Originally Posted by WashingtonWizards.com

Tonight the Washington Wizards (3-5) will look to win their fourth in a row as they take on the Portland Trail Blazers (4-5) at 7:00pm in the Verizon Center. The Wizards are coming off of a 105-89 come from behind win last night against the Timberwolves, while the Blazers blew a 25 point lead in falling to the Philadelphia 76ers last night, 92-88.

The Wizards and Trail Blazers met up twice last year with Portland prevailing in both occassions. In the off-season Portland traded away power forward Zach Randolph to the New York Knicks, in return Portland received Channing Frye and Steve Francis who they eventually released. The other major move for the Blazers in the off-season will not pay dividends this year, as with the first pick in the NBA draft Portland took Center Greg Oden who is sitting out this year following microfracture surgery on his knee. In the draft the Blazers also selected Duke's Josh McRoberts and two time national champion Taurean Green out of the University of Florida.