Both sides agree on one point: The refs are a lot less tolerant than in the old days.
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"I've never seen anybody get wiped out like that in a game I played in," Daniel Gibson said. "But you go back to watching some of those old, old games you see those type of things a lot."
Said Washington's Gilbert Arenas: "When I was young, watching basketball, the foul they're calling out there is like golf compared to what the Bad Boys used to with Michael Jordan and each other. So, if it is getting out of hand, I must have been blind when I used to watch basketball."
Gibson said he expects the Wizards to keep up the physical play. The good news for the Cavaliers is that, unless Washington starts to play better, they'll only have to put up with it for two more games.
Beaten by 7 points in Game 1 and routed by 30 in Game 2, the Wizards are staring at a sweep from their Eastern Conference nemesis for the second straight year. They aren't shooting well and have been unable to take advantage of what appeared to be favorable matchups against a vulnerable Cavaliers team. All the hack-LeBron efforts in the world won't mean a thing if coach Eddie Jordan can't get the offense to run more effectively.
"I think coach had one of his better speeches today," Haywood said. "He really addressed some issues that had been lingering underneath the surface for a couple of months about ball movement and what's going to happen if there isn't ball movement. That's the biggest thing: Everybody came to the game yesterday thinking 'I am going to do it myself."'
