The Wizards will go without Caron Butler for a third straight game. The forward, who is the team's active leading scorer with 21.9 points a game, is at Verizon Center tonight, and said he had gotten over the worst of the flu, which kept him home yesterday. But he's still limping around, the effects of the left hip flexor strain suffered in Milwaukee on Sunday. The hope is that he can play Sunday when Kobe and the new-look Lakers come to town.
