Wizards Bring It Back Home
Published 5/1/2008 by washingtonpost.com Sports Editor at Wizards Insider
Caron Butler's driving lay-up with 3.9 seconds left coupled with LeBron James's miss at the buzzer leads to an 88-87 win and keeps the Wizards alive in the playoffs. Tonight's game featured a little bit of everything from this series: hard fouls, technicals, a wee bit of overacting by LeBron and some resilient play. So can we expect to see more of the same for Friday night's Game 6 at Verizon or will it devolve...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.
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