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The 76ers are still learning Eddie Jordan's Princeton offense. The Washington Wizards, who worked in the read-and-react, pass-and-cut schemes for five seasons-plus, can relate.

I missed most of this one live and don't really want to watch it on delay, considering the score.

Always looking for ways to get more out of his players, Wizards coach Flip Saunders canceled the morning shootaround for the second straight game to allow his team to get extra rest.

Tony Parker scored 17 points and the San Antonio Spurs stopped a three-game losing streak with a 106-84 victory over the Washington Wizards on Saturday night.

Browse more photos>> Rust is natural. If you take someone away from something that they do on a regular basis for an extended amount of time, it takes sometime to get back into that rhythm.

Kevin Durant scored 35 points, Russell Westbrook added 26 and the Oklahoma City Thunder had their highest-scoring output of the season in a 127-108 victory over the Washington Wizards on Friday night.

No one in the Washington Wizards' locker room is calling Wednesday's 108-91 triumph over the Cleveland Cavaliers a signature win.

Antawn Jamison had 31 points and 10 rebounds in his season debut, and the Washington Wizards beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-91 on Wednesday to end a six-game losing streak.

A recent rash of injuries has yet to slow down the Cleveland Cavaliers, who take aim at a sixth straight victory in tonight's clash with the badly-struggling Washington Wizards from the Verizon Center.

Gilbert Arenas said he didn't want to be an entertainer anymore. Then he decided to reenlist his Agent Zero and Hibachi identities during the Washington Wizards' 106-103 loss to the Detroit Pistons on Saturday -- complete with his familiar palms up, hands-waving motion after a made basket.

'Everyone wants the fun guy back,' Arenas said after the loss. 'They feel with the fun guy, everyone gets to be looser.'

Arenas, though, is having an especially tough time finding his identity as a point guard, which is one reason the Wizards (2-7) have an inconsistent offense, are on a six-game losing streak and have the third-worst record in the Eastern Conference. Arenas has flourished as a scorer, making three all-star teams with his ability to erupt for large scoring outbursts, but admits he is struggling as the primary decision-maker under Coach Flip Saunders.

He tried serious. Surly even. He declared Agent Zero dead and retired the Hibachi.

Gilbert Arenas had an announcement to make as walked through the locker room on Saturday.

Ben Gordon scored 29 points, including the eight with less than two minutes to play, as the Detroit Pistons beat the Wizards, 106-103, tonight in Washington.

Antawn Jamison missed practice again, with what Coach Flip Saunders described as a fever and headache.

After the Washington Wizards returned from Miami -- where they suffered their fifth consecutive loss, continued to sputter on offense and were reduced to just one healthy point guard -- Caron Butler said he walked around his house with a smile on his face. His wife, Andrea, looked at him, perplexed.

'How are you smiling?' Butler recalls her asking.

'I've got to smile to keep from crying,' he told her.

The Wizards' sorrows weren't resolved when they signed point guard Earl Boykins on Wednesday, but the 11-year veteran does address one problem for a team already ravaged by injuries only three weeks into the season. He provides scoring, playmaking and stability, all in a pocket-sized package.

The Washington Wizards were supposed to be the surprise team of the NBA this season, but after double-digit losses against the Cavaliers, Hawks, and Pacers, there is no surprise left.

The Washington Wizards have signed free-agent guard Earl Boykins after a series of injuries at that position and waived center Paul Davis .

Over the course of a grueling 82-game regular season, every team in the NBA is bound to hit a rough stretch of games.A Murphy's Law of "Everything that can go wrong, will go wrong" takes a firm grip of a team's psyche as it seems that every ball bounces the wrong way or rims out, and every whistle or break is in favor of the opposition.A It happens ...

The Southeast Division-leading Miami Heat shoot for their third straight victory tonight, when they continue a five-game homestand versus the Washington Wizards at AmericanAirlines Arena.

The injury-depleted Washington Wizards will be without Mike James for the next four to five weeks after the veteran reserve guard broke a finger on his left hand, the team said on Monday.