"Andray Blatche started on the bench, played a little bit, and finished the game on the bench with a bag of ice wrapped around his left calf muscle.

Jan Vesely started his second straight game, played a lot, contributed and was on the floor for the final, critical possession, when Charlotte Bobcats guard Matt Carroll's final three-point attempt hit the front of the rim.

But it didn't matter who started or finished, because Trevor Booker was the power forward who provided the most production with the game on the line. After a disappointing effort the night before in Houston, where the Wizards lost to the Rockets and he was upstaged by his older cousin, Jordan Hill, Booker found the comforts of being close to home enough to play one his most inspired efforts of the season. "