Gilbert Arenas went through a full practice today and Wizards coach Eddie Jordan said if all goes according to plan, Arenas will make his second straight start.

"He looked pretty good out there today," Jordan said. "I was trying to slow him down so he could save his legs for tomorrow, but he looked good and it looks like he's ready to go for tomorrow."

It was a sign of improvement two days after Arenas on Thursday made his first start since Nov. 16, but limped off the court in the second quarter, suffering from a bone bruise and pinched nerve in his surgically-repaired left knee.

Arenas said yesterday that he was optimistic that he could play in Game 4 and hoped that resting would do the trick. He sat out of practice yesterday, but had a spring in his step in the latter portions of today's practice, and was back to one of his favorite pastimes: knocking down 3-pointers over rookie Nick Young.

-- Mike Jones