Wizards lose preseason finale to Pistons, 98-92

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    "The Washington Wizards will unlikely have many, if any, games ending with a lineup of Kevin Seraphin, Trevor Booker, Nick Young, Adam Morrison and Lester Hudson. As it stands, only three of them are guaranteed spots on the opening day roster.

    But Tuesday in their final tuneup before the regular season, Coach Flip Saunders went with a group hoping to either make the team or secure spots in his rotation.

    While the Wizards would have preferred to end the preseason with a victory, their 98-92 loss to the Detroit Pistons at Huntington Center was more about making final evaluations and fine-tuning.

    After finishing the exhibition season 3-4, losing three of their final four games, Saunders said his team has plenty of room for improvement. "Some good, some bad, some indifferent," he said, assessing his team's overall performance.

    Saunders has a good sense of what his players can do, but he wasn't able to get a clear picture of what they all could do together after Al Thornton (sprained left ankle) and later Gilbert Arenas (mild groin strain) both came down with injuries during the preseason.

    Saunders experimented with a three-guard lineup in the first three games and it proved to be his most effective pairing, with John Wall, Kirk Hinrich and Arenas playing well off each other. "

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/19/AR2010101908085.html
     

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