2007–08 Washington Wizards season

The 2007–08 Washington Wizards season was their 47th season in the National Basketball Association. The Wizards made the playoffs for the fourth straight season despite missing star Gilbert Arenas for most of it due to a knee injury. The Wizards were then eliminated for the third straight time by the Cavaliers, all in just the first round.[1]

2007–08 Washington Wizards season
Head coachEddie Jordan
OwnersRaul Fernandez, Abe Pollin
ArenaVerizon Center
Results
Record43–39 (.524)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Southeast)
Conference: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishFirst Round
(lost to Cavaliers 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionCSN Mid-Atlantic, The CW Washington, News Channel 8
RadioESPN 980

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

Offseason

Draft picks

Washington's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 16 Nick Young Guard  United States USC
2 47 Dominic McGuire Small forward  United States Fresno State

Roster
2007–08 Washington Wizards roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
PG 0 Arenas, Gilbert Injured (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1982–01–06 Arizona
PF 32 Blatche, Andray 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 248 lb (112 kg) 1986–08–22 South Kent School (CT)
SF 3 Butler, Caron (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1980–03–13 Connecticut
PG 6 Daniels, Antonio 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1975–03–19 Bowling Green
C 33 Haywood, Brendan 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 263 lb (119 kg) 1979–11–27 North Carolina
PF 4 Jamison, Antawn (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1976–06–12 North Carolina
PG 8 Mason, Roger 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 1980–09–10 Virginia
SG 5 McGuire, Dominic 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1985–10–20 Fresno State
C 14 Pecherov, Oleksiy 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1985–12–08 Ukraine
C 9 Songaila, Darius 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 248 lb (112 kg) 1978–02–14 Wake Forest
SG 2 Stevenson, DeShawn 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1981–04–03 Washington Union HS (CA)
C 36 Thomas, Etan Injured 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1978–04–01 Syracuse
SG 1 Young, Nick 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1988–06–01 USC
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2007-12-31

Standings

Standings
Southeast Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Orlando Magic 5230.634–25–1627–1412–4
x-Washington Wizards 4339.500925–1618–2310–6
x-Atlanta Hawks 3745.4511525–1612–299–7
Charlotte Bobcats 3250.3902021–2011–307–9
Miami Heat 1567.183379–326–352–14
Eastern Conference
# Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Boston Celtics6616.805–
2 y-Detroit Pistons5923.7327
3 y-Orlando Magic5230.63414
4 x-Cleveland Cavaliers4537.54921
5 x-Washington Wizards4339.52423
6 x-Toronto Raptors4141.50025
7 x-Philadelphia 76ers4042.48826
8 x-Atlanta Hawks3745.45129
9 Indiana Pacers3646.43930
10 New Jersey Nets3448.41532
11 Chicago Bulls3349.40233
12 Charlotte Bobcats3250.39034
13 Milwaukee Bucks2656.31740
14 New York Knicks2359.28043
15 Miami Heat1567.18351

Record vs. opponents
2007-08 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MEM MIA MIL MIN NJN NOH NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA WAS
Atlanta –0–32–22–21–21–11–10–41–10–21–21–11–12–03–12–22–01–30–24–02–23–11–10–21–10–21–11–21–12–2
Boston 3–0–3–14–02–22–01–12–11–12–03–02–02–02–04–04–02–04–01–14–01–23–11–12–02–02–02–03–11–10–3
Charlotte 2–21–3–1–31–30–21–10–31–10–23–12–01–11–13–11–22–01–30–21–21–31–20–22–00–20–22–02–21–11–3
Chicago 2–20–43–1–3–10–21–13–11–10–22–21–10–21–12–13–11–11–20–22–20–41–30–20–21–10–22–01–21–11–2
Cleveland 2–12–23–11–3–1–10–21–31–10–24–02–02–02–03–01–32–01–30–22–11–32–10–22–02–01–11–13–11–12–2
Dallas 1–10–22–02–01–1–1–21–13–13–11–14–01–34–02–01–13–01–12–22–02–01–12–12–22–11–33–11–12–20–2
Denver 1–11–11–11–12–02–1–0–23–12–21–13–10–34–02–01–14–02–01–21–11–11–12–22–22–12–23–12–01–32–0
Detroit 4–01–23–01–33–11–12–0–2–01–14–02–01–12–04–03–12–03–02–02–22–22–22–01–10–22–02–03–10–22–1
Golden State 1–11–11–11–11–11–31–30–2–2–21–13–12–24–02–02–03–11–11–21–11–12–02–22–23–12–12–12–00–32–0
Houston 2–00–22–02–02–01–32–21–12–2–2–03–02–13–11–12–03–02–02–22–01–10–22–24–02–22–24–01–11–22–0
Indiana 2–10–31–32–20–41–11–10–41–10–2–1–10–21–13–13–11–12–21–14–01–23–00–22–01–10–21–11–31–12–2
L.A. Clippers 1–10–20–21–10–20–41–30–21–30–31–1–0–43–11–11–11–32–00–42–00–20–21–30–33–10–32–11–11–30–2
L.A. Lakers 1–10–21–12–00–23–13–01–12–21–22–04–0–2–12–01–13–01–12–22–01–12–03–12–23–12–24–02–03–12–0
Memphis 0–20–21–11–10–20–40–40–20–41–31–11–31–2–2–00–22–22–00–42–01–10–20–30–32–21–33–10–20–31–1
Miami 1–30–41–31–20–30–20–20–40–21–11–31–10–20–2–2–21–11–20–21–30–40–31–10–21–10–21–10–41–10–4
Milwaukee 2–20–42–11–33–11–11–11–30–20–21–31–11–12–02–2–1–10–40–21–31–31–20–20–20–20–21–11–20–22–2
Minnesota 0–20–20–21–10–20–30–40–21–30–31–13–10–32–21–11–1–1–11–31–11–11–12–20–42–10–41–30–22–20–2
New Jersey 3–10–43–12–13–11–10–20–31–10–22–20–21–10–22–14–01–1–0–21–31–32–20–21–10–20–22–01–31–12–1
New Orleans 2–01–12–02–02–02–22–10–22–12–21–14–02–24–02–02–03–12–0–2–01–12–04–02–21–22–23–01–11–30–2
New York 0–40–42–12–21–20–21–12–21–10–20–40–20–20–23–13–11–13–10–2–1–31–30–20–20–20–20–21–31–12–1
Orlando 2–22–13–14–03–10–21–12–21–11–12–12–01–11–14–03–11–13–11–13–1–3–10–22–01–10–22–02–10–23–1
Philadelphia 1–31–32–13–11–21–11–12–20–22–00–32–00–22–03–02–11–12–20–23–11–3–1–11–11–11–12–01–30–22–2
Phoenix 1–11–12–02–02–01–22–20–22–22–22–03–11–33–01–12–02–22–00–42–02–01–1–3–04–03–14–02–01–22–0
Portland 2–00–20–22–00–22–22–21–12–20–40–23–02–23–02–02–04–01–12–22–00–21–10–3–1–30–32–21–13–11–1
Sacramento 1–10–22–01–10–21–21–22–01–32–21–11–31–32–21–12–01–22–02–12–01–11–10–43–1–1–33–11–12–20–2
San Antonio 2–00–22–02–01–13–12–20–21–22–22–03–02–23–12–02–04–02–02–22–02–01–11–33–03–1–2–11–12–22–0
Seattle 1–10–20–20–21–11–31–30–21–20–41–11–20–41–31–11–13–10–20–32–00–20–20–42–21–31–2–1–10–40–2
Toronto 2–11–32–22–11–31–10–21–30–21–13–11–10–22–04–02–12–03–11–13–11–23–10–21–11–11–11–1–0–21–3
Utah 1–11–11–11–11–12–23–12–03–02–11–13–11–33–01–12–02–21–13–11–12–02–02–11–32–22–24–02–0–2–0
Washington 2–23–03–12–12–22–00–21–20–20–22–22–00–21–14–02–22–01–22–01–21–32–20–21–12–00–22–03–10–2—

October

Record: 0–1; home: 0–0; road: 0–1

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
1October 31, 2007Wizards119–110Pacers1Gilbert Arenas (34)16,2120–1

November

Record: 7–8; home: 3–3; road: 4–5

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
2November 2, 2007Wizards103–83CelticsNAGilbert Arenas (21)18,6240–2
3November 3, 2007Magic94–82WizardsNACaron Butler (23)20,1730–3
4November 8, 2007Wizards85–87NetsNAAntawn Jamison (24)13,2670–4
5November 9, 2007Nuggets118–92WizardsNACaron Butler (21)20,1730–5
6November 11, 2007Wizards101–90HawksNACaron Butler (24)13,1721–5
7November 14, 2007Pacers90–103WizardsNAGilbert Arenas (30)12,4772–5
8November 16, 2007Wizards105–89TimberwolvesNACaron Butler (29)11,7833–5
9November 17, 2007Trail Blazers109–90WizardsNAAntawn Jamison (30)20,1734–5
10November 20, 2007Sixers101–116WizardsNAAndray Blatche (26)12,2995–5
11November 21, 2007Wizards114–111Bobcats1Caron Butler (39)12,1936–5
12November 23, 2007Warriors123–115WizardsNAAntawn Jamison (30)20,1736–6
13November 24, 2007Wizards118–124GrizzliesNAAntawn Jamison (41)13,5796–7
14November 26, 2007Wizards110–98MavericksNACaron Butler (35)19,5567–7
15November 28, 2007Wizards94–109SpursNABrendan Haywood (19)18,3867–8
16November 30, 2007Wizards84–85SixersNACaron Butler (20)10,7187–9

December

Record: 8–5; home: 6–3; road: 2–2

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
17December 1, 2007Raptors97–101WizardsNACaron Butler (29)20,1738–9
18December 5, 2007Cavaliers86–105WizardsNACaron Butler (27)17,6849–9
19December 7, 2007Suns122–107WizardsNAAndray Blatche (19)20,1739–10
20December 9, 2007Nets89–104WizardsNACaron Butler (28)13,71210–10
21December 11, 2007Timberwolves88–102WizardsNAAntawn Jamison (22)12,17711–10
22December 13, 2007Wizards104–91HeatNADeShawn Stevenson (26)19,60012–10
23December 15, 2007Kings79–92WizardsNADeShawn Stevenson (19)20,17313–10
24December 19, 2007Bulls95–84WizardsNACaron Butler (29)14,79213–11
25December 21, 2007Hawks97–92WizardsNAAntawn Jamison (30)16,47213–12
26December 22, 2007Wizards85–93PacersNAAntawn Jamison (29)11,58313–13
27December 26, 2007Wizards108–104BobcatsNAAntawn Jamison (26)14,70514–13
28December 28, 2007Wizards106–109NetsNACaron Butler (28)17,64414–14
29December 29, 2007Heat74–96WizardsNAAndray Blatche (18)20,17315–14

January

Record: 9–6; home: 6–2; road: 3–4

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
30January 2, 2008Pistons106–93WizardsNACaron Butler (22)15,76315–15
31January 4, 2008Wizards101–77BucksNAAntawn Jamison (24)16,25016–15
32January 6, 2008SuperSonics86–108WizardsNACaron Butler (33)17,81617–15
33January 8, 2008Rockets92–84WizardsNAAntawn Jamison (14)16,82417–16
34January 11, 2008Wizards102–98Hawks1Antawn Jamison (22)16,06418–16
35January 12, 2008Celtics78–85WizardsNADeShawn Stevenson (19)20,17319–16
36January 14, 2008Wizards88–83CelticsNACaron Butler (21)18,62420–16
37January 15, 2008Wizards93–105KnicksNACaron Butler (24)17,58420–17
38January 18, 2008Knicks98–111WizardsNAAntawn Jamison (32)20,17321–17
39January 21, 2008Mavericks84–102WizardsNACaron Butler (24)20,17322–17
40January 23, 2008Wizards85–121CavaliersNABrendan Haywood (11)20,56222–18
41January 25, 2008Grizzlies93–104WizardsNAAntawn Jamison (24)17,12323–18
42January 27, 2008Wizards102–105Bucks1Caron Butler (40)15,62123–19
43January 29, 2008Raptors104–108Wizards1Antawn Jamison (24)12,90524–19
44January 30, 2008Wizards83–122RaptorsNADeShawn Stevenson (16)19,80024–20

February

Record: 4–10; home: 1–4; road: 3–6

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
45February 1, 2008Jazz96–87WizardsNAAntawn Jamison (31)20,17324–21
46February 3, 2008Lakers103–91WizardsNAAntawn Jamison (21)20,17324–22
47February 5, 2008Wizards96–101SixersNADeShawn Stevenson (19)10,97424–23
48February 6, 2008Spurs85–77WizardsNAAntawn Jamison (18)20,17324–24
49February 8, 2008Wizards100–111NuggetsNAAntawn Jamison (21)17,07824–25
50February 10, 2008Wizards107–108SunsNAAntawn Jamison (28)18,42224–26
51February 11, 2008Wizards117–120WarriorsNARoger Mason (32)19,04324–27
52February 13, 2008Wizards91–89ClippersNAAntawn Jamison (29)17,14425–27
53February 19, 2008Knicks113–100Wizards1Antawn Jamison (20)15,10225–28
54February 22, 2008Wizards89–90CavaliersNADarius Songaila (19)20,56225–29
55February 23, 2008Bobcats95–110WizardsNAAntawn Jamison (22)20,17326–29
56February 25, 2008Wizards95–92HornetsNADeShawn Stevenson (33)11,28927–29
57February 26, 2008Wizards69–94RocketsNAAntawn Jamison (18)15,76827–30
58February 29, 2008Wizards97–91BullsNAThree-way tie (17)21,88428–30

March

Record: 10–6; home: 5–3; road: 5–3

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
59March 2, 2008Hornets84–101WizardsNAAntawn Jamison (28)20,17329–30
60March 5, 2008Magic122–92WizardsNAAntawn Jamison (19)17,74529–31
61March 7, 2008Wizards110–106Raptors1Antawn Jamison (25)19,80030–31
62March 8, 2008Bobcats100–97WizardsNAAntawn Jamison (30)20,17330–32
63March 11, 2008Bucks97–105WizardsNAAntawn Jamison (23)14,75531–32
64March 13, 2008Cavaliers99–101WizardsNACaron Butler (19)20,17332–32
65March 15, 2008Clippers109–119Wizards1Antawn Jamison (36)20,17333–32
66March 17, 2008Hawks105–96WizardsNAAntawn Jamison (25)16,22733–33
67March 19, 2008Wizards88–87MagicNAAntawn Jamison (31)16,53334–33
68March 21, 2008Wizards103–86HeatNACaron Butler (25)19,34535–33
69March 23, 2008Pistons83–95WizardsNAAntawn Jamison (24)20,17336–33
70March 25, 2008Wizards82–102Trail BlazersNACaron Butler (19)19,98036–34
71March 26, 2008Wizards104–99SuperSonicsNARoger Mason (22)10,49737–34
72March 28, 2008Wizards114–108KingsNAAntawn Jamison (25)14,06138–34
73March 30, 2008Wizards120–126Lakers1Deshawn Stevenson (27)18,99738–35
74March 31, 2008Wizards87–129JazzNAAntawn Jamison (22)19,91138–36

April

Record: 5–3; home: 4–1; road: 1–2

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTLeading scorerAttendanceRecord
75April 2, 2008Bucks109–110WizardsNATwo-way tie (18)14,35538–37
76April 4, 2008Heat109–95WizardsNACaron Butler (29)18,87539–37
77April 5, 2008Wizards99–87BullsNABrendan Haywood (25)21,92940–37
78April 9, 2008Celtics109–95WizardsNAAntawn Jamison (27)20,17341–37
79April 11, 2008Wizards74–102PistonsNAAntawn Jamison (15)22,07641–38
80April 12, 2008Sixers93–109WizardsNAAntawn Jamison (25)20,17342–38
81April 14, 2008Pacers110–117WizardsNARoger Mason (31)15,55243–38
82April 16, 2008Wizards83–103MagicNAAndray Blatche (20)16,92943–39
  • Green background indicates win
  • Red background indicates loss

Playoffs
2008 playoff game log
First Round: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1April 19@ Cleveland86–93Arenas (24)Jamison (19)Stevenson (5)Quicken Loans Arena
20,562		0–1
2April 21@ Cleveland86–116Butler, Songaila, Stevenson (12)Jamison (9)Butler (5)Quicken Loans Arena
20,562		0–2
3April 24Cleveland108–72Stevenson (19)Blatche, Jamison (7)Daniels (6)Verizon Center
20,173		1–2
4April 27Cleveland97–100Jamison (23)Jamison (11)Stevenson (5)Verizon Center
20,173		1–3
5April 30@ Cleveland88–87Butler (32)Jamison (11)Butler (5)Quicken Loans Arena
20,562		2–3
6May 2Cleveland88–105Jamison (23)Jamison (15)Daniels (5)Verizon Center
20,173		2–4
2008 playoff schedule

Player stats
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Regular season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Gilbert Arenas 13832.7.398.282.7713.95.11.77.0819.4
Andray Blatche 821520.4.474.231.6955.21.1.651.397.5
Caron Butler 585839.9.466.357.9016.74.92.21.3420.3
Antonio Daniels 716330.4.459.230.7762.94.8.97.038.4
Brendan Haywood 808027.9.528.000.7357.2.9.391.6610.6
Antawn Jamison 797938.7.436.339.76010.21.51.34.4321.4
Roger Mason 80921.4.443.398.8731.61.7.50.239.1
Dominic McGuire 7019.9.379.167.4382.0.6.29.371.3
Oleksiy Pecherov 3509.1.352.283.6451.9.2.17.143.6
Darius Songaila 801319.4.458.000.9183.41.7.66.206.2
DeShawn Stevenson 828231.3.386.383.7972.93.1.79.1811.2
Nick Young 75215.4.439.400.8151.5.8.47.097.5

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Gilbert Arenas 4223.5.389.417.8331.82.8.50.0010.8
Andray Blatche 6014.8.429.000.3333.3.2.331.003.7
Caron Butler 6641.0.460.238.8715.73.81.83.1718.7
Antonio Daniels 6425.7.452.250.8822.33.0.33.337.3
Brendan Haywood 6629.7.591.000.8006.7.8.671.5012.0
Antawn Jamison 6639.5.406.280.57112.01.01.331.3316.8
Roger Mason 6021.5.404.235.750.81.0.50.178.0
Dominic McGuire 305.0.000.000.5001.0.3.33.33.3
Oleksiy Pecherov 302.7.000.0001.000.3.0.33.33.7
Darius Songaila 5015.4.421.000.8672.6.8.20.005.8
DeShawn Stevenson 6632.7.367.389.8892.23.01.00.0012.3
Nick Young 404.3.111.000.750.5.3.50.001.3

Awards and records

Transactions

The Wizards have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Trades

Free agents
PlayerFormer team
PlayerNew team

See also

References
  1. James' triple-double helps Cavs beat Wiz 105-88, end series, Associated Press, May 2, 2008.
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