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Haywood's 25 Lead Wizards

With Jamison still out, others pick up slack to beat Bulls

By Mitch Pritchard, Newser User

Posted Apr 6, 2008 1:06 AM CDT

(Newser) – Brendan Haywood scored a career-high 25 points, Caron Butler added 18 and the short-handed Washington Wizards beat the Chicago Bulls 99-87 last night. Antawn Jamison missed his second straight game with a sprained right shoulder and Gilbert Arenas rested his surgically repaired left knee for... Read full story »

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