The Wizards had a hard time keeping up with the Hawks in Atlanta tonight. Gilbert Arenas had another solid game with 23 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals. Brendan Haywood was a beast in the middle for the Wizards in this game with 19 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals. Andray Blatche was solid off the bench again for the Wizards tonight with 13 points and 6 rebounds. The Wizards are now 1-1 on the season.

The Wizards will be without point guard Javaris Crittenton until at least December after he had recent surgery on his left foot. This won’t hurt the Wizards who won’t push him to return too soon. That is because the Wizards are loaded at point guard with Gilbert Arenas, Randy Foye and Mike James.

The Washington Wizards look like they have got their “Agent Zero” back, as Gilbert Arenas looked great last night in the Wizards win over the Dallas Mavericks.  Arenas had 29 points, 9 assists, and 2 rebounds while shooting 10-21 from the field and 8-9 from the line.  Arenas only played in 15 games in the past two seasons, and it looked like knee injuries and multiple surgeries might hinder the talented guards’ abilities and possibly cut his career short.  Arenas looked like his old self last night though, and although it is just one game, things looked great for Arenas.  His knee seemed strong and he had the explosion, quickness, and quick jumper that made him so difficult to guard in the 06-07 season and prior.  The NBA season is a marathon though, so it will be interesting to see how Arenas and his knees hold up.  This was a great sign for Arenas and the Wizards though.

The Wizards got off to a great start to the season last night winning Flip Saunders’ head coaching debut for the team. Gilbert Arenas led the way for the Wizards with 29 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists. He looked fantastic both driving to the hoop and his outside shot looked smooth. Andray Blatche was outstanding off the bench with 20 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocked shots. The Wizards hope he keeps giving them games like that while Antwan Jamison is out of action. Randy Foye had a solid debut for the Wizards with 19 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals off the bench. Caron Butler didn’t shoot too well in this game but he still finished up with 16 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocked shots. The Wizards are now 1-0 on the season and looking good.

The bookmakers in Las Vegas saw all of the positive moves the Wizards made in the off-season and all of them were to win right now. The Wizards are going to be one of my favorite teams to watch this season because they are going to score a lot of points and give up quite a few too. I have a feeling that they are going to outscore their opponents more than half of the time so I would bet on the over with the Wizards this season even with Antwan Jamison missing some time at the start of the year.