If you didn’t think last night’s game was over when Ray Allen hit a 3-pointer to give Boston its first lead in more than two quarters early in the fourth, that’s fine. But the real sign that the Wizards were well and truly done was when Earl Boykins drove in the lane and got his shot swatted by Tony Allen like any other 5-foot-5 player should who isn’t Boykins. The reason his career has lasted so long is precisely because he’s been able to avoid making himself look silly with that kind of play so when it does happen, fatigue indeed has set in and alarm bells should be going off.

“For Earl, we probably played him too many minutes, but we probably didn’t have a choice,” said Wizards head coach Flip Saunders.

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