Four thoughts after the Wizards’ fiery – and I mean, they had a flame-infused opening montage and a hanging Wizards sign that spewed fire during pregame introductions – home-opening win over not-very-good New Jersey, 123-104.
Before the game, Washington head coach Flip Saunders talked about Gilbert Arenas still trying to find a balance between making plays himself and for others: “When he gets into trouble is when he predetermines what he’s going to do. I think he can’t predetermine, ‘Well, I’m going look for an assist on this play.’ Those are things that just kind of happen. But the more he plays with our guys, the more it’s going to happen.”
Afterward Saunders was shocked that he fielded a half-dozen questions before anyone asked about his best player: “I think it’s a very unique situation that I’ve been here about eight minutes and no one’s mentioned anything about Gil. he did have 32 points and 7 assists.” Fair point.
