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We have lots to say about the Cavaliers-Wizards game, as you can imagine, and we’ll get to it all as best we can.

Being that we were likely a virgin and Larry Bird was still playing the last time the Cavs moved out of the first round of the NBA Playoffs, we’re pretty excited.

Before we get to the Cavs themselves, though - a moment for Gilbert Arenas, who’s easily, far-and-away our second favorite player in the league now. So much so that we felt awful when he missed those two free throws in OT.

We just wanted to give the guy a hug, seriously.

The three he made to send it to OT? What can you say, really? That thing was so far out there…and he shot it with like 4 seconds left - he easily could’ve gotten a better shot.

During the preceding timeout, Arenas said he told his dear friend and former Wizards teammate Hughes, “I have one shot left in me.” Hughes, who struggled through a 3-for-17 shooting night, shot back, “Well you’ll have to pull it from the ‘W,’ ” meaning the first letter of “Wizards” on the hardwood floor. And Arenas recalled saying to Hughes, “You know I’ll do it.”

The dude just has huge balls. Reggie Evans is signing somewhere asap so he can circle that first Wizards game on the calendar.

Hopefully those misses don’t haunt him for long - the dude is too great to watch, too humble, too funny, too talented. But the biggest thing is you can tell he’s having fun - he’s like the anti-McGrady.

Anyway, back soon with more, all of which will be more jumbled and unclear than the last OT victory wrap-up. If award-winning journalist Terry Pluto is allowed to be incoherent in the wake of this, we are, too.