In Larry Hughes first game back from injury, he scored 31 points in 37 minutes, as the Wizards defeated the Rockets 101-98.

Hughest had missed 20 games with a broken thumb.

"That was above and beyond the call of duty -- it really was," Wizards coach Eddie Jordan said. "Just to come and play those minutes and to score the points and to make timely shots late in the game, the defense. That was ... that's a classic."

"I told him I didn't want to see him come back like Ma$e did and be a flop," Gilbert Arenas said. "But he's been working hard. A lot of players who get injured, it takes them three or four games to get their swagger back. But he came back looking like he didn't miss a beat. He came back right where he left off."