WIZARDS
PROBABLE STARTERS |
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#5 Dominic McGuire
Forward, 6-9, 220 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
2.3 |
3.7 |
0.9 |
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#4 Antawn Jamison
Forward, 6-9, 235 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
20.5 |
9.2 |
2.0 |
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#32 Andray Blatche
Center, 6-11, 248 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
9.5 |
5.2 |
1.5 |
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#3 Caron Butler
Forward, 6-7, 228 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
21.0 |
6.5 |
4.5 |
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#13 Mike James
Guard, 6-3, 165 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
12.3 |
3.1 |
3.6 |
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| GAME
NOTES Tonight’s contest is the second of
two meetings between the Washington Wizards and Houston Rockets.
The Rockets won the previous meeting this season, 103-91, at Verizon
Center on November 21st.
The Wizards are looking to snap a six game losing streak in Houston.
The last Wizards victory in Houston came on December 6, 2001. Washington
took that contest, 85-82.
Last Game...The Wizards defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder, 104-95,
on December 27th at Verizon Center..Antawn Jamison led all scorers
with 29 points on 12-of-22 from the field...Andray Blatche posted
hisfourth double-double of the season with 19 points and a career-high
tying 15 rebounds...Dominic McGuire scored a career-high 12 points
in his third start of the season, he also grabbed eight rebounds
and dished out four assists...Mike James scored nine points and
had a season-high 11 assists for Washington.
Last Game vs. Houston...The Wizards fell to the Houston Rockets,
103-91, at Verizon Center on November 21st...Antawn Jamison led
the Wizards with 27 points and also pulled down 10 rebounds which
marked his fourth straight double-double...Andray Blatche scored
a season-high of 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field...Caron
Butler added 12 points, seven rebounds and four assists...Deshawn
Stevenson led Washington with seven assists.
Among all NBA forwards, Caron Butler is 7th in scoring (21.0 ppg),
4th in assists (4.5 apg), 5th in steals (1.59 spg) and 5th in minutes
(38.3).
Among all NBA forwards, Antawn Jamison is 11th in scoring (20.5),
second in double-doubles (16), 7th in rebounding (9.2) and 3rd in
minutes (38.7).
Wizards forward Dominic McGuire has started the last three games for the Wizards.
In all three of those games, McGuire has grabbed at
least eight rebounds. He is averaging 9.7 rebounds in those three
starts.
In six starts for his new team, Mike James is providing a scoring boost. James is
averaging 15.5 points per game.
Butler is currently averaging career-highs in points per game (21.0) and field
goal percentage (47.5).
Wizards forward Andray Blatche is averaging a career-high 9.5
points per game and a career-high tying 5.2 rebounds per game.
Washington-Houston connections...DeShawn Stevenson and Houston
guard Tracy McGrady were teammates in Orlando for the later part
of the 2003-04 NBA season...Francis played high school basketball
at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, MD, and played
collegiately at Maryland…Caron Butler and Rockets guard Rafer
Alston were teammates in Miami in 2003-04…Mike James played
for the Houston Rockets during the 2004-05 season and the 2007-08
season. |
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ROCKETS
PROBABLE STARTERS |
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#31 Shane Battier
Forward, 6-8, 220 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
7.8 |
3.9 |
2.1 |
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#4 Luis Scola
Forward, 6-9, 245 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
11.2 |
7.7 |
1.3 |
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#11 Yao Ming
Center, 7-6, 310 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
20.3
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9.7 |
1.6 |
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#2 Luther Head
Guard, 6-3, 185 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
5.6 |
1.2 |
1.6 |
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#12 Rafer Alston
Guard, 6-2, 175 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
11.8 |
3.3 |
4.9 |
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