Gilbert Arenas waited for the 2nd half to score and score he did, finishing with 22 points in a 96-95 win over the Jazz.  The game was one of the most physical of the year, with 50 personal fouls, five technicals and one ejection.

``It was physical. Refs were going both ways with it,'' Arenas said. ``At any point, they could have just kicked anybody out. ... Players were giving each other cheap shots. We've seen it on the film that they're a very physical team. We had to come out from the beginning and be physical, too.''

``It was tough,'' said Washington's Larry Hughes, who scored 21 points. ``We didn't know what was a foul, what wasn't a foul, what was a good play, what wasn't a bad play. It was just one of the games where you had to tough it out and hope that things work out in your favor at the end.''