the Hawks.

The Hawks' bigs embarrassed us last time. It was one of our worst performances of the season. I hope we don't have to watch another shameful performance tonight. Somebody tell McGee to wake up and start playing like he did in December.

Bibby is in a slump right now. Most of the season he has been money from 3 but lately he can't buy one. If he isn't hitting open 3s he is pretty much worthless and his backup Teague sucks.

The Hawks rely heavily on jump shooting. they are second to last in the league in foul shot attempts.

nate33 wrote:The Hawks' bigs embarrassed us last time. It was one of our worst performances of the season. I hope we don't have to watch another shameful performance tonight. Somebody tell McGee to wake up and start playing like he did in December.

Seriously. I wonder if Horford sits tonight after the nasty spill he took en route to winning it for the Hawks last night.

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And in the all-important battle of the dance team representatives, submitted for your review are:


Wizards Girl Javai





Javai is a second year veteran with the Wizards girls. She one held a job giving elevator tours of the Washington Monument. Her favorite movie is that chick flick The Notebook. She has never had milk and cereal in her life. Her favorite book is The Bible.


Hawks Cheerleader Juliana






Juliana holds a Bachelor of Science degree from VA Tech in Human Nutrition/Food and Exercise. She's both an licensed EMT in Georgia as well as an IFBB Bikini Professional competitor. (That's so not fair). Her friends describe her as a free spirit.

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Uh oh, I have a bad feeling about tonight's game. Juliana's got some skillz.



Ummm, let's go Wiz?

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Oh and preemptive warning fellow board members.

Anybody complain about the cheerleader photos, above, and I swear I'm gonna go back to posting Luv-a-Bull photos in every game thread.

You've been warned.

Feeling a win today.

both daughters backing out again tonight - this means I got an extra tix

would settle for $30 if someone is interested

it's a lower lvl seat sec 107 - you may even get to meet
BP32, if he decides to show up that is.

is it just me, but yesterday were we pumping out artificial noise yesterday? Just something I thought I noticed, I hope we aren't pulling a celtics in that regard.

Oh my, that Julian chick is bad.

Horford is out. Good luck fellas.

Hopeful for a home win with Horford out

get-able

hawks win the battle of the cheer girls though

Horford is the guy the Hawks really can't afford to lose. All of the backup bigs are garbage.

tontoz wrote:Horford is the guy the Hawks really can't afford to lose. All of the backup bigs are garbage.

Zaza is prolly better than all our bigs... We suck...

Pachulia outplayed McGee at both ends.

At the same time Blatche offered nothing but his usual ball stopping and over-dribbling, followed by a miss.

Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:Pachulia outplayed McGee at both ends.

At the same time Blatche offered nothing but his usual ball stopping and over-dribbling, followed by a miss.

+1

It's Booker Time!!!