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byrondarnell66 · 01-28-2008, 09:11 PM

Toronto Raptors

(24-20) - 2nd Atlantic - 6th East

vs.

Washington Wizards

(24-19) - 2nd Southeast - 5th East

Game 1 @ Verizon Center 1/29

7:00PM EST on CSN-HD

Game 2 @ Air Canada Centre 1/30

7:00PM on CSN

Season Series: Wizards 2 Raptors 0

First meeting: Wizards 101 Raptors 97
Last meeting: Wizards 108 Raptors 104

MEDICAL REPORT

OUT
Wizards
Gilbert Arenas (G) - knee surgery
Etan Thomas (C) - heart surgery
Caron Butler (F) - hip

Raptors
T.J. Ford (G) - neck
Jorge Garbajosa - (F/C) left leg surgery

odds favor 1/29
odds favor 1/30
Raptors -6

billfindlay10 · 01-29-2008, 01:10 PM

Big game as the Wiz and Raps are basically tied.....Toronto is playing well as of late and will be up for these two games!

byrondarnell66 · 01-29-2008, 03:33 PM

Caron's not playing tonight, I'm not liking our chances.

Blatche starting.

Quote:

Caron Butler will not play tonight and is "probably" out for tomorrow night's game at Toronto with a left hip flexor strain. The injury happened during Sunday's loss at Milwaukee when Butler scored a career-high 40 points while almost willing the Wiz to a win. Andray Blatche will start in Caron's place and will likely start tomorrow night as well.

Obviously, the loss of Butler is huge. The team was swept out of the first round of the playoffs by the Cavs last spring without Butler and Gilbert Arenas and here we are again. I didn't get a chance to talk with Caron so I can't gauge how serious it is but Eddie Jordan made it sound as though Caron simply needs a couple of days to get it right so he can play Friday against Utah. I guess the idea is to not let it become an injury that lingers for several weeks.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/wizardsinsider/

washingtonwizards00 · 01-29-2008, 06:57 PM

Crazy game- Wiz win 108-104 in 2OT. Nice job by Blatche filling in for Caron. 24 and 20 from Jamison- 10 rebounds from D-Mac.

HoopTube · 01-30-2008, 07:40 AM

Did you saw the shot by Anthony Parker?? He was fading outside the court already

byrondarnell66 · 01-30-2008, 08:04 AM

Yeah that shot was just ridiculous by Parker, those shots always seems to go in against the Wizards. Overall a great team win. Blatche and D-Mac really stepped up when they needed them, Jamison with a monster 20 rebound game and Stevenson with some clutch 3's. Tonights game is really going to be a tough one.

HoopTube · 01-30-2008, 08:11 AM

anthony parker's crazy shot-->http://www.basketballforum.com/nba-f...ml#post5252333

byrondarnell66 · 01-30-2008, 06:21 PM

Wizards lose 122-83, ouch.

On a positive note Caron Butler didn't miss a freethrow in January with 63 made and is still on a 70 made streak since December.

HoopTube · 01-31-2008, 06:58 AM

Toronto have depth and experience in the team and WW is seriously under-manned tonight...

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