Arenas was two assists shy of a triple double in loss to Miami — but only if you count turnovers! His 12 turnovers were the most in the NBA since Wade in 2007.

You can blame injuries to All-Stars like Jamison for the Wizards’ slow start, but on Tuesday night, it all came down to Gilbert Arenas and his inability to hold onto the ball!

As Yahoo! Sports reports:

For Gilbert Arenas, it was a night to forget.

He led the Wizards with 21 points, but most notably, had a career-high 12 turnovers—seven of the giveaways coming in a 6-minute span of the third quarter, and not coincidentally, that was the stretch where Miami erased an 11-point deficit and turned things around with a 16-3 run.

“It’s the same thing every game,” Arenas said. “We go into that third quarter where we can’t score, we can’t pass, we can’t catch, we can’t think.”

He was the first NBA player with that many turnovers since Feb. 1, 2007— when Wade did it against Cleveland.

The unfortunate turnover bug that bit and severely wounded Agent Zero put the Wizards out of contention, as the Wizards lost to the Miami Heat for a second time in a week.

Good news? It is unlikely that Agent Zero will post that many turnovers in another game this year. Bad news? His shot has still not come around. Despite averaging more than 20 points per game, Arenas is only 41% from the field.

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