Wrong time for Celtics’ crisis of confidence
WASHINGTON — The reality is the Washington Wizards have been the better team in this series. They have made the Celtics look really bad on several occasions, including the game-deciding 26-0 beatdown in the third quarter Sunday night that helped the Wizards win, 121-102.
Yet, the series is tied, 2-2. The Celtics still own home-court advantage and will play Game 5 Wednesday in Boston. But Game 4 was infuriating for the Celtics because it was a game in which they could have prevailed. They led by 12 after an Al Horford 3-pointer with 7:28 left in the second period.
The Wizards were discouraged. Yet, the Celtics would score 8 points for the remainder of the quarter, missing open shots, committing silly turnovers, and then allowing John Wall to get comfortable because their defense slipped.
Isaiah Thomas needs help in this series. He already won one game himself, and he helped Boston to that 40-28 lead with 17 points in the first 15:01 of Game 4.
But he had no help.
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