The Magic of the Wizards

After a couple of inexplicable losses, the Wizards won one that should've been a gimme and was. Beating the Sacramento Kings day before yesterday gave Washington a half-game lead over Philly for the sixth spot in the East, a much nicer place to be than the seventh, when you think about the Playoff matchups.

Antawn Jamison scored thirty-one points and was the Beast again. Gilbert Arenas and Caron Butler did it up proper as well, and though Mike Bibby and Ron Artest performed well, they couldn't keep up with the best three-man team in the League.

"What we wanted to do was get that losing streak snapped," Arenas said. Sounds a little different from the guy who blithely commented the other day that he's not really concerned about road losses. Guess he's figured out the Wizards don't get to play all their games at home.

Final score: 117-107, Washington. Nice win.

Sidelines: Next game is Tuesday at home in the newly named Verizon Center--gotta love the telecommunications megers!--against the Boston Celtics. The Wizards whipped the Celts bad last time they met, and there's no reason they shouldn't do it again. Televised on League Pass and CSN.

Jarrett Jeffries sprained his ankle in the fourth quarter and left the game. Hope he's okay for Tuesday.

Trivia: Eddie Jordan coached the Kings back in the late 90s. Didn't do very well with them--but he didn't have a very good team to work with, either.

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