Published 12/30/2008
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Caron Butler, who has missed two straight games with a sprained left ankle, will again be a game-time decision tonight at New Orleans. Butler suffered the injury during the first quarter of Thursday's loss at Cleveland but kept playing and tweaked it late in that game. Butled said the ankle swelled up on him during the flight home. He hasn't played or practiced since. He tried to test it out before last night's win at Houston but said it's still a problem. "We'll just have to see how it feels," Butler said. Also, it will be intersting to see how Antawn Jamison feels after he took a couple of knees to his thighs last night. Jamison was limping somewhat down the stretch. "I got a knee to a sore spot but I'm used to it," Jamison said. -The Wizards swept the season-series with New Orleans 2-0 last season. Tonight's
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