Wiz In South Beach
-Tonight’s game is the second of three meetings between the Washington Wizards and Miami Heat. The Heat lead the season series, 1-0. The two teams will meet again on April 26th at Verizon Center.
-Last game versus Milwaukee...The Wizards defeated the Milwaukee Bucks, 121-112, on April 18th at Verizon Center...Jordan Crawford led all scorers with 32 points on 11-of-17 from the field...John Wall posted a double-double with 14 points and 10 assists...Kevin Seraphin scored 14 points and grabbed five rebounds...Nene scored 14 points on 7-of-12 from the field off of the bench...Monta Ellis led the Bucks with 31 points.
-Last time versus Miami…The Wizards were defeated by the Miami Heat, 106-89, on February 10th at Verizon Center...JaVale McGee led the Wizards with 24 points and 13 rebounds...Nick Young scored 22 points...Trevor Booker posted 13 points, 15 rebounds and four steals...John Wall scored 15 points and had 10 assists...Dwyane Wade led the Heat with 26 points.
-The Wizards scored 60 points in the first half and 61 points in the second half in their win over Milwaukee (4/18). The last time the Wizards scored 60 or more points in both halves of a game was October 31, 2009. The Wizards scored 62 points in the first half and 61 points in the second half in a 123-104 win over the New Jersey Nets.
-Kevin Seraphin has scored 10 or more points in 11 consecutive starts at center. The last Washington player to score 10 or more points in 10 consecutive starts at center was Gheorghe Muresan. Muresan scored 10 or more points in 16 consecutive starts during the 1995-96 season. Seraphin has scored 10 or more points in 12 straight games overall.
-Seraphin is averaging 16.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game in 11 games during the month of April.
-Nene is averaging 14.7 points and 8.6 rebounds in seven games as a Wizard.
-Wizards-Heat connections...Heat forward Mike Miller averaged 10.9 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.9 assists in 54 games for Washington during the 2009-10 season...Heat forward Juwan Howard was selected 5th overall by the Washington Bullets in the 1994 NBA draft….Howard averaged 18.3 points in 464 career games with the Wizards from 1994-2001...Heat center Ronny Turiaf appeared in four games for the Wizards this season before fracturing his left hand.
