Personnel Department

PERSONNEL DEPT.

Wizards: G Gilbert Arenas (left knee), F-C Oleksiy Pecherov (right ankle) and C Etan Thomas (heart surgery) remain out. . . . All five starters scored in double figures for the sixth time; the team is 5-1 in those games.

Sonics: F Nick Collison matched a season high with 17 rebounds. . . . Rookie G Kevin Durant (19 points) led the team in scoring for the 17th time this season.

BY THE NUMBERS

3

Games in which Caron Butler has scored 30 or more points this season

21

Double-doubles posted this season by Antawn Jamison

QUOTABLE

"Right now, he's as tough a matchup as there is in the league. He's playing as well as anybody. He's on fire. . . . He's not just at an all-star level, he's at an elite all-star level."

Seattle Coach P.J. Carlesimo on Butler