Im supposed to put us in a position to do the right thing and tonight I didnt do that." Daniels finished with 12 points and Jamison had eight to go with a team-high 11 boards for the Wizards, who ended a string of five straight losses in Game 5s despite being without the services of three-time All-Star Gilbert Arenas. Arenas, who was available at varied capacities during the first four games of the series, announced earlier Wednesday that his surgically repaired knee was simply causing him too much pain, and he will miss the remainder of the season -- not to mention the series. "Our leadership just steps up when Gils out," Wizards coach Eddie Jordan said. "Thats how its been in the locker room, on the floor, meetings, everywhere we go. Ive said it all year long, our leadership is impeccable with Antawn, Caron, Antonio and DeShawn." West had 12 points and eight assists, while Gibson scored nine for the Cavs. Washington held a 23-16 lead after one quarter behind 14 points from Butler, but Cleveland clawed back to tie the game at 32 on a Gibson three with 6:43 left in the half. Stevenson scored eight straight Wizards points to push the lead back to 42-37, and they held a slim 45-43 margin at the break. Cleveland began the second half on a 16-8 burst to open up a six-point lead, and was up 62-57 after Gibsons three with 3:15 to go in the third. Jamison answered with a three, bringing the Wizards back within two and kick-starting a 12-3 run to close the period. Butler hit two free throws to put Washington up 71-65 less than a minute into the fourth, but the Cavs soon broke out of their scoring drought. James scored inside and Smith converted a tip-in, then James got loose for a two-handed slam that had Cleveland back ahead, 74-73 with 7 1/2 minutes remaining. Game Notes: Washington has not been eliminated from the playoffs on the road in 20 years. The franchises last season-ending road loss came in Detroit back in 1988.Washington made just 36.8 percent of its three-point attempts, but held Cleveland to 36 percent from beyond the arc and forced 14 turnovers.Outside of James, Ilgauskas and West, Cleveland got just 22 points on 7-of-32 shooting from the other six players that saw time (Gibson, Smith, Ben Wallace, Wally Szczerbiak, Anderson Varejao and Devin Brown). Jeremy Maclin Jersey. -- The Green Bay Packers could be without both of their starting safeties for Sunday at Washington, and linebacker Nick Barnett might be facing an extended absence. Chicago Bears Devin Hester Jersey. On Saturday, Oaklands Trevor Cahill tossed 7 2/3 scoreless innings, sending the hapless Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-0 defeat and their 16th consecutive road loss. The 22-year-old Cahill (7-2) walked three and allowed two hits to go with a career-high 10 strikeouts en route to a sixth straight winning decision. Terrell Suggs Jersey Womens. 1-ranked Jelena Jankovic said it takes her some time to get on top of her game at the beginning of a new season. Darryl Tapp Jersey. Joe Johnson added 25 points while Josh Smith tallied 18 points, eight assists and five steals for the Hawks. Marvin Williams ended with 14 points, Maurice Evans 12 and Mike Bibby 10 in the victory. Troy Polamalu Premier Jersey. Centre-fielder Andres Torres and the World Series champions agreed to terms Saturday on a US-$2.2-million, one-year contract to avoid arbitration. Torrey Smith Jersey White.2 billion yuan ($615 million) in money and materials for quake-hit Yushu by Saturday, said a statement on the website of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Authentic Marques Colston Jersey. -- Showing just how frustrated they are with quarterback David Garrard, the Jacksonville Jaguars claimed former Buffalo Bills starter Trent Edwards off waivers Tuesday. Marcell Dareus Jersey Kid. Financial terms of the contract were not released, but TSN is reporting the deal will pay Mueller $1.5 million this season and $2.5 million in 2011-12. "We are pleased to have reached an agreement with Peter," said Avalanche General Manager Greg Sherman. Fantasy Forecast for Thursday, October 8 WEDNESDAYS ROUNDUP: In addition to the Fantasy Forecast, this season we are introducing Top Picks to help you make those tough active lineup decisions. Top Picks will highlight which players have a track record of performing well against that days opponent. To view Top Picks for Thursday, click here. Goaltenders dominate the fantasy news entering Thursdays 12-game slate. However, much of it revolves around coaching decisions involving starters and backups that are mostly undecided at this point. One decision that is certain is that Atlanta coach John Anderson has named Ondrej Pavelec (1-0-0, 3.00 GAA, owned in 15 percent of all Yahoo! leagues) as his starter for Thursdays game at St. Louis, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. As for the Thrashers game Saturday at Ottawa, a decision has not been made on who will start, Pavelec or Johan Hedberg. Predators coach Barry Trotz named Dan Ellis (1-0-0, 1.85 GAA, 24 percent) the starter for Thursdays home-opener against Colorado, and Pekka Rinne (79 percent) will play Saturday at home against Buffalo, reports the Tennessean. Trotz said no decision has been made about Mondays home game against Edmonton. "We want to get them both going. If someone gets hot, you can go back-to-back games," Trotz said. "But if you look at our schedule, theres a lot of weeks where you have four games. To ask a goalie to play all four, I think it hurts their performance. "If we can get both goalies going ... not too many teams can say weve got two goalies that can win us hockey games any night." In Colorado, starter Craig Anderson (2-0-0, 1.00 GAA, 63 percent), dealing with a groin pull, is listed as probable for Thursdays game at Nashville, according to the Denver Post. Avalanche coach Joe Sacco revealed that backup Peter Budaj (5 percent) will play at some point on their current seven-game road trip that concludes Oct. 21, but he hasnt decided when. Fantasy Forecast Habs look to Bergeron in wake of injury Rocky Bonanno - NHL.com Staff Writer Marc-Andre Bergeron joins the Canadiens in the wake of the Andrei Markov injury, plus other fantasy updates from around the NHL. READ MORE › Play "Fantasy Hockey 09" from Yahoo! Fantasy questions? Write us: fantasy@nhl.com NHL.COMS FANTASY INDEX › COMPLETE FANTASY FORECAST ARCHIVE › Stars coach Marc Crawford told the Dallas Morning News that backup goalie Alex Auld (4 percent) will probably play one of the next two games -- Friday at Calgary or Sunday at Vancouver. So fantasy owners of Marty Turco (0-0-2, 2.77 GAA, 91 percent) should have a backup