Nattens NBA (2/2)
- Celtics tillbaka i vinnarspåret
Det har gått grus i maskineriet för Boston Celtics och laget har omgärdats av transferrykten. I natt var laget på väg mot fjärde raka förlusten, men då plockade Garnett & Co fram sitt vägvinnande "D".
Washington Wizards - Boston Celtics 88-99
(23-24, 31-24, 24-26, 10-25)
Många har tvivlat på att Celtics kan utmana den här säsongen. Men är det något som vinner matcher åt Boston så är det deras grymma försvar. I den sista quartern var Celtics överallt i försvaret och Wizards satte bara 2 av 18 skott. Coach Doc Rivers berättar vad han sa inför den sista fjärdedelen av matchen:
- I told our guys that if we don't score again we've got to win the game. Let's just lean on our defense. I didn't literally mean that, but they had the focus at the end.
Wizards Brendan Haywood hyllade Celtics defensiv och insinuerade att de Wizards saknar Gilbert Arenas:
- Anytime somebody scores just 10 points in the fourth quarter you can't say we didn't offensively execute -- that's obvious. But at the same time you have to say their defense had a big part of that. I think they revved it up. They revved it up and they really played well. You know, we just didn't have that closer tonight. That's one of the things when you are missing your main guy -- every good team has a closer. Right now we are searching for that. You're not supposed to say his name around here but, hey, it's the truth.
Highlights från matchen
Övriga matcher:
Portland - Charlotte 98-79
Utah - Dallas 104-92
Denver - Sacrament 112-109
New Orleans - Phoenix 100-109
Memphis - LA Lakers 95-93
Miami - Milwaukee 81-97
