Bradley Bill: The last second Celtics got was ‘Gofie’s O —‘

Bradley Bill and the Washington Wizards entered Sunday’s game against the Boston Celtics winners with seven of their last eight winners and explored the whole world as if they would drop eight of their last nine winners.

Instead, the Wizards let Jason Tatum parade the rim in the final minute, and Bill slipped himself and had 12 seconds left – went out of bounds and handed the ball just one down to the Celtics. In the closing two minutes Tatum’s fourth basket put the Celtics on top of one another, and Bost got the final possession by pushing Bill into the corner. Bill took a hard shot, and the Celtics fled with a wild victory.

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Bill said after the game, “Those were some of the stupidest people I’ve ever seen in my life.” “Going out of bounds, giving Tatum three laps at the end of the game.”

Bill had reason to boil. He poured 46 points on 29 shots and helped the Wizards to a five-point advantage, with only 45 seconds left. Even with Tatum’s layoffs, the Washington Celtics could be forced to free up 3-pointers if the bill didn’t go out of bounds.

“We’ve won that game,” Bill said. “We did everything we could to put ourselves in a position to win. We got to win.

“We are 7-2 in our last nine. That’s great. We should be 8-1. “

The Celtics, of course, viewed things somewhat differently. Boston overcame the absence of Jillian Brown, who took a swollen knee tendon, as Daniel Thiss poured in 20 points and Kemba Waker will provide 21 points and eight key assists. More importantly, a struggling team found a way to win a game they had just lost.

“This was going to be a really tough game, especially the way they’re playing and it’s pretty perfect – without Ish. [Smith], But otherwise very complete, ”Stevens said. “I’m really happy with our boys, because there were so many opportunities and they stayed with it.”

And of course, Tatum took the lead. His late blast averaged 31 in his 12-for-22 shooting. Bill, who grew up a few years older than Tatum in St. Louis and lives with close friends, praised him very harshly.

“He’s a special talent,” Bill said. “Everyone knows our relationship. Everyone knows we compete but we pull for each other. So listen, he’s an star for a reason. He is a special genius. I’m really going to have it in front of us. He’s struggled a bit in the game tonight. But when he plays my role he always draws his energy, so in that respect I was happy for him, just to be able to go on my own and get out of his small bounce or whatever, but I didn’t hate him in front of us. . ”

As part of that, Tatum said he hopes he and Bill are on the same team when the All-Star captain divides the teams next weekend this year.

“I’ve never played on the same team with him in organized basketball,” Tatum said. “It simply came to our notice then. I mean it will be our first all-star game together, but hopefully, we’ll be on the same team.