Originally Posted by Spriggan

This loss is potentially very damaging to the Wizards, though, especially with Miami winning tonight. Because of this loss, they lose the division lead to the Heat and fall a game and a half behind Toronto. Kills them in the seedings. The Wizards should suspend Ruffin for conduct detrimental to the team.

Originally Posted by Washington Times

The Washington Wizards will fill a roster spot with a point guard to replace injured Antonio Daniels in the next few days.

"We will look around and there are a few players we are interested in," president of basketball operations Ernie Grunfeld said yesterday. "Tonight we'll handle it the way we are, and over the next two or three days we'll see if there is somebody out there that we think can help us."

Teams can't begin signing players to 10-day contracts until the middle of January.

According to a source with knowledge of the situation, Grunfeld and the Wizards are looking at about four or five players.

The group includes Mike Wilks, recently released by the Denver Nuggets, and Eddie Gill, recently released by the New Jersey Nets. The others are Brian Chase, Keith McLeod and veteran Randy Livingston.