Gilbert Arenas and the Washington Wizards were able to overcome a major distraction and a large deficit. Antawn Jamison tied his season-high with 32 points and had 14 rebounds, Nick Young scored 21 points and the Wizards rallied from 18 points down in a 104-97 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night. Arenas had 19 points and a season-high 14 assists and Andray Blatche scored 12 for the Wizards, who snapped a four-game losing streak and improved to 3-0 against the Sixers this season. And they accomplished the feat despite some extremely serious legal issues for the player known as Agent Zero. “They were on me before any of this happened,” Arenas said. “They’re on everybody. I’ve got to go to Cleveland tomorrow. They’re worse.” One day after voluntarily meeting with law enforcement officials to explain why he had guns at the Verizon Center last month, Arenas was in the starting lineup for the Wizards. In his statement Monday, Arenas repeated his earlier assertion that he brought four guns to the Verizon Center to store in his locker in order to get them out of his house and away from his children. Arenas told federal authorities that he believed recent changes in DC law made it legal for him to store unloaded guns at the arena. The New York Post recently reported that Arenas and teammate Javaris Crittenton drew guns on each other. Before the game, Wizards coach Flip Saunders called Arenas’ legal issue a distraction, and added, “I think right now, we’re anxious …
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