Ive been on the wiz's sides for a whole bunch of wins of late, however this is a game that they have all kinds of matchup problems. The first and most glaring who in the world is gonna guard Keith Van Horn. I mean they have no one even close as long thats as quick a kvh, and the big guys pf types are slow on washington (jones, white, thomas). Then you have a mismatch at pg where j kidd can post the two little guards any time he wants (lue and whitney) plus when he drives they cant stop him because of hes strength, which is good because kidd is a smart player and rather than shooting tons of j's im sure will see him driving.
For anyone who hasnt seen, martin has become a top flight defender, and is very very quick and can jump out of the building, he will be on jordan. This is the game where we really see rip being out really hurting the wiz, with martin on jordan and kittles who is very long on the number 2 threat hubert davis there really gonna struggle to score. Add that to the fact that with martin they wont have to double jordan like most teams do so that will allow everyone to stay with the 3 point shooters.
The number 1 difference is the bench, i love the way lue has played, and haywood is gonna be a good one but nj is 10 deep and they all can play.
good luck..
[This message has been edited by dnuggets (edited 12-31-2001).]
