Bullet Points: Washington Gets 'Punked' By Boston, 118-98

By Mark Bacon

• The Wizards spent Friday night getting blown out of Boston’s TD Garden by the Celtics. Coach Randy Wittman warned his team that it could not walk onto the parquet court and expect a victory without efficient execution.

• The Celtics (2-3) are no longer a perennial championship threat, but Wittman was very aware that they are a deep, athletic playoff contender that pose problems. The Wizards had to impose their style and avoid sloppiness. The warning went unheeded, and Washington was dominated, 118-98.

• “We just got punked,” Wizards guard Bradley Beal said.

• Beal scored 24 points, a mark he has reached in each of his team’s five games, and was the lone bright spot for the Wizards (3-2). They were slow in their defensive rotations, which resulted in 12 Celtics three-pointers, and were manhandled on the boards, 53-45.

• John Wall had 13 points on 6 of 17 shooting and eight assists to go with a season-high eight turnovers. Center Marcin Gortat (10 points) was the only other Wizard to score in double digits.

• Averaging more than 19 turnovers in their first three games, the Wizards only turned it over just 10 times against the Spurs. On Friday the Wiz handed out a season-high 24, which the Celtics turned into 24 points.

• Five Celtics scored in double figures, led by Jared Sullinger’s 21 points on 9-of-13 shooting. Sullinger added eight rebounds in just 22 minutes. The Wizards had no answer for Kelly Olynyk, a “stretch” center, and he finished with 19 points, nine generated from beyond the arc, and seven rebounds.

• “Total opposite from the San Antonio game,” Wittman said. “We just let Boston do whatever they wanted. They pushed us, they hit us, they outphysicaled us. We went through the motions tonight and that’s a disappointing [thing] less than 10 days into the season. We can’t do that.”

RANDOM NOTES:

• I wasn’t thrilled when the Wiz selected Kelly Oubre Jr. in the first round. Yesterday, he was fined for an obscene gesture made with 0.3 seconds remaining in the victory over the Spurs. Is Oubre Nick Young 2.0? I think so…

• Former Louisville Cardinal Terry Rozier tallied his first points as a pro; 5 points in 19 minutes of action, plus stalwart defense.

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