Let's recap. The Celtics blow out a really good team (the Jazz) and then lose to a really bad one the next night. Yeah, that makes sense. I don't know if they were tired or uninterested or a little of both, but the Celtics were playing on their heels while the Wizards were playing on their toes. Ray missed a late jumper where there wasn't a player within 10 feet of him and Paul's patented upfake, lean in, fadeaway move came up empty down the stretch. Credit the Wiz for playing a spirited game but the Celtics clearly lost this one themselves.
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