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Wizards' Arenas Has Knee Drained Again
Gilbert Arenas wraps his surgically repaired knee in the first quarter against Orlando. Arenas, who underwent surgery to repair a torn left meniscus in April, also had his knee drained on Oct. 17.
(Ricky Carioti - The Post)
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Wizards center Brendan Haywood outlines his strengths, talks about team chemistry and admits his affinity for the Yankees.
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Jamison, who averaged 19.8 points per game last season on 45 percent shooting, is averaging 19 points through games, but is shooting 29 percent and has made only 6 of 20 three-point attempts.
[an error occurred while processing this directive]Starter DeShawn Stevenson, meanwhile, is mired in an offensive slump that dates from the end of last season when Arenas injured his knee and Caron Butler was lost for the season with a fractured right hand.
Counting four playoff losses to the Cleveland Cavaliers last spring and the first three games of this season, Stevenson has made 21.5 percent of his shots overall and only 4 of 25 three-point attempts.
When the Wizards were at their best last season, Arenas, Jamison and Butler carried the bulk of the scoring load, but Stevenson made defenses pay for concentrating on them by making shots while mixing in timely drives to the basket.
"I won't say that I'm being defended differently but last year, I was used to Gilbert coming down and making plays, Antawn and Caron making shots and right now, when I get it, I have to create and I'm hesitating," Stevenson said. "I'm not getting the wide-open jump shots I usually get. So, I think once Gil gets his mojo back, Caron gets his swagger back and Antawn starts hitting his threes, that will open things up for everybody else."
Tonight would as good a time as any to get started.
"We need one," Butler said. "It's time for us to play like we know we can."
