When the Celtics first went up big by 17 points on the Wizards in the first half, the young squad at least responded. It was just a seven-point C’s lead by halftime as Washington went on a big run to cut it to a manageable deficit.

But the game unraveled for the Wizards after halftime. They were outscored 80-42 in the second half to lose 146-101 to the Celtics . The 45-point difference is the largest margin of victory by an NBA team this season. Wizards coach Brian Keefe, a Winchester native, called out his team after the loss.

“We have a certain expectation of how we want to play,” Keefe told reporters after the game . “I think we have seen this lately that we can play physical, we can defend, we can disrupt people. We can really move the ball and share it when we play with a certai

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