While it's debatable if the Celtics deserved to climb in this week's ESPN.com NBA power rankings after Sunday's lackluster effort for much of the game against the Wizards, the team has won four in a row for the first time since December and is crawling back up the polls.

Boston checks in at No. 10 on the latest power rankings. Writes Marc Stein: "The Celts will be just the third team ever to field four players with 1,000 career games when Finley makes his debut. Didn't get a sense, during my weekend in Boston, that the locals are too geeked about that distinction."

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The Celtics sit at 10th in John Hollinger's daily statistical rankings as well, penalized by a strength of schedule that once again checks in near the bottom of the league (opponents have a 48.3 winning percentage, 28th in the league ahead of only the Bucks and Knicks).