THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2010
Philips Arena - Atlanta, GA
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The Wizards have gone a full month and have yet to win a road game.
"It's discouraging, but nobody is hanging their head about it," guard Gilbert Arenas said Sunday after the Wizards fell to the Pistons 115-110. "You just have to keep on pushing yourself and pushing yourself. That first one on the road is big because it unifies you. It's gonna happen soon."
In the coming days they are going to have plenty of opportunities to get that first road victory. They play at Atlanta on Thanksgiving and home against Southeast Division leader Orlando on Saturday, then play four of their next five games on the road. That includes three games in four nights against three Western Conference teams -- Phoenix, the world champion Los Angeles Lakers and the Sacramento Kings.
The Wizards have always fared poorly on the West Coast, so they'd like to get a win on the road before their first cross-country trip.
"It has to happen soon," Arenas said. "We want to stay in it. To do that you have to get wins on the road. That's what the good teams do."
Wizards' Report
That 6-0 start has faded into the background.
This is what happens when you lose seven of nine games after that mercurial start, which did come at the expense of six non-playoff teams.
Instead of coasting into a Thanksgiving night home game against John Wall, Gilbert Arenas and the Washington Wizards, the Hawks face the daunting task of trying to right all their wrongs before a TNT audience on a showcase night.
They'll hit the road again immediately after that, with trips to New York and Toronto over the weekend, still trying to figure out what ails them.
Joe Johnson's playing with a black glove on his left hand and struggling to find any sort of rhythm. Jamal Crawford finally got a few shots to fall in a loss to New Jersey, but he hasn't been much better than Johnson.
Hawks coach Larry Drew is preaching to his team to stick together and fight through what amounts to the first crisis of his tenure, one that looks eerily similar to the periodical lapses in focus and energy suffered during Mike Woodson's tenure.
"We just have to keep working," Drew said. "We can't feel sorry for ourselves. As you go through the course of the season, there are going to be some ups and some downs. You learn how to handle adversity. These are the types of situations that will make you stronger as a team. You don't fragment. You pull together."
Hawks' Report
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JOSH HOWARD
ACL Surgery - Day to day
AL THORNTON
Sprained left ankle - Game time decision
YI JIANLIAN
Hyper-extended right knee - Day to day
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BRAND COMMITS ATTEMPTED MURDER
(and still got dunked on....b*tch)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaHoBQq0azw[/youtube]
HOW NICK YOUNG HIT THE GAME WINNER
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhjJTFTsqoU[/youtube]
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GOOD JUJU
REALLY GOOD JUJU
MIGHTY GOOD JUJU
SERIOUSLY THIS TIME!!
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