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Wizards activate Chris WhitneySALT LAKE CITY (AP) The Washington Wizards activated guard Chris Whitney from the injured list Tuesday, and rookie forward Jarvis Hayes was placed on the list with a strained left hamstring. Gilbert Arenas, the team's leading scorer at 20.1 points a game, had a sprained right ankle and did not dress for Tuesday night's game against Utah. Steve Blake, who scored a team-high 21 points in Sunday's 101-81 loss to Miami, started in Arenas' place. Prior to going on the injured list with a left ankle sprain on Dec. 26, Whitney was averaging 3.9 points in his 10th NBA season. Hayes, chosen 10th overall in the 2003 draft, is the team's fifth-leading scorer at 9.6 points a game. Hayes has played in 64 games, starting 39, and ranks sixth among all rookies in scoring. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Wiz welcome back Hughes only to lose ArenasThe Washington Wizards could be propped up as exhibit A in an argument for the existence of curses, voodoo and black magic. Once again, the Wizards tried to field a team with Jerry Stackhouse, Gilbert Arenas and Larry Hughes — who missed 19 games with a fractured wrist before returning yesterday — in the lineup, and once again they were thwarted. Arenas, who missed 26 games with a severely strained abdominal muscle and groin injury, stuck around for just 22 scoreless minutes before leaving the game with a sprained right ankle (X-rays were negative) as the Miami Heat manhandled the Wizards 101-81. Washington was denied a three-game winning streak for the seventh time this season. Through 69 games, Stackhouse (who only has played 18 games because of knee surgery), Arenas and Hughes have played just 11 games together. "Somehow I knew. I knew it," Arenas said, fighting back laughter over the threesome's bad luck. "You get in a rhythm. It was my turn. I guess we're allowed to have two at a time. It was my turn to go out, and when I come back somebody else is going down. That's how it feels right now. I mean, I don't know what to say." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Hughes activated from injured listWASHINGTON (AP) Washington Wizards guard Larry Hughes was activated from the injured list and started Sunday's game against Miami. Hughes' return from a broken left wrist marked just the fourth game all season that the Wizards' three leading scorers _ Gilbert Arenas, Jerry Stackhouse and Hughes _ have played together. Arenas and Stackhouse have both missed extended time with injuries. ``Everybody, if you have a rabbit foot, just hold on to it,'' coach Eddie Jordan said before the game. ``If you believe in anything, superstitions, just keep saying it. If you believe in prayer, just pray for us _ that those three guys can stay on the floor the rest of the season. It'll be a joy to see.'' Hughes was averaging 18.7 points when he was placed on the injured list Feb. 11. To make room for his return, forward Lonny Baxter was placed on the injured list with right knee tendinitis. Hughes' tender wrist could make his ball-handling suspect, but that makes him fit right in with a team that leads the league in turnovers. ``The ball may slip out of his hands once or twice,'' Jordan said. ``But, hey, just join the crowd.'' Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Wizards Mar 2004 Archive
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