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3/30: Raptors @ Wizards
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Toronto Raptors (39-32) vs. Washington Wizards(38-32)
Date: March 30th, 2007
Time: 7:00 P.M. Eastern
TV: CSN and RTV
Place: Verizon Center
Wizards Starting Lineup

 
(G. Arenas, D. Stevenson, C. Butler, A. Jamison, B. Haywood)
2006-07 Wizards Stats
Leading Scorer: Gilbert Arenas - 28.8 PPG
Leading Rebounder: Antawn Jamison - 8.1 RPG
Leading Assist Man: Gilbert Arenas - 6.0 APG
Points Per Game: 105.4
Field Goal Percentage: 45.3%
3-Point Field Goal Percentage: 34.7%
Rebounds Per Game: 41.2
Assists Per Game: 20.0
Backcourt
Gilbert Arenas
PPG: 28.8, RPG: 4.7, APG: 6.0
Deshawn Stevenson
PPG: 10.7, RPG: 2.6 APG: 2.5
Frontcourt
Caron Butler
PPG: 19.1, RPG: 7.5, APG: 3.7
Antawn Jamison
PPG: 19.7, RPG: 8.1, APG: 2.0
Brendan Haywood
PPG: 7.0, RPG: 6.6, APG:0.6
Raptors Starting Lineups

 
(T. Ford, J. Dixon, A. Parker, C. Bosh, R. Nesterovic)
2006-07 Raptors Stats
Leading Scorer: Chris Bosh - 22.4 PPG
Leading Rebounder: Chris Bosh - 10.5 RPG
Leading Assist Man: TJ Ford - 8.0 APG
Points Per Game: 98.9
Field Goal Percentage: 46.4%
3-Point Field Goal Percentage: 36.3%
Rebounds Per Game: 39.3
Assists Per Game: 21.9
Backcourt
TJ Ford
PPG: 14.4, RPG: 3.3, APG: 8.0
Juann Dixon
PPG: 11.6 RPG: 3.5, APG: 2.1
Frontcourt
Anthony Parker
PPG: 11.6, RPG: 3.9, APG: 2.0
Chris Bosh
PPG: 22.4, RPG: 10.5, APG: 2.4
Rasho Nesterovic
PPG: 6.1, RPG: 4.4, APG: 1.0
Keys To The Game - 3 Point Shooting – The Raptors are missing one of their 3 point shooters Garbajosa for the year, but they are still one of the top 10 teams in shooting the 3. The Wizards have had trouble defending the 3 all season long, and we've seen cases where games have been lost because of it. The Raptors need to make sure their offense doesn't get shut down and shoot all night against this team.
- Feed Bosh – The Raptors haven't had a time where he let them down, kind of like the night when these two teams met the second time this season. He shot 15-19 for 34 points and grabbed 8 rebounds leading them to victory over the Wizards. With the way Haywood has been struggling, it won't be a suprise of Eddie Jordan replaces him with Etan Thomas or Darius Songalia.
- Take Care Of The Ball – The Raptors are second in the league in the league in turning the ball over with the Wizards 4th in stealing the ball. The Raptors being away from home need to keep their composure and play their game not making any careless passes, leading to turnovers and easy points on the other end.
- Good Offensive Production – Everyone should have their mindset on making crisp passes, open shots, good screening and high level of concentration that can allow themselves to score 129 points against the Raptors in their last meeting.
- Interior Defense – Our backcourt needs to make sure they limit Ford and Dixon from penetration to the paint, and our frontcourt needs to make sure to keep Bosh away from the ball. We've always had a hard time keeping up with a fast-paced offense, so look for players scrambling around to the open man.
- Momentum - The game on Wednesday against the Sixers consisted of mainly runs made by both teams to keep themselves close to the last shot of the game. The Wizards need to make sure they don't let the Raptors get on runs. They can do so by cutting off passing lanes, creating turnovers and simply get points off turnovers.
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