WIZARDS
PROBABLE STARTERS |
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#3 Caron Butler
Forward, 6-7, 228 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
22.1 |
6.6 |
4.4 |
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#4 Antawn Jamison
Forward, 6-9, 235 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
20.1 |
9.6 |
2.1 |
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#32 Andray Blatche
Center, 6-11, 248 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
9.0 |
4.4 |
1.2 |
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#2 DeShawn Stevenson
Guard, 6-5, 218 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
7.9 |
2.5 |
3.5 |
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#12 Juan Dixon
Guard, 6-3, 165 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
6.8 |
1.9 |
3.6 |
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GAME NOTES
Tonight’s game marks the third of four meetings between the Washington Wizards and Detroit Pistons. The
season series is currently tied at one game apiece. The Pistons defeated the Wizards, 117-109, at the Palace
of Auburn Hills, on November 1st. The Wizards defeated the Pistons, at Verizon Center on December
9th, 107-94.
Last game…Washington lost to the Indiana Pacers, 118-98, at Verizon Center on December 15th. The Wizards
received 71 combined points from its starting frontcourt. Antawn Jamison posted his fourteen doubledouble
of the season with 26 points and a season-high 15 rebounds. Caron Butler scored 26 points and
added eight rebounds and five assists. Andray Blatche, who made his second start of the season, finished
with 19 points for Washington.
Last game versus Detroit...The Wizards defeated the Detroit Pistons, 107-94, at the Verizon Center on December
9th...Caron Butler led all scorers with 33 points, he also had six assists and five rebounds...Antawn
Jamison had his third straight double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds...Washington was sparked by
the impressive play from its bench which contributed 59 points...Juan Dixon scored a season-high 16 points
and dished out seven assists...Darius Songaila added 15 points and five rebounds...Washington scored a
season-high 64 second half points, which included a 31 point third quarter which seized control of the game
for the Wizards.
Among all NBA forwards, Caron Butler is 6th in scoring (22.1 ppg), 3rd in assists (4.4 apg) and 6th in steals
(1.7 spg).
Among all NBA forwards, Antawn Jamison is 12th in scoring (20.1), third in double-doubles (14), 8th in rebounding
(9.6) and 4th in minutes (38.3).
Butler is currently averaging career-highs in points per game (22.1) and field goal percentage (47.6).
In two games versus Detroit this season, Butler is averaging 27.0 points, 6.0 assists and 5.5 rebounds,
Washington-Detroit connections... Pistons forward Rasheed Wallace was selected 4th overall by Washington
Bullets in the 1995 NBA Draft, and averaged 10.1 points per game for the Wizards in 65 games during the
1995-96 season...Pistons guard Richard Hamilton was selected 7th overall by the Wizards in the 1999 NBA
Draft, and averaged 15.6 points per game in 212 games for the Wizards from 1999-02...Pistons forward/
center Kwame Brown was drafted with the #1 overall pick by the Wizards in the 2001 NBA Draft, and averaged
7.7 points and 5.5 rebounds per game in 253 games for Washington from 2001-05 before being traded
to the LA Lakers with Laron Profit for Caron Butler and Chucky Atkins prior to the 2005-06 season…Pistons
Head Coach Michael Curry played five games for the Wizards in 1995-96…Pistons Assistant Coach Darrell
Walker played for Washington from 1987-1991; was Washington’s Head Coach for a 38-game stint in 1999-
00; and served in the team’s scouting department from 2000-04.
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PISTONS
PROBABLE STARTERS |
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#32 Richard Hamilton
Forward, 6-7, 193lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
17.5 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
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#22 Tayshaun Prince
Forward, 6-9, 215 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
14.0 |
6.7 |
3.0 |
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#30 Rasheed Wallace
Center, 6-11, 230 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
12.5
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7.8 |
1.4 |
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#3 Rodney Stuckey
Guard, 6-5, 205lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
10.1 |
2.7 |
5.0 |
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#1 Allen Iverson
Guard, 6-0, 165lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
17.6 |
3.2 |
5.9 |
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