You Won't Like Him When He's Angry, Or When You Are Stupid Enough To Make Him Angry

Charles Barkley has called the Wiz "the dumbest team in the history of the universe" for their general play, but I think he was especially going for their, um, strategy of claiming LeBron James was overrated. James had 30 last night, which was also the margin of victory for the Cavs, and it really wasn't even that close. (Put it this way -- LeBron had 30, 9 and 12, and didn't play the last half of the fourth quarter. That's how little he thinks of you, Wiz Boys... he didn't even want to get the triple double. Harsh.)

For the Wiz, Gilbert Arenas is in popularity free fall. Agent Zero really should have just forgotten the entire year, because while in theory a few good minutes of him off the bench is a matchup nightmare, he's forgetting the good part (2 of 10, 4 personals, 3 turnovers). They are also going to be without the services of starting fouler Brendan Haywood, who decided to try to change the mood with assault with a flagrant foul and ejection in the third quarter.

Can the Wiz get back in this on their home court? Sure. It's not like the Cavs are, you know, all that good -- heck, some people have even called them very beatable and overrated. (Those people, of course, play for the Wiz, and have spent the last two games playing basketball with LeBron's shoes up their ass.) That assessment is correct: the Cavs are not world beaters. But the Wiz won't get them, for the third straight year... and maybe that will finally shut 'em up. (Or, more likely, prompt their management to ship some of the bigger idiots out of the District.)