Charlotte won both games on their home-and-away against the Wizards yesterday and today. But that was not even the worst news of the day for Washington. Gilbert Arenas got hurt in the first minute of the game and had to leave with a tweaked knee. MRI is set for tomorrow and the Wizards better hope he is OK. Without Agent-0, not only will they lose to teams like the Bobcats, they are the Bobcats! T-Mac left with a back injury early in his game against the Warriors. At least in his case, it's a recurring injury and you hope he'll be back quickly in some kind of good shape. Rockets lost to the Warriors as the W's were on fire today. J-Rich had 27, shooting 7/11 from downtown. Baron Davis had 25 and 10 dimes. The Warriors have a lot of offensive talent these days and they depend on balanced scoring. If their jumpers are falling for even 2 or 3 of the 5 or 6 talented wing scorers they have, it's tough to beat them. Also they got the "mad scientist" Nelly handling this talent. It's hard for me to tell how good a coach Nelly really is, but he can surprise any team anytime. Like today he went super small and still managed to hold Yao to 9 points! That's amazing, considering most teams in the league, including the good defensive teams, feel good if they hold Yao under 25 these days. The W's have never been in playoff contention this late in the season in many many years and the Warrior fan is thoroughly enjoying this.
The problem for the W's is that the Clip-joint are playing some inspired ball as well and are still a 1.5 games ahead of the W's. Today, they beat the other team from LA and Kobe. Kobe had 29 on 34 shots. After the barrage of 50 point games, Kobe's numbers are getting a little ugly right now and the Lakers have lost 4 of 5. Time for the "Big Chief Triangle" to figure something out. Chicago went in to Detroit and spanked them tonight even without Big Ben in the lineup and with Little Ben in foul trouble. Kirk Hinrich had 29 to lead them. Deng had 22 to help him. Bad night all around for the Pistons.
In other games, Portland upset Utah behind Rookie of the Year, ROY's 29. Utah is up and down these days. Toronto beat Orlando as Bosh had 28-10. Hedo Turkoglu had 37 in the loss as he hit 6/10 from long distance. Grant Hill had 19 and Dwight Howard had 18-15.
Chicago @ Detroit - 106-88
LA Lakers @ LA Clippers - 82-90
Interesting games on the board for Apr 5-Th (Thursday)
Phoenix @ San Antonio - Great game tomorrow. A playoff preview.
Miami @ Cleveland - Looks like we lost out on all the Wade V LeBron match-ups this year except for one at the start of the season. Still a great game with both teams doing well.
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