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Anemic offense slowing Wizards
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Rather than dwell on his team's fourth straight defeat, Gilbert Arenas chose instead to point out a positive: The Washington Wizards, he says, finally have shored up a long-standing weakness - defense. The numbers back up Arenas. The Wizards (2-5) ranked among the worst teams...
NBA's Dudley shoots for statehouse
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SALEM, Ore. | Chris Dudley's free-throw shots were always iffy propositions. Now the former Portland Trail Blazer is in a new arena, taking aim at a governor's chair — and Oregon's Republicans think he can score. The one-time pro basketball star has not formally...
Wizards 'out of gas,' lose fourth straight
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Gilbert Arenas knocked down a 20-foot jumper in Steve Nash's face late in the first quarter and brought back his old Hibachi move. Palms up, he waved his hands back and forth as if warming them on an imaginary grill, then he ran back down the Verizon Center floor Sunday. Then...
Tom Knott: Not taking a pass at working together
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The Wizards already are immersed in self-doubt. They are out of sync and out of sorts, found wanting in purpose and cohesiveness. They are not a pretty sight, whether it is Caron Butler missing three shots at the rim or Randy Foye, inexplicably, making an ill-advised move to the...
Wizards drop fourth in a row
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The Washington Wizards were unable to break out of the funk that has plagued them the past week and suffered their fourth straight loss Sunday, falling 102-90 to the visiting Phoenix Suns. The Wizards put on a better showing than they did in Friday's blowout loss at Indiana but...
Bad flashback for the Wizards
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INDIANAPOLIS | So this is what it was like, huh? Gilbert Arenas found himself thinking that Friday night after a 102-86 loss to the Indiana Pacers. He finally realized how Antawn Jamison and Caron Butler felt during the Washington Wizards' 19-63 season a year ago. Arenas, sidelined...
After loss to Pacers, Jamison blasts effort
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INDIANAPOLIS | The one-armed team captain stormed from the locker room alone after unleashing a vicious, expletive-laced tongue-lashing. Antawn Jamison, still recovering from a partially dislocated right shoulder, had just watched suit-clad from the end of the bench as his Washington...
Listless Wizards fall on the road
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INDIANAPOLIS | Flip Saunders threw darn near the entire kitchen sink at the Indiana Pacers on Friday night at Conseco Fieldhouse. He tried the traditional lineup (although it was his third different one of the season thanks to injuries). He tried a small lineup. He played Gilbert...
'No setbacks' as Jamison rehabs
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Antawn Jamison took another step in his rehabilitation Thursday, reporting no problems after participating in noncontact drills for about 45 minutes at an optional practice before the Washington Wizards boarded a plane to Indiana for Friday's game against the Pacers. "I...
Ankle injury slows Carter
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From combined dispatches Orlando Magic guard Vince Carter was sidelined against the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night with a sprained left ankle. Carter was first injured Friday against New Jersey. Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said Carter aggravated the ankle Tuesday against Detroit...
Mistakes near end hamper Wizards
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After sleeping through a first half in which they trailed the visiting Miami Heat by double digits for long stretches, the Wizards rallied for a dramatic second-half comeback Wednesday. Washington had three chances to take the lead in the final minute but blew all of them, falling...
Cavaliers' West faces additional charges
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From combined dispatches Cleveland Cavaliers guard Delonte West was indicted Tuesday on additional weapons and traffic charges stemming from his Sept. 17 arrest for speeding on a motorcycle and carrying multiple weapons. The eight-count indictment sheds no new light on why West,...
LeBron, Cavaliers outmuscle Wizards
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CLEVELAND | Flip Saunders said his Washington Wizards squad entered Tuesday night's game at Quicken Loans Arena in a prime position. They would get to test themselves against a team that won a league-best 66 games last season, but because it was only the fourth game, the impact...
James, Cavaliers outmuscle Wizards
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CLEVELAND | Flip Saunders said his Washington Wizards squad entered Tuesday night's game at Quicken Loans Arena in a prime position. They would get to test themselves against the team that won a league-best 66 games last season. But because it was only the fourth game of the...
Cavs' West faces more gun charges in Md.
7 days ago by
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Cleveland Cavaliers guard Delonte West is facing additional weapons and traffic charges in connection with his Sept. 17 arrest in Prince George's County. The 26-year-old West was indicted Tuesday on two counts of carrying a dangerous weapon, two counts of carrying a handgun,...
For Wizards at least, it's a rivalry
7 days ago by
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A date with LeBron James & Co. always represents a special, love-hate get-together for the Washington Wizards. Tuesday's engagement is no exception. The Wizards face the Cleveland Cavaliers at Quicken Loans Arena for the first time this season - a meeting that noticeably...
Wizards get down and defensive
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When Flip Saunders took over as coach of the Washington Wizards last spring, his future and past players, league officials and analysts praised him for his impressive career winning percentage and offensive genius. But in talking about expectations for his new team, Saunders discussed...
Tom Knott: Arenas is back, and so is hope
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A potentially strong team places its foot on the neck of a crippled opponent and does not let up until the last bit of resistance is snuffed out from its supine form. This is what the Wizards did to the Nets in Tony Cheng's neighborhood on Saturday night. With Gilbert Arenas...
Balance key as Wizards win
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He may be only three regular-season games into his tenure as coach of the Washington Wizards, but Flip Saunders already is having to familiarize himself with an all-too-common Wizards tradition: reshuffling his lineup and rotation because of injuries. He already was without Antawn...
New-look Wizards storm past Nets
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He may be only three regular-season games into his tenure, but coach Flip Saunders already is having to familiarize himself with an all-too-common Washington Wizards tradition: reshuffling his lineup and rotation because of injuries. He already was without Antawn Jamison, then Caron...
Wizards exercise options on Young, McGee
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ATLANTA -- The Wizards announced Friday they have picked up their options for next season on Nick Young and JaVale McGee. Under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement, the first two seasons of a first-round draft pick's contract are guaranteed, and the team has the...
Butler injured as Wizards stumble on road
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ATLANTA | For about four minutes Friday night, it appeared the wizardry Flip Saunders and Co. performed in Washington's season-opening victory at Dallas would carry over into a matchup with the Atlanta Hawks. But efficiency and a double-digit lead quickly were replaced by sloppiness...
Butler injured as Wizards fall at Atlanta
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ATLANTA | For about four minutes Friday night, it appeared the wizardry Flip Saunders and Co. performed in Washington's season-opening victory at Dallas would carry over into a matchup with the Atlanta Hawks. But efficiency and a double-digit lead quickly were replaced by sloppiness...
O'Neal finds his old form
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MIAMI | Jermaine O'Neal needed all of 17 seconds to look like his old self - instead of simply looking old. He got the ball on the first possession of the Miami Heat season. Hard dribble. Spin toward the baseline. Shot. Swish. It was the first of many blows O'Neal landed...
Tom Knott: Cavaliers' start has no defense
12 days ago by
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The Cavaliers look vulnerable after two games, mostly because of Shaquille O'Neal's dead legs and Delonte West's mental-health break. O'Neal, as always, is pathologically allergic to the high pick-and-roll or any set that requires his defensive attention on the perimeter...
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