Billups Hits Jumper With .7 Seconds Left To Slay The Wizards

Chauncey Billups hit a 14-foot jumper with 0.7 seconds remaining Wednesday to give the Detroit Pistons a 107-105 victory over the Washington Wizards.

Billups and the Pistons overcame a 19-point first-half deficit and trailed by as many as 15 in the third quarter.

Billups had a season-high 32 points.

The game was Washington's first sellout since last February.

Via ESPN

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Wizards Activate Guard Steve Blake, Place Laron Profit On Injured List

Washington Wizards President of Basketball Operations Ernie Grunfeld announced today that the team has activated guard Steve Blake and placed guard Laron Profit on the injured list with an arch strain in his left foot.

Blake has had two separate stints on the injured list this season. He missed the first eight games of the season after having surgery to remove a chipped bone from his right ankle on September 22, 2004. Blake was activated from the injured list on November 20 and played in two games, prior to being placed on the injured list with an arch strain in his left foot on December 28. In his rookie campaign with the Wizards last season, Blake played in 75 games with 14 starts. He averaged 5.9 points and 2.8 assists per game.

Profit returned to the Wizards on October 1, 2004 after signing with the team as a free agent. In nine appearances this season, he averaged 3.1 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. Profit made his first start since April 18, 2001 in the Wizards season opener at Memphis (11/3), finishing with 11 points, seven rebounds and six assists in 33 minutes.

Via Wizards Press Release

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Arenas And The Former Warriors Win In Oakland

In just his second trip back to Oakland, Gilbert Arenas made it a special one.

Arenas broke a tie with an improbable driving layup with 0.8 of a second remaining as the Wizards defeated the Warriors 103-101 at the Arena in Oakland.

Arenas finished the contest with 29 points, while his fellow former Warriors, Larry Hughes and Antawn Jamison scored 25 and 18 respectively.

Via SF Chronicle

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