WIZARDS
PROBABLE STARTERS |
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#5 Dominic McGuire
Forward, 6-9, 220 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
1.9 |
3.5 |
0.8 |
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#4 Antawn Jamison
Forward, 6-9, 235 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
20.1 |
9.4 |
2.0 |
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#32 Andray Blatche
Center, 6-11, 248 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
9.1 |
4.9 |
1.4 |
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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 |
12.8 |
2.6 |
3.3 |
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| GAME
NOTES Tonight’s contest is the first of two meetings between the Washington Wizards and Oklahoma City
Thunder. The two teams will meet again on March 4th in Oklahoma City.
The Wizards won the season series from the Thunder last season, 2-0. In the last year as the Seattle
Supersonics, the Wizards won, 108-86, in Washington on January 6th, and 104-99, on March 26th in
Seattle. The Wizards have won four in a row overall against the Oklahoma City franchise and five
straight contests at Verizon Center.
Last Game...The Wizards lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers, 93-89, in a Christmas night affair at Quicken
Loans Arena...Washington held seven point lead with 1:40 to go in the game but were unable to hold on
for the victory...Antawn Jamison led the Wizards with 28 points and 6 rebounds...Mike James had his
best outing as a Wizard as he finished with 26 points on 10-of-14 from the field with eight of those points
coming in the fourth quarter...Dominic McGuire led the Wizards with 11 rebounds and seven assists in
his second start of the season.
The Wizards have won the last five meetings at Verizon Center over the Thunder by an average margin
of 19.8 points per game.
Caron Butler averaged 27.0 points, 7.0 assists and 4.5 rebounds against the Thunder last season.
Antawn Jamison posted two double-doubles against the Thunder franchise last season. In two games,
Jamison posted averages of 19.0 points, 12.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists.
Among all NBA forwards, Caron Butler is 7th in scoring (21.0 ppg), 4th in assists (4.5 apg), 6th in steals
(1.65 spg) and 5th in minutes (38.7).
Among all NBA forwards, Antawn Jamison is 11th in scoring (19.8), second in double-doubles (16), 7th
in rebounding (9.4) and 3rd in minutes (38.7).
With 11 rebounds at CLE (12/25), forward Dominic McGuire set a season high in
rebounds. McGuire is averaging 10.5 rebounds in the two games he has started this season. The
second year forward also dished out a career-high seven assists, in the Christmas night game in
Cleveland.
In five starts for his new team, Mike James is providing a scoring boost. James is
averaging 16.8 points per game.
Butler is currently averaging career-highs in points per game (21.0) and field goal percentage (47.5).
Washington-Oklahoma City connections...Wizards forward Antawn Jamison had a career-high tying 51
points vs. the Seattle SuperSonics as a member of the Golden State Warriors on December 3, 2000…
Thunder forward Chris Wilcox attended the University of Maryland...Thunder forward Jeff Green attended
Georgetown University and is from Cheverly, MD...Thunder guard/forward Kevin Durant also
hails from the Washington, DC metro area…Thunder forward Joe Smith played collegiately at Maryland. |
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THUNDER
PROBABLE STARTERS |
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#35 Kevin Durant
Forward, 6-9, 215lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
23.6 |
5.3 |
2.0 |
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#22 Jeff Green
Forward, 6-9, 235 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
15.5 |
5.9 |
2.1 |
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#7 Joe Smith
Center, 6-10, 225 lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
7.0
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4.5 |
0.7 |
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#34 Desmond Mason
Guard, 6-5, 222lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
7.4 |
4.2 |
1.0 |
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#0 Russell Westbrook
Guard, 6-3, 187lbs
2008-09
STATS |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
13.3 |
4.0 |
4.6 |
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