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Player of the Game - Wizards at Celtics (1/14)

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:22 am
by WizStorm
Here are the Player of the Game nominees from tonight's win over the Boston Celtics, again (yawn, ho-um)...

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Caron Butler: 21 MF'ing CLUTCH points (FG:7/17, 3P:0/1, FT:7/7),
6 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, 1 block, 1 turnover

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Antawn Jamison: 20 points (FG:8/21, 3P:2/8, FT:2/3), 10 rebounds,
1 block, 1 turnover

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"D"Shawn Stevenson: 16 points (FG:4/10, 3P:4/7, FT:4/4), 4 rebounds,
4 assists, 4 steals, 2 turnovers

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Brendan Haywood: 14 points (FG:4/7, FT:6/6), 7 rebounds, 1 block, 5 turnovers

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Antonio Daniels: 7 points (FG:1/3, 3P:0/1, FT:5/6), 9 assists,
2 rebounds, 1 turnover


Feel free to post your thoughts and argue the merits for your favorite candidate. Also be sure to post your thoughts on the 2nd and 3rd place guys, including role-players that stepped up and made a difference in the victory.



Player of the game from the Wizards victory over the Boston Celtics (1/12) (link)..
Image Player of Game - DeShawn Stevenson Image
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_________19 points (FG:5/11, 3P:1/5, FT:8/8 ), 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal
________________________2nd Place - Antawn Jamison
________________________3rd Place - Antonio Daniels


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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:25 am
by wermolwermol777
This was a team win. A tough road game, a statement game against a team that wanted revenge. A team win. So much heart to come back from 14 down midway through the 4th.

Everyone deserves it...this was awesome.

But for all the obvious reasons, for sole statistical purposes.

1- Butler
2- Stevenson
3- Haywood

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:26 am
by tkunit
other= the team

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:27 am
by daSwami
other = thread starter extraordinaire zenmeister swami

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:29 am
by BigA
Butler for the big plays at the end, but as everyone else has mentioned it was a huge team effort. Just like Saturday.

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:29 am
by nate33
This one is so tough. Deshawn saved us over and over with timely 3's and good D. Haywood turned the ball over a ton, but played great D, and hit all of his free throws. Jamison played some of the best D of his life. AD ran the show with poise. Butler took the brunt of Boston's defensive effort and still came away with solid numbers and a ton of clutch buckets down the stretch.

I gotta go with Butler here just because he was so clutch

2nd place: Stevenson

3rd place: Haywood.

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:35 am
by wermolwermol777
daSwami wrote:other = thread starter extraordinaire zenmeister swami


I can't believe nobody has given credit for this yet :D

Please don't stop!

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:37 am
by Hawaii
I gotta give it to Caron, just for the clutch-ness. He was playing his heart out the last few minutes. But the whole team did a great job, and the game was good!

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:38 am
by ZonkertheBrainless
TOUGH JESUS

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:44 am
by Rafael122
The Washington Wizards.

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:53 am
by clubbing_caveman
Team. IMO, this is the game where everyone figured out their roles and what they can bring to the team game. Yah, we got another clutch player in Tough Juice. But its the team game that got us to the point where Tough Juice did his thing.

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:55 am
by jimij
Ditto on the love for the whole starting five.

1. Butler - very Gilbertesque down the stretch with the one-on-one drives down the stretch.

2. DS - anyone still wish we had Navarro

3. Haywood (by a hair over AJ) - yes he had the turnovers, but he was the guy who forced the last two misses by Garnett and Allen when Boston had a chance to win it.

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:59 am
by Spence
Butler.
Then Eddie.

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:04 am
by JWizmentality
Butla Baby!!!! 1mil TOMMY POINTS YEAH!!!

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:05 am
by dandridge 10
Juice!!! Tough D, clutch shots, and overall leadership

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:12 am
by Chocolate City Jordanaire
I'm going DeShawn because he was +19, by far the highest on the team.

DS had 4 steals and made Ray Allen hurt the Celtics. DeShawn's most responsible for the tone of the game; him and Haywood.

Also, Stevenson kept the Wizards in the game early, hitting a lot of big threes.

Caron will win, but I voted Stevenson.

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:14 am
by Kanyewest
Paul Pierce for talking trash at Caron.

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:19 am
by WizStorm
Kanyewest wrote:Paul Pierce for talking trash at Caron.
Kind of like C's fans coming in and telling us a sarcastic "good game" after they thought they had the game in the bag before the game was even over.

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:26 am
by RMJ
butler for the big plays down the strech

DS with some masive shots

haywood with his great defence at the end

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:33 am
by Donkey McDonkerton
WizStorm wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Kind of like C's fans coming in and telling us a sarcastic "good game" after they thought they had the game in the bag before the game was even over.


Oh man, I just read through the entire game thread...that was f'in great!