The Wizards will be without Mike Miller (right calf) tonight and quite possibly for another week, according to head coach Flip Saunders. But it’s not his absence that he was pressed on again prior to tonight’s game against Detroit.
Saunders appeared to take exception with his suspension of Andray Blatche being deemed another setback for the team as a whole: “Don’t a lump a team in for a few individuals, no matter who it is. As a team, you’re always going to go through situations. But I think in hindsight, I think the team is responding extremely well. Players want to be disciplined. Hopefully, what you have happen is they understand why. It’s like dealing with your kids. You have to do things, and I tried to explain when I talked to Andray. This isn’t against you. It’s against what you did and how you’re acting. So it’s nothing against you. I don’t hold grudges over those type of things, so hopefully what happens is they’ll come back energized, no matter who it is… I don’t think those good graces [from the club toward Blatche] have stopped. I think there are certain things that have to be done at certain points.”
