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2007–08 Washington Wizards season

NBA professional basketball team season

Field	Value
team	Washington Wizards
end_year	2008
wins	43
losses	39
division	southeast
division_place	2
conf_place	5
coach	Eddie Jordan
owners	Raul Fernandez, Abe Pollin
arena	Verizon Center
playoffs	[First Round](2008-nba-playoffs-bracket)
(lost to [Cavaliers](2007-08-cleveland-cavaliers-season) 2–4)
bbr_team	WAS
television	CSN Mid-Atlantic, The CW Washington, News Channel 8
radio	ESPN 980

(lost to Cavaliers 2–4)

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.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

The 2007 NBA draft took place in New York City on June 28.
The free agency period begins in July.

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

Eddie Jordan
Mike O'Koren
Phil Hubbard
Wes Unseld Jr.
Randy Ayers

Standings

Game log

October

Record: 0–1; home: 0–0; road: 0–1

1	October 31, 2007	Wizards	119–110	Pacers	1	Gilbert Arenas (34)	16,212	0–1

November

Record: 7–8; home: 3–3; road: 4–5

16	November 30, 2007	Wizards	84–85	Sixers	NA	Caron Butler (20)	10,718	7–9

December

Record: 8–5; home: 6–3; road: 2–2

29	December 29, 2007	Heat	74–96	Wizards	NA	Andray Blatche (18)	20,173	15–14

January

Record: 9–6; home: 6–2; road: 3–4

February

Record: 4–10; home: 1–4; road: 3–6

58	February 29, 2008	Wizards	97–91	Bulls	NA	Three-way tie (17)	21,884	28–30

March

Record: 10–6; home: 5–3; road: 5–3

74	March 31, 2008	Wizards	87–129	Jazz	NA	Antawn Jamison (22)	19,911	38–36

April

Record: 5–3; home: 4–1; road: 1–2

Green background indicates win
Red background indicates loss

Playoffs

|- bgcolor="edbebf" | 1 || April 19 || @ Cleveland || 86–93 || Arenas (24) || Jamison (19) || Stevenson (5) ||Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 || 0–1 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 2 || April 21 || @ Cleveland || 86–116 || Butler, Songaila, Stevenson (12) || Jamison (9) || Butler (5) ||Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 || 0–2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || April 24 || Cleveland || 108–72 || Stevenson (19) || Blatche, Jamison (7) || Daniels (6) ||Verizon Center 20,173 || 1–2 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 4 || April 27 || Cleveland || 97–100 || Jamison (23) || Jamison (11) || Stevenson (5) ||Verizon Center 20,173 || 1–3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || April 30 || @ Cleveland || 88–87 || Butler (32) || Jamison (11) || Butler (5) ||Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 || 2–3 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 6 || May 2 || Cleveland || 88–105 || Jamison (23) || Jamison (15) || Daniels (5) ||Verizon Center 20,173 || 2–4 |-

Player stats

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	13	8	32.7	.398	.282	.771	3.9	5.1	1.77	.08	19.4
	82	15	20.4	.474	.231	.695	5.2	1.1	.65	1.39	7.5
	58	58	39.9	.466	.357	.901	6.7	4.9	2.21	.34	20.3
	71	63	30.4	.459	.230	.776	2.9	4.8	.97	.03	8.4
	80	80	27.9	.528	.000	.735	7.2	.9	.39	1.66	10.6
	79	79	38.7	.436	.339	.760	10.2	1.5	1.34	.43	21.4
	80	9	21.4	.443	.398	.873	1.6	1.7	.50	.23	9.1
	70	1	9.9	.379	.167	.438	2.0	.6	.29	.37	1.3
	35	0	9.1	.352	.283	.645	1.9	.2	.17	.14	3.6
	80	13	19.4	.458	.000	.918	3.4	1.7	.66	.20	6.2
	82	82	31.3	.386	.383	.797	2.9	3.1	.79	.18	11.2
†	4	0	11.0	.500	.500		1.5	.8	.8	.0	1.3
	75	2	15.4	.439	.400	.815	1.5	.8	.47	.09	7.5

Playoffs

GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
4	2	23.5	.389	.417	.833	1.8	2.8	.50	.00	10.8
6	0	14.8	.429	.000	.333	3.3	.2	.33	1.00	3.7
6	6	41.0	.460	.238	.871	5.7	3.8	1.83	.17	18.7
6	4	25.7	.452	.250	.882	2.3	3.0	.33	.33	7.3
6	6	29.7	.591	.000	.800	6.7	.8	.67	1.50	12.0
6	6	39.5	.406	.280	.571	12.0	1.0	1.33	1.33	16.8
6	0	21.5	.404	.235	.750	.8	1.0	.50	.17	8.0
3	0	5.0	.000	.000	.500	1.0	.3	.33	.33	.3
3	0	2.7	.000	.000	1.000	.3	.0	.33	.33	.7
5	0	15.4	.421	.000	.867	2.6	.8	.20	.00	5.8
6	6	32.7	.367	.389	.889	2.2	3.0	1.00	.00	12.3
4	0	4.3	.111	.000	.750	.5	.3	.50	.00	1.3

References

[https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap;_ylt=AhYZpshEWy7J0bMTQL5xNUu8vLYF?gid=2008050227 James' triple-double helps Cavs beat Wiz 105-88, end series], [[Associated Press]], May 2, 2008.

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