WIZARDS
PROBABLE STARTERS |
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#3 Caron Butler
Forward, 6-7, 228 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
21.4 |
6.6 |
4.3 |
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#4 Antawn Jamison
Forward, 6-9, 235 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
19.9 |
9.7 |
2.0 |
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#32 Andray Blatche
Center, 6-11, 248 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
9.1 |
4.7 |
1.3 |
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#2 DeShawn Stevenson
Guard, 6-5, 218 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
8.0 |
2.5 |
3.3 |
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#13 Mike James
Guard, 6-3, 165 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
8.5 |
1.4 |
2.5 |
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GAME NOTES
Tonight’s contest is the second of four meetings between the Washington Wizards and Philadelphia
76ers. The two teams will meet again on January 30th in Philadelphia, and on February 25th in Washington.
The 76ers took the first contest, 104-89, on December 13th in Philadelphia.
Last game…Washington fell to the Detroit Pistons, 88-74, at the Palace of Auburn Hills, on December
17th. Mike James scored 16 points in his first start for the Wizards...Antawn Jamison and Andray
Blatche each posted double-doubles for Washington…Jamison’s double-double was his 15th of the year
as he scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds...Blatche posted his third double-double of the season with 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Last game versus Philadelphia...The Wizards lost to the Philadelphia 76ers, 104-89, at the Wachovia
Center in Philadelphia...Antawn Jamison led the Wizards with 17 points and nine rebounds...DeShawn
Stevenson scored 16 points on 6-of-12 shooting from the field...Caron Butler scored 15 points and
added eight rebounds and four assists…Newly acquired Mike James scored 16 points on 6-of-12 shooting
from the field in 23:36 minutes of play.
Among all NBA forwards, Caron Butler is 6th in scoring (21.4 ppg), 4th in assists (4.3 apg) and 6th in
steals (1.6 spg).
Among all NBA forwards, Antawn Jamison is 13th in scoring (19.9), second in double-doubles (15), 7th in rebounding
(9.7) and 3rd in minutes (38.3).
Butler is currently averaging career-highs in points per game (22.1) and field goal percentage (47.6).
The Wizards have won five straight contests over the 76ers at Verizon Center.
Wizards guard DeShawn Stevenson averaged 20.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists in the Wizards
two victories over Philadelphia last season at Verizon Center.
Thaddeus Young will be replacing Elton Brand in the starting lineup tonight for the Philadelphia 76ers. Yesterday it was announced that Elton Brand would miss the next month with a right shoulder dislocation.
Antawn Jamison was diagnosed with a strained left thumb yesterday and he is listed as a game-time decision for tonight's game.
The Wizards have scored 100+ points in seven of their past eight wins vs. the Sixers
Washington-Philadelphia connections... Wizards assistant coach Randy Ayers spent six-plus seasons
as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers’ coaching staff and served as Head Coach of the Sixers for a
stint in 2003-04...Andray Blatche scored a career-high 26 points vs. Philadelphia on November 20,
2007…76ers’ assistant coach Jim Lynam was Washington’s Head Coach in 1994-95, 1995-96 and part
of the 1996-97 NBA season…Lynam’s son, Jim Lynam III, currently serves as Washington’s video coordinator.
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76ERS
PROBABLE STARTERS |
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#9 Andre Iguodala
Forward, 6-6, 207lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
14.4 |
6.6 |
5.1 |
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#21 Thaddeus Young
Forward, 6-8, 220 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
13.0 |
4.9 |
1.1 |
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#1 Samuel Dalembert
Center, 6-11, 250 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
5.8
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8.2 |
.2 |
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#33 Willie Green
Guard, 6-3, 201lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
8.3 |
1.8 |
1.9 |
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#7 Andre Miller
Guard, 6-2, 200lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
15.3 |
3.8 |
5.9 |
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