Celtics keep Wizards on skids.(SPORTS)

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Byline: John N. Mitchell, THE WASHINGTON TIMES BOSTON - Time off really didn't help the Washington Wizards. Playing their first game in five days, the Wizards blew a 10-point third-quarter lead last night, then watched the Boston Celtics score 37 points in the fourth quarter to beat them 105-101.

Boston, which has won seven of eight games since reacquiring Antoine Walker from the Atlanta Hawks, did what it had to do against the Wizards (33-27), who lost for the eighth time in 11 games. The fourth quarter was a case study in dominance. The Boston subs, led by rookie Al Jefferson's 10 points, scored more points (32) than the Wizards' entire team. Boston scurried after all the loose balls and pounded away underneath, winning the fourth-quarter rebounding...