What to watch for tonight at the Cavs look to mete out a little vengeance on the Washington Wizards tonight at the Q:

-  It looks like the Cavs might have Anderson Varejao and Ben Wallace back in uniform for tonight’s game.  With only five games remaining, the Cavs will be looking to get Wallace back into game shape as quickly as possible, while being careful not to reaggravate the injury.  Here’s hoping that Ben’s injury and Andy’s emergence in his absence will have Wallace playing a hyper-active 15-18 minutes a game off the bench, rather than a more stagnant 24-30 minutes a game in the Playoffs.

-  Speaking of Andy, he apparently showed up to practice yesterday with a fake “Chosen 2″ tattoo on his back.  It’s not the first time Andy used some visual humor on the Chosen One this season.   

-  Brian Windhorst just (as in two minutes ago) “tweeted” that J.J. Hickson will be out 2-3 weeks with a back injury, and that Andy and Ben are likely to play tonight.  More on that first part as it comes.

-  As for the Wizards, not even Washington Post writer Michael Lee (who’s Wizard’s blog is one of my favorites - even if there hasn’t been much love for the Cavs over the years) knows if Gilbert Arenas will play tonight.  Lee is leaning towards “no,” but Arenas says he’s a game-time decision, and you never can tell what will happen when Agent Zero is involved.  So I’ll act like he’s going to play, because whenever I do that, the player in question does not play.  And I still like the Cavs’ chances better if Gilbert is resigned to just talking smack and making stupid faces on the sidelines than if he’s actually in the game.

So yeah, Gilbert Arenas will definitely play tonight and have a monster game.  Bet on it.

(Separate note: In that same blog post, Lee implies that he will be back in Cleveland for the Finals in June.  Now like I said, I like Lee, and I’m sure he’ll be able to add a little insight into a possible Finals series.  But is there any reason he’ll have to be in the building to do that?  Is that a big enough story in D.C. that the Post sending Michael Lee to Cleveland to cover it makes sense?  I don’t get the sports media business some times.)

-  The Cavs have re-signed Jawad Williams to fill the roster spot opened up by Eric Snow, who was released after the league approved the Cavs claim for salary cap relief due to Snow’s chronic injury.

-  As if the big loss to the Cavs on Sunday wasn’t enough, the San Antonio Spurs have lost Manu Ginobili for the remainder of the season and the Playoffs.  This doesn’t guarantee the Lakers a spot in the Finals, but it certainly makes it much more likely.

Go Cavs.

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