How we see it goin' down: Cs vs Wizards

Tip: 7pm Court: Verizon Center Watch it: CSN Hear it: WEEI

Referees: Dick Bavetta, Derrick Collins & Kane Fitzgerald

The Matchup


Record: 55-25 (1st Atlantic, 3rd East)	Record: 22-58 (5th Southeast, 13th East)
On road: 31-8	At home: 19-21
Streak: Lost 1	Streak: Won 1
Leaders	Leaders
Buckets: Pierce (18.9 ppg)	Buckets: Nick Young (17.4 ppg)
Boards: KG (8.9 rpg)	Boards: Andray Blatche (8.3 rpg)
Dimes: Rondo (11.2 apg)	Dimes: John Wall (8.5 apg)
For the Stat Geeks:	For the Stat Geeks:
Offensive Rating: 106.4 (19th NBA)	Offensive Rating: 102.5 (28th NBA)
Defensive Rating: 100.4 (2nd NBA)	Defensive Rating: 110.4 (25th NBA)
Pace: 90.2 (23rd NBA)	Pace: 93.9 (9th NBA)

Last time

The C's toyed with Washington last Friday night with the end result a 104-88 win in Boston. It was a classic "the starters had to play way too minutes vs a bad team" game. Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo and Kevin Garnett had double-doubles.

This time

Get it to: Ray Allen

If Ray doesn't get 25 points soon, my head is going to explode. Do you know who Washington plays at the 2? Jordan Crawford and D-Leaguer Othyus Jeffers. Enough said.

Gotta stop: Javale McGhee and Andray Blatche

Fresh off a putrid rebounding peformance in Miami, the Celtics frontline now has to deal with a pair of athletic bigs. Blatche (23 ppg and 11 rpg) and McGhee (14 ppg and 9 rpg) are red hot over their last ten games.

The Wild Card: Energy level

Will the Celtics quit on the regular season? Are they resigned to the #3 seed? Is there any regular season fight left in these ole dogs? All valid questions. Even when playing well, the Celtics struggle on the 2nd night of back-to-backs. I'm afraid to see the effort in this game.