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By Andy Popp
GAME 71: Blazers (40-30) vs Washington Wizards (17-51)
March 22, 7 p.m., CSN
Previous Match-ups:
Friday, December 3rd Blazers 79 Wizards 83
Related: Trail Blazers Games, Schedule, and WIN Tickets

The Washington Wizards come to town tonight and the Blazers are out for blood.

After losing a close game with the Lakers on Sunday, paired with an embarrassing loss to the Wizards in December. The Blazers will be looking to deliver a knockout punch against an extremely beatable team.

The Wizards are currently 17-51, and are 2-13 over their last 15 with their only wins coming at home against the Minnesota TImberwolves and New Jersey Nets. However, the most telling stat is that they’re 1-31 on the road (they got the best of the Cleveland Cavaliers at home last month).

The on Wizards on paper:
Starting five: Yi Jianlian, Trevor Booker, JaVale McGee, Jordan Crawford, John Wall
Off the bench: Maurice Evans, Cartier Martin, Othyus Jeffers, Kevin Seraphin, Nick Young

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
Marcus Camby is questionable for tonight’s game.

STRATEGY
This is an easy one tonight: the strategy is play team basketball and put them away early.

LET’S GET RICH
To date: 31-22-2
Blazers -16. I’ll take the Blazers.

TRADE ME
Rudy Fernandez

NUMBER OF BACK TO BACKS THIS SEASON (IN SETS)
17

NEXT 5
vs San Antonio
@ Oklahoma City
@ San Antonio
@ New Orleans
vs Oklahoma City

BOTTOM LINE
The Blazers need to focus on tonight’s game and not get caught looking ahead to the difficult end of year schedule; 8 of their last 11 regular season games are against Western Conference playoff teams.

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Pipeline's Portland Trail Blazers coverage by:

Andy Popp

Andy Popp is a Portland native that loves sports and beer. You can contact Andy Popp at either andypopp@gmail.com or BlazersPipeline on Twitter. When he's not at PDX Pipeline, you can find him at lowposts.com.