Houston at Washington

[Bugs']

Houston (33-24) at Washington (31-24)

Game Info: 7:00 pm EST Wed Mar 2, 2005
TV: FxSW, CSNB

If the Washington Wizards aren't Tracy McGrady's favorite opponent, they have to be very high on his list. McGrady will try to continue his domination of the Wizards and help the Houston Rockets complete a season series sweep of Washington at the MCI Center.

The reigning two-time scoring champion is averaging 39.4 points in his last five meetings with Washington, including a career-high 62 against the Wizards as a member of the Orlando Magic last March 10.

He broke the Magic team record of 53 points set by Shaquille O Neal in 1994 after going 20-for-37 from the field. The All-Star swingman also made 17 of 26 free throws.

Traded to Houston this past offseason, McGrady continues to torment the Wizards. He had 34 points on 14-of-22 shooting against Washington on Feb. 15, when the Rockets took the first meeting 123-93 to go into the All-Star break on a season-high eight game win streak.

The Rockets began the second half with three straight losses before posting a 119-89 win at Chicago on Tuesday. Houston shot 56 percent (45-for-81), starting a stretch in which they'll play six of seven away from the Toyota Center.

McGrady had 32 points and seven assists in 31 minutes and point guard Mike James, acquired at the trade deadline from Milwaukee, added 26 points and five assists.

``This is pretty crucial for us. Coming off a three-game skid, we definitely wanted to come in here and start this road trip off right,'' McGrady said. ``I think guys realize we have a crucial schedule ahead of us.''

The Wizards had a five-game home winning streak snapped Sunday with a 110-108 loss to Sacramento. Washington has lost five of its last six overall.

Gilbert Arenas matched his career high with 43 points for Washington. He went 16-for-32, including 7-of-13 from 3-point range, in his fourth 40-point game of the season.

The shooting guard ranks fifth in the NBA in scoring, and is averaging 36.3 points over his last three games. Fellow All-Star Antawn Jamison was limited to just seven points on 3-of-15 shooting Sunday.

Kwame Brown started for the first time this season because of an injury to Jared Jeffries and had 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Wizards. Steve Blake scored a season-high 17 points in a season-high 34 minutes after Jarvis Hayes left the game in the second quarter with tendinitis in his right knee.

The Wizards also played without point guard Larry Hughes, who had targeted Sunday's game for his return from a fractured right thumb. Hughes decided to sit out after having another set of X-rays just before tip-off.

Despite the injuries, the Wizards already have six more wins than they did all of last season, when they finished 25-57.

``We don't want to let this thing slip away, with all that we've accomplished,'' said center Brendan Haywood.

``We're down right now, with Larry, Jarvis, Jared being hurt, guys being sick. It's easy to get things snowballed at the wrong time. But we still know we can go out there and win.''

The Wizards have lost seven of the last nine meetings with the Rockets.

[Sebowski]

How do you guys think Hughes will do tonight? How many minutes? I say:

28 minutes, 15pts, 4 Assists, 3 Rebs, 2 Stls.

And we win!
:point2sky :cheers:

[Bugs']

Originally posted by Sebowski
How do you guys think Hughes will do tonight? How many minutes? I say:

28 minutes, 15pts, 4 Assists, 3 Rebs, 2 Stls.

And we win!
:point2sky :cheers:

I predict he sits out another game....:doh:

[Chachie]

Originally posted by Bugs'


I predict he sits out another game....:doh:

Me too, Bugs. I find it odd that he was cleared to suit up vs. Memphis, but is keeping himself off the court. The media says he's returning tonight but if he's THAT worried about the thumb, it must still hurt pretty badly when he touches the ball.

[Warhead36]

Hughes's return sparks us to a victory.

Hughes's line: 13 points, 5 assists, 3 steals, including the game clinching steal off of T-MAC.

[mad4comp]

Looking good in the early going. Blocks by Haywood and Hughes, wiz up 4-0. Larry with 2 pts.

[mad4comp]

How many F(*)(*(&*^^&&*^ times do we have to double team and leave someone open for a three. EJ is retarded, how many times is he gonna use that dumb doubleteamming crap..

[hands11]

Yaaaa Baby


They're Baccckkkkk


Like I said. This is the start of everything. Larrys back.

They looked a little out of sync the first few minutes but it didnt take long for them to work out the kinks.

The D looks totally different. Larry and Gil, the best 1,2 in the league.

[mad4comp]

After First quarter, Wiz lead by 11 28-17


Hughes - 8 pts 1 blk
Arenas - 8 pts 1 stl
Jamison - 6 pts

Looking good folks. Keep it up WIZ!!!!

[hands11]

Windmilllll slam Arenasssss


That was sweet.

They are looking at little out of sync again. It may take a few quarters for all the line ups to get in sync.

They should not let Kwame touch the ball :)

The offense isnt running as well with he touches it above the FT line.

[Chachie]

Just got home. I see Larry's doing fine. How has Kwame been playing?

[mad4comp]

After the Half Wiz lead by 7, 47-40

Arenas - 16 pts
Hughes - 10 pts
Jamison - 10 pts

Nice to see the big 3 getting it going.

[galentjm]

Just tuned in, are Jared and Jarvis out tonight?

[Funkyalligator]

Look I am happy with the way Kwame is playing, I'd like to see him grab another 5 rebounds...score 8-12 points.....and have a few more assists and maybe a block....

[hands11]

Originally posted by Chachie
Just got home. I see Larry's doing fine. How has Kwame been playing?

Out of sync.

[hands11]

Originally posted by galentjm
Just tuned in, are Jared and Jarvis out tonight?

They are out about another week.

Dixon active Sat I think.

[hands11]

Anyone see how www.nba.com messed up thier web page.

They dont have the scores anymore.

Totally stupid.

ESPN has a better page anyway.

[mad4comp]

Originally posted by hands11
Anyone see how www.nba.com messed up thier web page.

They dont have the scores anymore.

Totally stupid.

ESPN has a better page anyway.

The scores are there ??? Look on the right side, with that scroll box.

[Funkyalligator]

if you guys want the best...and most quickly updated scores and stats...check out

http://www.sportsline.com/nba/gamecenter/live/NBA_20050302_HOU@WAS

It has instant box scores and scoring chart...everything and it updates almost instantly....occasionally its a bit behind but very rarely...

[hands11]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/scoreboard

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=250302027

[mad4comp]

LH COMING OUT ON FIRE!!!!!!

[SkinsHokieFan]

Larry Hughes is the man. Great shot

[skns4life]

hughes is SICK!!! definately my favorite wizard....man the wiz better not collapse towards the end...c'mon wiz....whoop their ***** like they did to you earlier....i want to win by 30!!

[hands11]

Ok the 3 head horse is off and running.

They should just let them have fun tonight.

The role players are going to have to adjust to letting them lead and just filling in when needed.

They dont need to force anything in the post tonight. That can come later.

[Chachie]

Originally posted by hands11
...They dont need to force anything in the post tonight. That can come later.

Amen. That killed us against Sac.

[mad4comp]

I dont understand why we take it right at yao, when hes blocked like every shot. GO AROUND HIM AND LAY IT UP...

[mad4comp]

WTF is EJ thinking giving Blake more PT...he cant shoot for crap tonight. SIT HIM DOWN..how many shots does he have to miss for you to take him out. Hes practically asking to be taken out.

[Chachie]

Held on to a 1 pt lead to end the 3rd. It's not looking good though. The big men need to step it up.

[Chachie]

Larry Hughes... unbelievable 3.

[Chachie]

Damn. T-Mac is coming on STRONG.

[mad4comp]

EJ better be gone if he does this doubleteam crap again. I swear he better fire himself for being retarded.

[Chachie]

Originally posted by mad4comp
EJ better be gone if he does this doubleteam crap again. I swear he better fire himself for being retarded.

I'm getting there too, Mad. The Arenas 3 with his pants falling off was classic, BTW.

[Chachie]

Okay, the Rockets are laughing and playing hand games w/ the bench. That's pretty cocky for 6 minutes left.

[Warhead36]

Please release Steve Blake. No professional basketball player should be that awful from 3 ball.

[mad4comp]

If we lose this game, EJ better fire himself for his retardedness.

[Chachie]

mad4comp-

You are right. When WE shoot, it's contested. When they shoot, it's always one of our players "trying to get there."

Hey, Arenas gets fouled for 3.

[Warhead36]

Our lack of depth hurts tonight.

Where was Anthony Peeler tonight? Sure would have rather loved to see him take those 3's than Blake.

[herrmag]

Originally posted by Warhead36
Our lack of depth hurts tonight.

Where was Anthony Peeler tonight? Sure would have rather loved to see him take those 3's than Blake.

I keep wondering how Blake is in the NBA. I realize there's alot of MD fans, but come on, he shouldn't be playing at all, much less getting 10+ minutes off the bench.

[mad4comp]

Sigh...another uncontested 3 pointer for T mac..... We still lead by one, we need to inbound the ball to either Arenas or jamison, and let them foul us.

[mad4comp]

Plz foul them so that they cant get a three... PLZ!!

[Sebowski]

The Wiz are back!!!!!!

[mad4comp]

LH better get a quadrillion dollar contract this Season. Dont let him hit FA plz.

BTW WIZ WIN!!!!!!!!

[PCRoughrider]

They beat a team they should beat.

[DUSTINMFOX]

What a big win!!

[Chachie]

Game over. Squeaker!

[hands11]

Originally posted by mad4comp
I dont understand why we take it right at yao, when hes blocked like every shot. GO AROUND HIM AND LAY IT UP...

They scored on him well tonight by doing that and they got him in foul trouble.

Haywoooood

That was a man shot he took at Yao at the end.

[Chachie]

Originally posted by PCRoughrider
They beat a team they should beat.

WhawhaWHAAAT?

[Sebowski]

Originally posted by PCRoughrider
They beat a team they should beat.

They beat a team that destroyed them a couple weeks ago. We needed this to prove that we are a different team with Hughes in there. And we did!
:point2sky

[mad4comp]

Brendan and his free throws.. I hope Ruffin and Brown are paying attention to his FT shooting.

[PCRoughrider]

Originally posted by Chachie


WhawhaWHAAAT?

With Larry Hughes, they're better than Houston.

[mad4comp]

With the Cavs losing, and us winning, we take sole possession of 4th for the time being. Lets start pulling away fellas :)

[hands11]

Originally posted by mad4comp


The scores are there ??? Look on the right side, with that scroll box.


oh thats weird. I was only getting the very top window. The page didnt even fill that page. And now, it all there.

Strange

[Warhead36]

I would take a bullet for Larry Hughes.

[hands11]

Originally posted by Funkyalligator
if you guys want the best...and most quickly updated scores and stats...check out

http://www.sportsline.com/nba/gamecenter/live/NBA_20050302_HOU@WAS

It has instant box scores and scoring chart...everything and it updates almost instantly....occasionally its a bit behind but very rarely...


Sweet, Thanks

[Chachie]

Originally posted by PCRoughrider


With Larry Hughes, they're better than Houston.

Our guard tandem is viscious.:D But I expected to lose this game. Houston is awesome. They didn't lay down when we had 'em by 17, either.

[hands11]

Originally posted by mad4comp
WTF is EJ thinking giving Blake more PT...he cant shoot for crap tonight. SIT HIM DOWN..how many shots does he have to miss for you to take him out. Hes practically asking to be taken out.

Putting him in to play PG while you have Gil and Hughes is fine.

He did most of his shooting with it was him and Gil or him Hughes.

Hey, you have to shot in that possition or they will just lock down on the other player.

[Chachie]

BTW- Nice party tonight, guys! We had alot of posts for this game.

[hands11]

Originally posted by herrmag


I keep wondering how Blake is in the NBA. I realize there's alot of MD fans, but come on, he shouldn't be playing at all, much less getting 10+ minutes off the bench.

Ok all you Blake bashers. You will be eating your word before long. Trust me. Blake will be fine.

So he was lauching it tonight and he missed. Everyone has an off night. Jamison has 3 in a row. Give the kid some support. He has been hurt most the year and hes still real young.

[mad4comp]

Originally posted by hands11


Putting him in to play PG while you have Gil and Hughes is fine.

He did most of his shooting with it was him and Gil or him Hughes.

Hey, you have to shot in that possition or they will just lock down on the other player.

He missed like 5 wide open three's, if he was wide open again, he should just drive and dump it off to Haywood/Brown, never again should he shoot a three if he misses 3 or more.

[Bugs']

Was Larry out the last 20 games? He sure looked like he didn't miss a game....WOW. He is the reason we won tonight, without him we would of lost big. Brown is getting some rebounds and getting more in the flow. Great win. Brendan looked good inside as well, he is really developing a nice low post repetoire.


:cheers:

[Funkyalligator]

Well Brown's rebounding is about where it should be....now he just need to get his shot to start falling...he is being pretty agressive out there but just not enough....decent defense though....

[hands11]

Originally posted by PCRoughrider


With Larry Hughes, they're better than Houston.

With Larry they are better then most.
Plus Haywood has been developing all year and its starting to really show. They are just going to get better with Dixon, Jefferies, Hayes, coming back and Kwame and Blake getting in a grove. We are going to kick a##

Remember, before he got hurt we were on a 7-0.

Make it 8-0 with Larry in.

Now we are off to the wonderful March I prodicted.

This was the win of 12-0 run. Whos going to beat us from these teams ? No one

Fri 4 Golden State
Sat 5 @ Charlotte
Tue 8 @ New York
Sun 13 @ Boston
Mon 14 L.A. Lakers
Wed 16 @ Atlanta
Fri 18 @ Milwaukee
Sat 19 Utah
Tue 22 @ Denver
Thu 24 @ Utah
Fri 25 @ L.A. Clippers

[TODD]

We don't win this game without Brendan's two huge, gargantuan, monster free throws late in the game. BIG TIME kudos to him for getting the job done from the line and taking the time to improve himself from the line.

[hands11]

Originally posted by Funkyalligator
Well Brown's rebounding is about where it should be....now he just need to get his shot to start falling...he is being pretty agressive out there but just not enough....decent defense though....

I wish he wouldnt try to hard to score. That spin move was great. Thats was what I want to see. He got it, felt if he could do something, spin right and quick left and to the hoop.

I dont want to see he forcing a post up move yet were hes backing someone down and facing up. I would rather have scene the 12 rbs and he moving to the open spot to get a pass like Hughes gave Haywood twice. Just get pts in the flow.

He disrupts the offense right now when his is in because the ball doesnt move around the horn as quickly. Ruffin is great at this. When he is in, the ball moves in and out of his hands nicely.

I hope Kwame can refrane from trying to do all the post offense and just grab 12 boards a nght. Crap if he could do that, he would be a star for that alone.

[Warhead36]

What I loved was whenever Kwame made a nice play the crowd at MCI gave him a nice small ovation. What the kid(yes at 22 he's still a kid)needs is confidence. He'll get there. 12 rebounds against Yao? That is impressive. Second straight game.

He doesn't need to score assloads of points. Thats what for Arenas, Hughes, and Jamison are for. Our big men just need to establish themselves as guys that can crash the boards and play D.

Great win. Hopefully we build on it with a rout against Golden State on the eve of my Birthday. :)

[hands11]

Brendon was a monster against Yao.

That block was great and the post move at the end was awesome. He played 31 Min with 2 PF. I would have liked to have seen him play 36 or move. When he was in, we did great.

Game ball goes to Haywood.

Hughes get the tough man award. You dont do that after being out 6 weeks. Hes a freak.

[The Wicked Wop]

How many F(*)(*(&*^^&&*^ times do we have to double team and leave someone open for a three. EJ is retarded, how many times is he gonna use that dumb doubleteamming crap..

My thoughts exactly....it was actually just painful to watch at times. We without of doubt have the worst double team/trapping defense in the league. It might actually work well if the players rotated like they are suppose to, but the rotation is always about 5 seconds to late, until some realizes that someone is wide open.

On a better note, I thought Hughes looked great....especially missing 20 games

[The Wicked Wop]

I also don't have a clue why Eddy plays Ruffin late in games.......to be honest at that point he is a liability. He can't shot, can't make three thorws, and whenever he does drive to the basket to score he gets hacked and is luck to make 1 of 2 from the line.....

I think he is a decent fill in player when you need someone ot hussle for the second teamers, but you have to get this guy out the game with under 5 minutes to play

[mhd24]

I'll take Ruffin over Etan. Ruffin is a better defender, knows his role, and plays team basketball. Etan is a black hole on offense. Did you see him go one on five tonight? He's a selfish player who doesn't look for his teammates. Haywood averages 3 times as many asissts as Etan. Kwame made two passes tonight that Etan would never make.

[Skins11]

How could I forget about this game???? :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh:

[The Wicked Wop]

I'll take Ruffin over Etan. Ruffin is a better defender, knows his role, and plays team basketball. Etan is a black hole on offense. Did you see him go one on five tonight? He's a selfish player who doesn't look for his teammates. Haywood averages 3 times as many asissts as Etan. Kwame made two passes tonight that Etan would never make.

Yes I did see the game. I maybe was a little blunt when I said he shouldn't play in the last 5 minutes....but your a fool for not acknowledging that he is not an offesnive liability late in games especially (more so than Etan), when the score is close. Maybe in didn't bite the Wiz in the ass tonight......but you need guys on the court offensively that can make buckets and knock down free throws.......Ruffin can not do this.

Maybe you switch on change of possesions.....but you can't leave a guy out there who is an offensive liability during crunch time....and in the midst of a close game.

[gbear]

We need to sign Larry. It's a two for one deal. We get a much better HAywood on the floor with Larry. I had almost forgotten how much better Haywood plays with LH. Haywood just seems to be in the right spots for LH to find him.

Why didn't we foul with 6 seconds left? The Rockets were out of time outs. They would have gotten two free throws they would have had to make. They would have had to foul us imediately giving us two free throws, and then they would have had to start in their back court with very little time and no timeout to set something up. We won which is great, but if I can see it a little before the announcer who saw it in plenty of time to impliment it, why didn't we do it. Granted one announcer said he wouldn't do it, but I never heard a why.

[pez]

Well I definitely enjoyed the game, I was up in one of those cushy executive suites chowin down on some free food :D

[Buford]

yeah, I don't get the Blake haters at all.

The other night he dropped 17 points and almost had some sicky passes while running the offense.

[RedskinsNation]

A lot of great points made regarding the game last night.

I feel great that Im not alone (and havent been) on following or Wizards.

I have come to the conclusion that Haywood doesnt HURT our team on offense or defense....he's no Shaq but he plays solid D, takes good shots, always goes for the dunk when in traffic, and is the ONLY big man that can make atleast 1 FT when at the line.

Mad4comp made a great point stating that we are always struggling to get off our 3's when our oppenents are relaxing w/a Corona before shooting...its ridiculous.

Overall though...we did "contain" McGrady and Yao didnt light up the DC skyline so we did well i thought.

Houston is a VERY GOOD team (IMHO). And to get this win against a healthy Rockets team is very solid. But we need to take those 17 pt leads (in the 2nd half) and turn those into 25 pt games.

I also blame EJ for the defensive debacle that is our 3pt defense...until we play man up this will keep occuring.

[Leonard Washington]

wow what a great game...but WILL WE EVER DEFEND THE 3PT SHOT!??!?! :DOH: THE ROCKETS SHOT LIKE 50% AND THEY WERE WIDE OPEN SHOTS!

the wiz are going to be embarassed in the playoffs if they can't work on rotations and such.

that said, i LOVE THEIR OFFENSIVE FIREPOWER. Gone are the days of 5min scoring droughts!

[RedskinsNation]

Originally posted by Leonard Washington
wow what a great game...but WILL WE EVER DEFEND THE 3PT SHOT!??!?! :DOH: THE ROCKETS SHOT LIKE 50% AND THEY WERE WIDE OPEN SHOTS!

the wiz are going to be embarassed in the playoffs if they can't work on rotations and such.

that said, i LOVE THEIR OFFENSIVE FIREPOWER. Gone are the days of 5min scoring droughts!

I couldnt have said it any Better!:cheers:

[DUSTINMFOX]

O.K. my observations from last night....

Haywood did step up big....but, I still don't trust him taking that shot at the end. Those free throws were huge. I too love his D, but the man will trip over his own feet half the time on offense.

Blake.......

Stop hating guys. This isn't some guy who was a stud his fres/soph more year in college. He had to work on his game just like Juan had too. I guarantee you if he's given the chance to stay on this squad he will develop into a great leader off the bench. Remember guys...We're Young!

Brown.....If he stays healthy, he'll progress nicely. The guy has too much athletic talent not to. And it's not like this guy is a hot-head or trouble maker... He'll turn out better than Chandler and Curry....WATCH!

Hands11...I see us losing a couple of those games.... If we walk out of that 11 game stretch losing only 3-4 I'll be happy.

[mad4comp]

Originally posted by Warhead36
What I loved was whenever Kwame made a nice play the crowd at MCI gave him a nice small ovation. What the kid(yes at 22 he's still a kid)needs is confidence. He'll get there. 12 rebounds against Yao? That is impressive. Second straight game.

He doesn't need to score assloads of points. Thats what for Arenas, Hughes, and Jamison are for. Our big men just need to establish themselves as guys that can crash the boards and play D.

Great win. Hopefully we build on it with a rout against Golden State on the eve of my Birthday. :)

They also booed him, if you payed close attention to the game they booed him twice. So he got 1 Standing O and 2 boo's, i say the boo's take it this time. :D Still he needs to learn to calm down and take timely shots, stop forcing things.


Originally posted by RedskinsNation
A lot of great points made regarding the game last night.

I feel great that Im not alone (and havent been) on following or Wizards.

I have come to the conclusion that Haywood doesnt HURT our team on offense or defense....he's no Shaq but he plays solid D, takes good shots, always goes for the dunk when in traffic, and is the ONLY big man that can make atleast 1 FT when at the line.

Mad4comp made a great point stating that we are always struggling to get off our 3's when our oppenents are relaxing w/a Corona before shooting...its ridiculous.

Overall though...we did "contain" McGrady and Yao didnt light up the DC skyline so we did well i thought.

Houston is a VERY GOOD team (IMHO). And to get this win against a healthy Rockets team is very solid. But we need to take those 17 pt leads (in the 2nd half) and turn those into 25 pt games.

I also blame EJ for the defensive debacle that is our 3pt defense...until we play man up this will keep occuring.

-I wish EJ wouldnt use Etan or Ruffin that much, Haywood is pretty good and should be in the game most of the times, even in the last 5 mins of the game.

-1 Corona ? They might as well coulda drank the whole six pack, and still made those 3 pointers.

-Jamison did good on Mcgrady, until the last 7 mins when Tracy just went off (inevitable), but we still kept him under 30 points.

-Houston was not healthy, they were missing Sura, which half of Rocket nation think is their savior :rolleyes:.

[RedskinsNation]

Originally posted by mad4comp


They also booed him, if you payed close attention to the game they booed him twice. So he got 1 Standing O and 2 boo's, i say the boo's take it this time. :D Still he needs to learn to calm down and take timely shots, stop forcing things.




-I wish EJ wouldnt use Etan or Ruffin that much, Haywood is pretty good and should be in the game most of the times, even in the last 5 mins of the game.

-1 Corona ? They might as well coulda drank the whole six pack, and still made those 3 pointers.

-Jamison did good on Mcgrady, until the last 7 mins when Tracy just went off (inevitable), but we still kept him under 30 points.

-Houston was not healthy, they were missing Sura, which half of Rocket nation think is their savior :rolleyes:.

They were missing Sura? Wow i had no idea he was still in the league...did he ever get his mouth fixed?

Anyway the Rockets have good depth at the guard position (Wesley & Barry) and they have Mutombo to spell Yao. I was impressed w/Houston...I think they will make it a lot farther then most would think.

I would think that S.A. & Phx are clearly better (in the west) but besides that they are just as good as the Kings/Mavs/Sonics etc... but they will be stuck w/the #4 spot (like us) because they wont win the division.

[Funkyalligator]

I never heard the crowed boo...Kwame...when did that happen? I watched the whole game...

[mad4comp]

Originally posted by Funkyalligator
I never heard the crowed boo...Kwame...when did that happen? I watched the whole game...

My cousin and his friends were at the game, he called me up and told me they were booing Kwame. :/

[Funkyalligator]

well perhaps but there really wasn't anything that he deserved to be booed for...he is still getting his legs and in the 3 games he has been back he has put up 10+ rebounds in the last 2 games

[hands11]

Originally posted by Funkyalligator
well perhaps but there really wasn't anything that he deserved to be booed for...he is still getting his legs and in the 3 games he has been back he has put up 10+ rebounds in the last 2 games

If they were booing him, it was probably because this is a smarter BB town then people give us credit for.

I would imagine most fans want to see Kwame take it easy on offense. Specially with Hughes back. If he was forcing his offense and didnt score, you probably heard a boooo.

If he was hustling getting loss ball, rebounding and blocking shots, you probably heard cheers.

Listen Kwame. We arent dummys.

You can be a star. A hero.

Just become Ben Wallace, not J ONeal. You dont have to score right now. That will come later. We need you to relieve AJ.

Boards, Board, Boards.

Rebound and pass it back out.

Hughes and Gil will reward you with some easy feeds if your active under the hoop and run the breaks with them. Highlights baby.

You can make a name for yourself with 12 boards, 1 block, 1 steal a game. Thats more likely to happen, then you making a name for yourself scoreing 20pts a night. That just not going to happen on this team right now, but you can get all the boards your heart desires.

Grab the boards, be a star.