From Boston's Ryan Gomes after Friday's game:

Ryan Gomes, the Celtics' leading scorer among players active for Friday's game, did not play in the fourth quarter after scoring 13 points in the first three periods.

"I probably (would have played), but since we were in the hunt for a high draft pick, of course things are different," Gomes said. "I understand that. Hopefully things get better. Now that we clinched at least having the second-most balls in the lottery, the last three games we'll see what happens. We'll see if we can go out and finish some games."


I guess there you have it. Boston's looking like a good play today at +12.5 vs. shaky Orlando on a back-to-back.