Gilbert Shuts It Down

Any surprises left from the Wizards? certain, why not one more. Gilbert Arenas will not play in Game 5 of the team’s first-round playoff series against the Cleveland Cavaliers tonight, and said his injured left knee will not permit him to play again that season. “I’m done,” he said. “My leg wasn’t recovering fast adequate each game,” he said before tonight’s game. “It still wasn’t recovering. The nerve pinch just came out of the blue; you know, the swelling

and the achiness, it hadn’t affected that, but the nerve pain, each step feels like you’re hitting my funny bone. Eventually that was wearing and tearing, and it’s not going anywhere.” Arenas said he took a pain-killing shot before Game 4 on Sunday, but he was still limited in Washington’s loss.100-97 loss. During the playoffs he was diagnosed with a pinched nerve in the knee, which further hampered his play. He

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