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Saturday, November 17, 2007

PERSONNEL DEPT.

Wizards: Rookie F-C Oleksiy Pecherov (ankle) and C Etan Thomas (heart surgery) remain out. Caron Butler, who scored a season-high 29 points last night, is averaging a career-high 22.5 points through eight games. C Brendan Haywood (eight points, 11 rebounds) just missed his sixth double-double of the season.

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Timberwolves: Rashad McCants led Minnesota in scoring (19 points) but also had eight turnovers and managed only one point in the decisive fourth quarter.

BY THE NUMBERS

51.9

Wizards' shooting percentage in last night's win over Minnesota, a season high

7

Consecutive Washington losses at Minnesota before last night

QUOTABLE

"The best way to deal with that is to go on a run and shut them up. It tends to get real quiet when you do that."

Butler, on some of the trash-talking that came from the Timberwolves



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