Excuse me while I interrupt the Patriots game to tell you that another Boston team, the Celtics played tonight.
Just a few short hours after Roy Hibbert gave the Georgetown Hoyas a 72-69 win over the UConn Huskies, the Boston Celtics took the Verizon Center court to take on the Washington Wizards. The end result was the same as their New England brethren as the Wizards got past the Celtics 85-78. The Celtics now have lost 2 of their last 3 games.
The Wizards were led in scoring by DeShawn Stevenson who had 19 points. Former UConn Husky Caron Butler had a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Antawn Jamison also had a double-double for the home team with 10 points and 16 rebounds.
The C’s were led by Kevin Garnett who had 19 points. Paul Pierce chipped in with 15 points and 6 assists. Eddie House came off the bench to score 10 points while another former Husky product, Ray Allen, had a poor night from the field (3-13) and finished with just 8 points.
Playing on back-to-back nights seemed to slow the C’s down as they had their worst offensive output of the season and committed 21 turnovers. Washington didn’t do much better taking care of the ball as they turned it over 20 times.
Antonio Daniels gave the Wizards the lead with a 3-pointer down the stretch and then the Celtics fouled Stevenson as he was shooting a 3-pointer. He made all three free throws to seal the deal.
Now when I always say free throws win games, I really do mean it. Look at the Wizards free throw numbers, 27-of-30. That’s how you win games folks, make your free throws.
The Celtics were without the services of point guard Rajon Rando, who hurt his back in last night’s win over New Jersey.
The Green will get a chance to avenge the loss to the Wizards as they will host them on Monday night at 7:30 PM at the TD BankNorth Garden.
