Mar 31, 2007 11:54 AM EST
In the closing seconds of regulation on Friday night, the Wizards held a three-point lead over the Raptors. Anthony Parker's long pass lofted harmlessly in the air, was deflected and grabbed near the three-point line at the Washington end by forward Michael Ruffin.
Ruffin landed with the ball but then attempted to throw it high into the air toward the other end of the court. Instead, the ball slipped out of Ruffin's right hand and landed directly in the hands of Toronto guard Morris Peterson, who made a three-pointer at the buzzer to send the game into overtime.
"My natural reaction was to just throw the ball in the air and let time run out but I didn't get a good throw on it and there was a little more time than I thought," Ruffin said. "When I threw it, it kind of slipped off my palm. I didn't get a good grip on it."
The Raptors went on to win in the overtime session.
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Gilbert Arenas was admonished by the NBA for making $10 bets with fans during the Wizards' loss at Portland on Wednesday.
"We spoke to Gilbert and explained the issue to him," NBA spokesman John Acunto said Sunday. "And he assured us he wouldn't do anything like this again."
Arenas made the bets as he bantered with fans throughout the Wizards' loss. He was booed during pregame introductions and whenever he touched the ball because he had promised to score 50 points against the Trail Blazers.
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Injured forward Caron Butler, who did not make the trip with the Wizards and missed his third straight game with a left knee contusion, will fly out and join the team in the Bay Area on Thursday.
Coach Eddie Jordan did not rule out the possibility that Butler could play before the trip concludes Tuesday night at Utah. The Wizards play at Golden State on Friday night and at the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday night.
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Wizards Mar 2007 Archive
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ESPN | Mar 22, 2007
Gilbert Arenas tried to leave Seattle fans with a souvenir.
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Press Release | Mar 21, 2007
Washington Wizards President of Basketball Operations Ernie Grunfeld announced that the team has signed forward Mike Hall for the remainder of the 2006-07 season.
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ESPN | Mar 19, 2007
Zach Randolph has been granted bereavement leave effective from the Blazers
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AP | Mar 16, 2007
Wizards forward Caron Butler will miss a week to 10 days with a left knee injury and won't travel with the team on its March 20-26 road trip.
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Press Release | Mar 11, 2007
Washington Wizards President of Basketball Operations Ernie Grunfeld announced that the team has signed forward Mike Hall to a second 10-day contract.
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Washington Times | Mar 9, 2007
According to a source close to the player, Wizards guard DeShawn Stevenson will almost certainly opt out of his contract after the season and explore free agency.
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Mercury News | Mar 6, 2007
After the Warriors' wildly improbable 107-106 loss Sunday in Washington, Coach Don Nelson said he thought the league would be ``very disappointed'' with how the game ended: Gilbert Arenas being accorded three free throws -- one for a technical foul on Nelson -- after the final buzzer originally sounded.
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Washington Post | Mar 5, 2007
Andrea Bargnani and Brendan Haywood both missed their respective team's games over the weekend, but will both be in the line-up on Tuesday as the Wizards and Raptors square off.
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Washington Post | Mar 5, 2007
Moments after Gilbert Arenas clinched the Wizards' 107-106 win over Golden State by making three free throws, including one that was the result of a technical foul assessed to Golden State Coach Don Nelson, Golden State General Manager Rod Higgins met referees Tony Brothers, Derrick Stafford and Jason Phillips in the tunnel leading to the locker room, the Washington Post is reporting.
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Yahoo! | Mar 4, 2007
Gilbert Arenas made three free throws with one-tenth of a second remaining to give the Wizards a wild 107-106 victory over the Warriors on Sunday.
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AP | Mar 4, 2007
Wizards center Brendan Haywood was inactivated before Sunday's game against Golden State because of back spasms.
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Washington Post | Mar 2, 2007
Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison joined their teammates for a brief but energetic practice yesterday at Verizon Center and expect to be in the starting lineup tonight when the Washington Wizards attempt to break a four-game losing streak when they host the Atlanta Hawks.
