Game Preview: Wizards @ Bobcats

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WIZARDS PROBABLE STARTERS
#3 Caron Butler
Forward, 6-7, 228 lbs
2009-10 STATS
PPG
RPG
APG
16.8
6.8
2.2
#4 Antawn Jamison
Forward, 6-9, 235 lbs
2009-10 STATS
PPG
RPG
APG
20.6
8.9
1.3
#33 Brendan Haywood
Center, 7-0, 263 lbs
2009-10 STATS
PPG
RPG
APG
9.7
10.3
0.4
#6 Mike MIller
Guard, 6-8, 218 lbs
2009-10 STATS
PPG
RPG
APG
10.1
6.1
3.2
#15 Randy Foye
Guard, 6-4, 213 lbs
APG
2009-10 STATS
PPG
RPG
10.2
1.8
2.7
GAME NOTES
  • This game marks the second of four meetings between the Wizards and Bobcats this season. Earlier this season, on November 28th in DC, the Bobcats bested the Wizards, 92-76. Last season, the Bobcats beat the Wizards in three of four games, including both games here in Charlotte.
  • In Washington’s last game...After falling behind by as many as 21-points in the first half, including a 32-13 deficit after the first quarter of play, the Wizards rallied to down the Orlando Magic in a comeback effort, 92-91. Behind 19 third quarter points from Randy Foye, a season-high for points in a quarter among the Wizards this season, Washington enjoyed a 39-17 edge in the third stanza. Foye finished with 22 points, seven rebounds and a team-high seven assists for Washington, while Caron Butler’s 31 points—the final two of which came on a game-winning baseline jumper with 0.5 seconds remaining— paced the Wizards. Brendan Haywood led Washington on the glass with 10 boards.
  • Washington’s starting line-up of Randy Foye, Mike Miller, Caron Butler, Antawn Jamison and Brendan Haywood will make their team-high eighth start of the season together as a unit tonight. This starting line-up is also Washington’s winningest line-up of the season (four wins) and most successful by percentage (4-3, .571).
  • The Wizards are 12-10 when scoring 100+ points in a game this season, and are also 12-10 when the opposition scores less than 100. Conversely, the Wizards are 5-22 when they fail to score at least 100 points, and are 5-22 the opposition reaches triple digits on the scoreboard.
  • The key to Washington’s success this season is found within the Wizards’ marksmanship from the floor. Washington is 14-7 (.667) when shooting at a higher field goal percentage than the opposition this season, while Wizards’ foes are 3-25 (.107) when they out-shoot Washington.
  • Having missed significant time due to injury this season, Wizards guard Mike Miller doesn’t yet qualify among league leaders in three-point shooting percentage. However, as league minimums require 34 three-pointers made through 50 games to qualify, with two three-pointers tonight Miller will qualify among the NBA’s best. Currently shooting .516 (32-62) from three-point range, Miller would currently be the NBA’s top three-point marksman if he had enough three-pointers to qualify.
  • Washington-Charlotte connections...Washington and Charlotte sport a combined three former North Carolina Tar Heels — Brendan Haywood, Antawn Jamison and Raymond Felton.
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    BOBCATS PROBABLE STARTERS
    #3 Gerald Wallace
    Forward, 6-7, 220 lbs
    2009-10 STATS
    PPG
    RPG
    APG
    19.1
    10.9
    1.9
    #32 Boris Diaw
    Forward, 6-8, 235 lbs
    2009-10 STATS
    PPG
    RPG
    APG
    10.1
    4.8
    3.8
    #13 Nazr Mohammed
    Center, 6-10, 250 lbs
    2009-10 STATS
    PPG
    RPG
    APG
    8.4
    5.0
    0.4
    #1 Stephen Jackson
    Guard, 6-8, 215 lbs
    2009-10 STATS
    PPG
    RPG
    APG
    20.6
    4.8
    3.9
    #20 Raymond Felton
    Guard, 6-1, 198 lbs
    2009-10 STATS
    PPG
    RPG
    APG
    12.1
    3.5
    5.1