Gilbert Arenas, Larry Hughes and Antawn Jamison made sure Washington's 17-year drought of a playoff win, as the Wizards defeated the Bulls by a final score of 117-99.
Arenas scored 32 points, while Hughes and Jamison each had 21 and Etan Thomas chipped in 20.
Chicago had six scorers in double-figures, but none scored more than 15.
Ben Gordon's minutes were limited due to illness and he has just 8 points.
Game 4 is on Monday at the MCI Center where the Wizards will try to even the series at 2 game a piece.
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Ben Gordon sat out Friday’s practice because he was feeling a bit ill. Rookie Gordon has been huge for the Bulls against the Wizards and it is very unlikely that he will not be ready for game 3 today.
"I would imagine he'll play," coach Scott Skiles said. "But we didn't see any reason to do anything with him. We let him rest. He's been on medication for a couple of days, so I'm sure he'll be fine for Saturday."
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Apr 27, 2005 11:52 PM EST
Kirk Hinrich scored 21 of his 34 points in the 4th quarter to carry the Bulls to a 113-103 Game 2 victory, taking a 2-0 series lead.
After trailing by 10 at the end of the 1st quarter, the Bulls outscored the Wizards 38-21 during the 2nd.
Jannero Pargo gave the Bulls a boost in the 2nd quarter, hitting a couple jumpers to lead the charge.
Gilbert Arenas scored 39 points, bouncing back after scoring just 9 in Game 1. Unfortunately, the Wizards got just 19 points from Larry Hughes, 18 points from Antawn Jamison and 12 points from Juan Dixon and no other scorers were in double-figures.
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Wizards Apr 2005 Archive
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The Washington Times | Apr 26, 2005
Wizards’ center and future recipient of a mid-level exception contract in this summer’s free-agent market Kwame Brown got a bit of good news last night.
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RealGM | Apr 24, 2005
Ben Gordon had a great playoff debut, leading the Bulls to a 103-94 win over the Wizards. The win was the Bulls' first in the playoffs since 1998.
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The Washington Times | Apr 23, 2005
Despite the fact that he was heavily involved with the Washington Wizards as a player/minority owner/president of basketball operations, Michael Jordan will be rooting for his old Bulls according to Wizards players.
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Yahoo! | Apr 21, 2005
Jamal Crawford made seven 3-pointers and scored 36 points, and the Knicks came from behind to beat the playoff-bound Washington Wizards 113-105 Wednesday night.
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Washington Post | Apr 20, 2005
Kwame Brown was disappointed with the Wizards loss at New Jersey, which meant that they would not be having home court advantage versus the Bulls, but he managed to look at the bright side.
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Washington Wizards PR | Apr 17, 2005
Washington Wizards President of Basketball Operations Ernie Grunfeld announced today that the team has activated guard Anthony Peeler and placed forward Damone Brown on the injured list with right shoulder biceps tendinitis.
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Cleveland Cavaliers PR | Apr 16, 2005
Drew Gooden sustained a left hip contusion during the second quarter of last night's game at Washington.
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ESPN | Apr 14, 2005
The Washington Wizards defeated the Chicago Bulls 93-82 to clinch a beth in the playoffs for the first time since 1997.
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Washington Wizards PR | Apr 13, 2005
Washington Wizards President of Basketball Operations Ernie Grunfeld announced today that the team has activated center Brendan Haywood and placed center Peter John Ramos on the injured list with left knee tendinitis.
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Chicago Tribune | Apr 13, 2005
The Chicago Bulls have a very important game tonight versus the Washington Wizards and rookie forward Andres Nocioni will not be suiting up.
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Wizards Press Release | Apr 11, 2005
Washington Wizards President of Basketball Operations Ernie Grunfeld announced today that the team has signed forward Damone Brown for the remainder of the season.
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Yahoo! | Apr 9, 2005
Reggie Miller scored 18 points Friday night to lead the Pacers to their season-high sixth straight win, 93-83 over the Washington Wizards.
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ESPN | Apr 6, 2005
The Celtics had seven players in double-figures on Tuesday while Gilbert Arenas had 43, but the team ball ruled the day, with the Wizards taking a 116-108 defeat.
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Yahoo! | Apr 5, 2005
The Wizards are in a dogfight with the Chicago Bulls for the 4th spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs and could use the return of Antwan Jamison, who has missed the last 11 games due to tendinitis in his right knee.
