Rockets-Wizards (postgame)

All the stars and superstars came to play in this game. The Tmac-Yao show (mostly Yao) beat the "hibachi-warm" Wizards led by "The Chef" Arenas and Jamison. Arenas had a poor 1st quarter. He went back to the locker room, changed his white colored shoes to black, and subsequently dropped 41 points for the game. Quirky? You decide.

Yao Ming dominated all 4 Wizards centers. Haywood and Thomas did a fine job on Yao, limiting him to only 15 points in 3 quarters. However, both Brendan and Etan left the game with injuries and Yao just salivated over James Lang and Calvin Booth. Booth played with intensity, but there were several moves he did defending Yao that should have been called a foul (the refs didn't blow the whistle). Yao got the last laugh, scoring 23 points in the 4th quarter alone. Most importantly, the Rockets stopped the Wizards 3 game winning streak and prevented Washington from going back to a .500 record.

Tmac left the game with about 7 minutes to go with what appeared to be back spasms. You hate to see a talent like McGrady deal with this nagging issue. Tmac was so quick against the Wizards that not even Stevenson and Butler had a chance to slow Tmac's first step.

Carmelo is next on the schedule for the Wiz. He was sensational last year when he played in D.C. Carmelo is not going to disappoint his home area of Baltimore.

Houston: 14-6
Washington: 9-11

Wizards-76ers (postgame)

I only saw the 2nd half of this game. I didn't know that the Wizards came back from being down 20 and ultimately beat the lifeless 76ers at the end. Arenas, of course, made 2 unbelievable 3s from way downtown to end the 1st and 2nd quarters. This kid just shocks people.

The big news in Philly is the end of the Allen Iverson era. Sixers chairman spoke on the air at the game that "Allen Iverson has probably played his last game in a Philadelphia uniform". Iverson didn't play in the Wizards game. Coach Mo Cheeks and GM Billy King were rather unspecific in their tone about Iverson, but the word is that "The Answer" is done in Philadelphia.

Washington: 9-10
Philadelphia: 5-13