For the Wizards it's been a difficult two days. The loss in Indianapolis, they then got stuck in Indianapolis because of the snow storm, came back home on Saturday night to play the Chicago Bulls where they had a promising start in the 1st quarter, but like the game against the Pacers, a disastrous 2nd quarter, but this time, unlike the game against the Pacers, the Wizards did recover only to lose to the Chicago Bulls 118-111. Of concern, a meltdown in the final 3 minutes. The Wizards had a 111-102 lead with 3:06 to go only to see the Bulls go off on a 16-0 run to close the game. How could that happen? Bullets failed to make crucial stops and they will remember tonight.
O'Neal returned to practice this week and participated in Miami's shootaround Friday. He practiced Saturday and looks like he'll get back in uniform Sunday. It'll be nice to see him playing again, but I expect him to be on the clock. Don't expect 25 point production from the big man, Zo's going to do the heavy lifting and that means defending the inside. What's good about Shaq in this spot is he will clog up the middle and you still need to put couple of guys on him. Shaq will do what he can to make his way back, this is a start.
I look for today's battle below the 2 century mark.

WAS/MIA UNDER 200 -120 for 3 units(L)
Shaq, can't make both or miss both, makes one to send this game into OT.