so right away flip saunders shows he has the best. andray blatche in for brendan haywood. >> phil: he just got 28 seconds left. certainly doesn't want to lose him. give him a chance to pick up another personal. but going back to last play it is also about the front line here an even though you have collins in there. collins was in there. but josh smith. those guys are really active. very difficult to box them out. not to say that you still don't put that effort to do that. but very active. >> steve: wizards very quietly on a 7-0 run. they have cut the lead to 14. michael bibby pulls up over andray blatche. short. butler has it. comes the other way. flip saunders calling an offensive play. shot winding down. butler is short. jumper is good with is.6 seconds to play in the half. williams long shot. not good. and the wizards end on a 9-0 joe johnson. an blach blap. >> steve: wizards trail the hawks 45-33 after atlanta led by as many as 22 but washington closes out that first half on a 9-0 run and they are back in this game after shooting

saunders will take time.ut of the block and took the lead but the bulls have come back to regain the advantage to 2. derrick rose now 6-12 from the field, has 15 points to lead the buli scor you lo--utte so c i .. i lo i .. otheer l- i' one ank -ou le taoffbeermuch you e grlsnee trips b er l taste grs. you're gorgeous, look at you, i loooov y taste grs. taste grs. taste grs. taste grs. taste grs. taste grs. taste grs. . >> steve: bulls have come back behind derrick rose, luol deng and they have taken a 2-point lead on the wizards 54-52. rose with 15 points, three rebounds, three assists. coming into the game ranked 26th in the nba in scoring, gives you 18 and a half points a game. 1th in assists and an even 6 per game. no. 1 overall pick after one year in memphis university. butler will pull up for the jumper and hit it. that gives him 17 points for the game. he's 7-16 from the field. it will be a foul called on chicago. antawn jamison a littling taj gibson, gets the better of him. >> phil: they're going to h

gilbert says the story is false and head coach at flip saunders, reaction? >> right now, the destruction is not winning games. we try to focus on playing san antonio. we have had two days of good practice and we will see where it takes us. >>> the washington capals on top ice, trying to get back on track into the win column. they are in action right now, taking on the los angeles kings. mike green gets the puck on the power play. back of the net, we are tied. we e now in the third, and the teams have add -- the kings have added a goal, so they are winning 2-1. >>> the colonial athletic association is tough. ol dominion, a dangerous team, taking on a george mason. mason extends the lead. the dish, the flesh. mason wins the game. >>> g.w. welcoming howard into the air arena. he knows how to make it count. collins led howard with 17. islicing into the lane, it's a hard way. the colonials turn back howard. >>> with a cloud of uncertainty surrounding their head coach, the florida gators headed into the sugar bowl against no. 4 cincinnati very focuse urban meyer,

and saunders wants a 20. jamison holding that right shoulder.dislocated against cleveland in the preseason on october 14th and missed the first 9 games of the year. phil: yeah. you know, i'm wondering he's had a couple of really good looks out here. here's that last play. tarm get contact there holding that shoulder as you mentioned. you're really vulnerable when you extend your arm like that. in some discomfort. steve: athletic trainer eric waters checking the movement making sure if it did pop out it came back. antwan continues to wear that sleeve on the right side. it's really not there for support, it's more for warmth and awarenes if it goes into an awkward position not necessarily that to keep it alive and new jersey has the ball. 4:50 to play in quarter number 3. steve buckhantz with phil chenier with our comcast crews. the nets try to win four on the season 40 winter and 40 losses the worst record was the philadelphia 76ers who won just 9 games in 1972, 73. phil: they needed that. really been struggling with their shots in this quarter.

coach saunders discussed the distraction. >> you'd like as a coach a player who's able to totally focusn your game at hand, and when you have other things to distract off the court or whatever, those are things that you're always concerned about. but from my standpoint, and as i told our players. we still get judged on what we do as far as on the court. for the guys that are here, doing things. >> the family of the teams late owner called the incident dangerous and zpoifrnting. >>> an update tonight on the controversial firing of mike leech in an affidavit released by the university today, steve pincock said leach told him to lock the wide receiver in a dark place. he later told james he was sorry for placing him in an equipment shed. doctors diagnosed james with a concussion, and according to the trainer, leach wanted james to be uncomfortable. >>> a ragged army fights in the streets of iran. one of the leaders says he'll pay the price for the cause. >>> new year's ushers in something new for gay couples in new hampshire. it cleared up right away. i can breathe. (announcer) so where wo

flip saunders talking about change the culture. gilbert arenas, caron butler will play at the two. antawn jamison and brendan haywood will start at the center position. flip talked about a total mindset change. they have gone through the last two days working on the defensive end. the san antonio spurs is a staple of that. what they allow and what teams are scoring. it's impressive on the defensive end. some of the numbers, 11th in the nba and giving up field goal percentage at 45%. the wizards are at 10th. they do a pretty good job there. but the totality of the spurs' defense, opponents 37 which ranked number one in the nba. the wizards are 25th in that department. michael, that's the story here at the verizon center. there is a lot of roll and national media here as and you can expect for those distraction. >> if both parties end up being found guilty and you are reporting no guns, what would the league ramifications if this did take place. >> reporter: gilbert arenas did have guns. he has confirmed that. that is where the problem really lice. all the other information that that

saunders. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you, dr. elmendorf, it is a very sobering testimony we are hearing today but also to look back at a year ago, when we were hearing yet again a very sobering story, from virtually every economist who recommended that the federal government had to act, the debate i felt was more, largely around what the size of the recovery package looked like and what the composition should be, and as a new member to congress i really took a lesson from a city i represent, the city of lowell, massachusetts, during -- when the industrial revolution began and the textile industry began to move south it had a dramatic impact on the economy of the community, and, government failed to act. and because government failed to act, it took decadesh@l@ñ@ñr propose a three-year freeze on nondefense discretionary spending and i, like my colleagues, am pleased that he is taking the question of deficit control seriously, and i recognize that we're going to have to make some very painful choices that include spending cuts,

saunders. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you, dr.elmendorf, it is a very sobering testimony we are hearing today but also to look back at a year ago, when we were hearing yet again a very sobering story, from virtually every economist who recommended that the federal government had to act, the debate i felt was more, largely around what the size of the recovery package looked like and what the composition should be, and as a new member to congress i really took a lesson from a city i represent, the city of lowell, massachusetts, during -- when the industrial revolution began and the textile industry began to move south it had a dramatic impact on the economy of the community, and, government failed to act. and because government failed to act, it took decades for that city to dig itself out from under the challenges it faced. so that very real example really did motivate me and drive my decision to support the recovery package and i think from your testimony today we have seen how important it was. we cannot imagine where we might ha

saunders? >> thank you, mr. chairman.ecretary west and admiral clark, it's great to see you both again. you have been great public service throughouthroughout the year. i want to ask this issue that has come up in the discussions about the fact that we have an annex which i didn't go and look at before this discussion today. i think this is going to be a frustrating experience trying to figure out where to go for the american people and policymakers, if we have this dichotomy between a discussion here, generalities versus talking about a specific case. i need to understand -- by the way, that's not lassoed by doctor. it's for official use only. it is one thing if we had out in that room the criminal case file. the interrogation, whatever is there. but in fact, what you all are in conducting is an administrative proceeding based on the records that are in the military, in order to problem solve. and it's not clear to me why the american people are not entitled to see because it's part of the problem, these unredacted revie

saunders. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you, dr.at a year ago, when we were hearing yet again a very sobering story, from virtually every economist who recommended that the federal government had to act, the debate i felt was more, largely around what the size of the recovery package looked like and what the composition should be, and as a new member to congress i really took a lesson from a city i represent, the city of lowell, massachusetts, during -- when the industrial revolution began and the textile industry began to move south it had a dramatic impact on the economy of the community, and, government failed to act. and because government failed to act, it took decades for that city to dig itself out from under the challenges it faced. so that very real example really did motivate me and drive my decision to support the recovery package and i think from your testimony today we have seen how important it was. we cannot imagine where we might have been without taking that very bold action and, again, also listening to the lessons

com says arenas has been a problem for head coach flip saunders since training camp but saunders calledntrue today adding don't let the facts get in the way of a good story. end quote. here is arenas discussing the situation last night in the wizard's locker room. >> biggest misconception about this? >> the whole story. the other day, you know, bad judgment happened. the weapons here. it was bad judgment. you know me and been here i never did anything violent. anything i did was funny -- well, it's funty me. whatever happens happens. i can't do anything about that. keep a smile on my face. got to un-- enjoy life sometimes. >>> coming up, the terps have their final test before starting acc play. we have highlights on the way when geico sportsnite returns. -la-la... ♪ ♪ they really made him drop. ♪ a perfect gift so sure to lift the hostess right next door. ♪ ♪ oh! give the gift of scratchers... ♪ ♪ give all four and more. give the gift of scratchers...♪ ♪ and watch their spirits soar. holiday scratchers from the virginia lottery. >>> road openther afternoon. hoyas 10-1 overall coming int

. >> you might notice flip saunders has been calling a lot of time-outs early in the game. according to ali us we didn't know he called a lot of these in the month of january. >> he's called 14 time-outs in the first 4:00 the gave -- of the game. nine have come in the month of january. what's that saying is you're not listening to the game plan. they're take too many jump shots. he's trying to prevent the game from getting out of hand. >> break it down. keys to victory. account wizards get it done and now is. >> for it to happen, they'll have to get out to a good start because the lakers are too talented and too explosive. they have to find a way to contain kobe. you want to try to make him work as hard as you possibly can. lastly, stay out of foul trouble. the lakers are too deep. they have three giles. vernon gholston, rinehart and a guy like lamar odom capable of scoring 20 points. >> late word, antawn jamison and randy foye both gametime decisions suffering from injuries. we'll have to see if they'll be available tonight against the world champions. >> chris miller, ron