truthaboutit.net - 26 days ago
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There are two states Wizards fans should be in after last night’s game: anxiousness relieved and mid-range.
Between Jamison being out for the next ten games or so, and an inconsistent preseason where the Wizards’ major players didn’t really see a ton of court time ...
sports.yahoo.com - 27 days ago
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sports.yahoo.com —
Boston 95, Cleveland 89 It's only one game,
the Cavaliers were up against a Boston team that
is a year removed from coming through with some pretty scary defense (and a season removed from acting as one of the NBA's best defensive squads even ...
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Behind the Box Score, where it seems like old times
thetwomangame.com - 26 days ago
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thetwomangame.com —
Photo by Glenn James/NBAE via Getty Images. Box
Score — Play-By-Play — Shot Chart — GameFlow Team
Pace Off. Eff. eFG% FT/FG ORB% TOr Washington 90.0 113.3 48.8 23.8 22.5 10.0 Dallas 101.1 ...
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Washington Wizards 102, Dallas Mavericks 91
washingtontimes.com - 27 days ago
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washingtontimes.com —
Well, this was almost as good of an
opening effort as the Wizards could have hoped as
they took on an -- in Flip Saunders' opinion -- underrated Dallas Mavericks team without the reliable Antawn Jamison. Brendan Haywood got it going with seven of his ...
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Wizards kick off Saunders era with a win
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What They Say? Games from October 27, 2009
Talk Hoops - Support the Habit —
... - "Blatche exploded against the Mavericks in 35 minutes off the bench. The 23-year-old shot 8-14 on the way to scoring 19 points and grabbing seven rebounds. Blatche looked smooth on the floor. The power had great position all night, both offensively and defensively. The once clumsy, but athletic, forward looked collected and had nice touch on shots out to 20 feet." From Truth About It - "He looked great. I could say “he’s back” like everyone else, but it was a bit different. The knee definitely looks like it’s made a solid return. Arenas was stopping on a dime, pulling up ...
Morning (afternoon) Briefing: We aren't the only ones impressed by the Wizards
Bullets Forever —
... Caron steadied us when we had Gil out of the game. He was efficient, he was aggressive with the ball, which we ran a lot of isolation type stuff so he could stay aggressive when Gil was out of the game. And he did a nice job defensively on Marion, who killed us at our place [in the preseason]. And I thought that Marion got some buckets, but he didn't get all of them on Caron. I thought Caron fought him and did a nice job. He really keyed us defensively."
Truth About It - Flip and Gil Got This: Wizards Take Mavs 102-91
Andray ...
Five Questions for Flip
Agent Dagger - A Washington Wizards Blog —
... court? Was it an adjustment, or can we continue to see this?
Why didn’t Nick Young play? Did he do something behaviorally wrong? Did you not want him to guard Jason Terry?
Any thoughts on Butler’s lack of aggression in the first half? Is this just how he will fit into the new offense?
What will be different when Antawn returns?
Here is what others are saying around the bloggosphere:
Flip and Gil Got This - Truth About It Morning Breifing - Bullets Forever Off ...
Heard It Through the Grapevine
The Two Man Game —
... Kyle Weidie from Truth About It.net on the Wizards’ (and Gilbert Arenas’) knack for timely responses in last night’s game: “There are certainly many different types of swagger, ...
Heels in the League (NBA) 10/27/09
The 5th Corner —
... , defeating Dallas by double digits, with the final tally being 102 to 91. Truth About It (TrueHoop Network) talks about the game in this post, while for the Dallas perspective, it’s Mavs Moneyball and their ...
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