The Wizards practiced today at Quicken Loans Arena and the mood was light and upbeat despite losing their seventh straight playoff game to the Cavaliers a day before. The common theme was: We had our chances. We were stopped by ourselves, not the Cavs.

Said coach Eddie Jordan: "I liked the way we conducted ourselves, I like the way we managed the game for the most part. I liked the way Gil came off and was what we hoped he would be – the difference maker. And what it comes down to, LeBron made some terrific plays, driving to the basket. Things we had cut off in the first half, we started letting him half in the fourth quarter. So we just need to shore up some things and make some minor adjustments. Because hey, when you're on their floor, you get them to shoot 39 percent, you're even in the rebounding department, you managed the game, you were right there, then you don't have to make major adjustments. You just have to play better."

Antawn Jamison: "I got a lot of open shots. ... I'll say out of the 24 that I took, maybe four or five of them were tough, tough shots that I should've thought about. But a couple of the 3s, maybe I could've drove or created shots for other people. But I'm not beating myself upside the head. ... You don't want to say, 'It's Game 1 and they did what they were supposed to do.' But It was a game we had a chance to win and we came up short."

Caron Butler: "People need to realize, the series doesn't start until you lose at home. And right now, we haven't lost at home and the pressure's still on the Cavs to protect their home court. We need to come out and get a win tomorrow night. I thought we did an excellent job and we felt like because we didn't make shots in that stretch, that's what cost us the game. We make shots and we'll be fine. Just some minor adjustments."

Gilbert Arenas didn't practice because he sprained his right wrist in a collision with LeBron late in yesterday's game. He wasn't complaining about it after the game but noticed soreness this morning. He did some light shooting but watched the team drills with the wrist wrapped in ice. No worries, Wizards fans. Your new star sixth man won't let a sore wrist keep him out of tomorrow night's game.

–- Mike Jones