Final: Wizards 96, Celtics 90 -- Boston's bench sputters late in regular season finale

It didn’t come easy for the Wizards about Boston’s deep reserves but Washington managed to come away with their first win of the Orlando bubble on Thursday, snapping Boston’s four-game winning streak with a 96-90 win. Javonte Green had a game-high 23 points for the C’s who rested all of their starters and Marcus Smart in the seeding games finale. Thomas Bryant had a game-high 26 points for the Wizards who snapped a seven-game losing streak in the bubble by holding the C’s to 13 points in an ugly fourth quarter for both teams. Semi Ojeleye (13 points) was the only other Celtic in double figures as Boston’s offense sputtered without their main shot creators, making just 40 percent of their attempts from the field. The Celtics finish their seeding game slate with a 5-3 record.

Romeo Langford suffers sprained right wrist: The rookie forward tallied 6 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists over 30 minutes but was clearly bothered by his right wrist after taking a hard fall in the second half. He played through it for a few minutes but was pulled by the team during crunch time and ruled out. Langford was probably not set to be in the rotation anywhere when the postseason began but with the C’s wing depth very limited behind their stars, this is an injury the C’s will hope is of the minor variety.

—All the starters are resting along with Marcus Smart so we got plenty of ugly basketball in the first 24 minutes against the worst team in the bubble in Washington.

—Javonte Green was the one bright spot in the Celtics offense early, nailing three 3s in his 16 minutes to finish with a team-high 11 points. He’s probably worth of an active roster spot of the 13-man roster for the playoffs even though he won’t play when the games matter.

—Brad Wanamaker and Rob Williams came off the bench for sparse minutes to stay aligned with their roles for the postseason. Williams made three more buckets in 6 minutes and is shooting north of 90 percent from the field in Orlando.

—12 turnovers in the first half from the C’s as there were plenty of mistakes from the inexperienced roster.

—A couple nice blocks for Vincent Poirier off the bench in what could be his final game as a Celtic.

—Grant Williams struggled with some foul trouble but he did knock down a 3 while Ojeleye has had a first half dud so far (1-of-5 from the field). Neither guy is doing much to propel themselves into a better spot in the rotation.

—Tremont Waters still needs to work on his shot selection.

—Game-high 3 assists for Romeo Langford who played a team-high 19 minutes in the first half. He’s had some nice looks in the pick-and-roll.

• The Celtics will be going for their fifth straight win in their final seeding game in the bubble but they will be doing it without their six best players as all the starters and Marcus Smart have been ruled out to rest.


• The Wizards are 0-7 in the bubble and have lost all of their games by at least 10 points.


• It will be interesting to see how much, if any run key rotation contributors like Rob Williams and Enes Kanter could get in this contest given their health issues at points this season. With Vincent Poirier and Tacko Fall available, I'd be surprised if either plays more than a couple minutes.


• The Celtics will have at least three full days off after this game before the playoffs begin on Monday or Tuesday next week. The full first round schedule should be announced on Friday.