Rajon Rondo (21 points, 10-20, FG, 11 assists) put on quite a show tonight in Washington. The exclamation point came with 26 seconds one minute left when Rondo flushed down a fabulous dunk off a baseline drive to give the Celtics a 100-98 lead. The Cs held for the 104-102 win.
The Celtics seized control of this game in the 2nd quarter where they outscored the Wizards 37-22. Rondo hit Garnett with a couple of lob passes for dunks. The Celtics were shooting upwards of 60% at this point in the game. The Wizards had 0 rebounds in the quarter. Zero.
The Wizards climbed back into this game, thanks to good shooting. They finished at 48% for the game. At one point, they were 50% from 3, before missing their final six from beyond the arc. Andray Blatche (17 points) was a thorn for the Cs.
Ray Allen (18 points, 5-11 FG) scored his 20,000th career point on a 3-pointer in the 3rd quarter.
Tony Allen had 8 points (4-5 FG) in 17 minutes. We kept tabs on his play in the live blog and tallied 7 good plays vs 3 bad plays. A successful night for TA.
