The Washington Wizards did to the Boston Celtics tonight what the Green usually do to their opponents. They outscored them in the 3rd quarter by 9 points and turned a 2 point halftime lead into an 11 point lead going to the fourth quarter and ended up winning 109-95 in front of 20,173 at the Verizon Center.
The playoff bound Wizards, who improved to 41-37, were led by Antawn Jamison who had a double-double with 27 points and 11 rebounds and DeShawn Stevenson had 14 points. Former UConn standout Caron Butler had 13 points as did Gilbert Arenas who is still trying to get back into playing shape by coming off the bench.
The Celtics who dropped to 62-16 were paced by Paul Pierce who had 28 points and 7 assists, Kevin Garnett’s double-double with 22 points and 14 rebounds and Ray Allen added 13 points.
The Celtics return home Friday to face Milwaukee then head back to the road for games against Atlanta on Saturday and New York on Monday before closing out the regular season at home against New Jersey on Wednesday.
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