AP News, March 15th, 2007
Gilbert Arenas scored 28 of his 35 points in the second half as the Washington Wizards extended the Indiana Pacers' losing streak to 11 games with a 112-96 win on Wednesday night.
Antawn Jamison added 27 points and eight rebounds for the Wizards, who had lost their previous three games by a combined six points. The only negative for Washington was that forward Caron Butler left the game early in the second quarter with stiffness in his left knee and did not return.
Jermaine O'Neal started after sitting out three games with a sprained left knee. He had 24 points and seven rebounds in 30 minutes.
Danny Granger scored 19 points and Troy Murphy added 17 for the Pacers.
The Pacers' last win was on Feb. 21 against Milwaukee. The Pacers can tie their longest-ever losing streak Saturday against Atlanta.
Arenas continued his run of success against the Pacers. He scored 43 points against Indiana on Feb. 7, 2005 and 40 against the Pacers on Nov. 8, 2006.
Washington shot 51 percent from the field and made 8 of 20 3-pointers.
Washington led 53-52 early in the third quarter before Arenas scored eight straight points to give Washington a 61-52 lead with 8:23 left in the period. He scored 20 points in the period to give the Wizards an 84-74 lead at the end of the quarter.
Indiana cut the deficit to 88-82 on two free throws by O'Neal early in the fourth quarter, but Washington responded with a 12-2 run to put the game out of reach.
Jamaal Tinsley, who scored a career-high 37 points in a loss to Minnesota on Tuesday, was one of three injured Pacers inactive for the game.
Tinsley was out with a sore left foot and hamstring. Center Jeff Foster (back spasms) and forward Marquis Daniels (sore left knee) also were inactive.
Notes:@ Jamison scored his 12,000th career point in the second quarter. ... Daniels missed his seventh straight game. ... The Pacers had climbed to 29-24 right after the All-Star break. ... O'Neal was called for a technical foul in the third quarter that helped spark a 10-0 Washington run. ... It was Arenas' 24th game with 30 or more points this season.
