Celtics seem to have fixed their offense, sort of, but forget about the defense. The Celtics shot 52% from the floor, but then, so did the Wizards. The difference is that the Wizards took care of the ball and the Celtics didn't with 20 turnovers once again. The Wizards seemed to play with hustle and toughness and the Celtics seemed sluggish and tentative. Perk came out playing tough but was rewarded by 4 quick fouls and a 4 stitch gash over Wally's eye and he sat the rest of the game after only 10 minutes. It seemed that the Wizards hustled for every loose ball and went for every pass and they ended up with 11 steals to only 2 for Boston. We just weren't aggressive on defense.

Another sad tale is that the Wizards had 27 fast break points to only 14 for the Celtics. So much for our alleged transition game. We were stuck in a half court game for the most part with the occasional fast break thrown in. We didn't run, we didn't press and for the most part, didn't defend. We did out rebound the Wizards 43 to 28 but then turned those rebounds over for the most part.

Wally played much of the game with 4 stitches over his eye courtesy of a collision with Perk.

Still, the coach is looking for Jefferson to be a better teammate offensively and more physical overall. "He's playing much better as far as when he gets the ball on the post," said Rivers. "Where he has to improve is to get other people shots . . . Even though when he gets it, it's good, there's times when he doesn't follow through getting others their shots. That's his first job, to get Paul [Pierce] and Wally [Szczerbiak] open.

Gomes and Al both had solid games