No Cavalier Performance by the Wizards

The Washington Wizards reached a new level of futility tonight. They faced a Cleveland Cavalier team that had only 6 regular players in uniform. In fact the Cavs had to sign two D-League players in order to reach the NBA mandate of 8 players in uniform. Yet the Wizards still found a way to lose the game. They were beaten on the boards 43-31. The team defense was lousy as evidenced by the fact that Damon Jones scored 27 points. Damon Jones can do two things well...shoot 3-pointers and run his mouth. > The Wizards allowed Jones to do both while never exploiting his weaknesses...he's a poor on the ball defender and ballhandler. He didn't need to dribble however, because he was getting wide open 3-point shots all night. Jones scored 10 field goals, 7 of them triples, none of them contested. I think it's fair to say that the Cavs would not have won this game without Jones' scoring. LeBron James scored 33 points and grabbed 15 rebounds. Only one other Cleveland player scored in double ... [link]