The Boston Celtics headed into tonight’s game with a chance to do what no other Celtics team had done. That’s open up a season 21-2. They had a chance last year but lost.
Well tonight, a well-balanced scoring attack with 7 players in double figures led the Green to an easy 122-88 win over the hapless Washington Wizards at Verizon Arena in Washington, DC.
The 13 straight wins by the Celtics is their longest winning streak since they won 14 games during the 1985-86 season. They have also won 9 straight road games as well.
Believe it or not, the Wizards actually led in this game at 12-11. That would be it for them though as the Celtics went on a 19-5 run to put the game out of reach. The Wizards never got closer than 10 points but even when they did that, they still didn’t have a chance.
Former UConn Husky Ray Allen and Paul Pierce led the C’s with 22 points each. Pierce also added 6 rebounds and 8 assists. Eddie House came off the bench to score 12 points while Rajon Rondo had 11 points and 6 assists. The “Big Ticket” Kevin Garnett came close to a triple double with 11 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists. Kendrick Perkins finished the game with 12 points as well and Tony Allen rounded out the Celtics in double digits with 10 points.
The Wizards were led by another former UConn Husky in Caron Butler who had 19 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists. Antawn Jamison and Juan Dixon both chipped in with 17 points with Dixon adding a team-high 7 assists. The only other Wiz player to reach double figures as JaVale McGee who had 11 points.
Quick turnaround for the Celtics as they return home to the TD BankNorth Garden to take on James Posey, Chris Paul and the New Orleans Hornets at 8 PM tomorrow night.
