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The Washington Wizards are headed to the NBA playoffs for the first time since 2008 Dion Dawkins Jersey , punching their postseason ticket on Wednesday (US time) with a 118-92 win over Boston.


Marcin Gortat scored 22 points, pulled down eight -rebounds and handed out four assists for the Wizards, who got 19 points from -Bradley Beal on seven-of-eight shooting from the field.


Trevor Ariza chipped in 18 points and seven rebounds for the Wizards and John Wall added 13 points and 10 assists.


Boston reserve Jared Sullinger scored a game-high 25 points, but the Celtics -suffered their 11th defeat in 12 games.


The Wizards raced to a 21-6 lead less than six minutes into the contest and never trailed from there.


Washington led by as many as 33 in the fourth quarter, and Boston couldn't get the gap below 20 points in the -final period.


The Wizards are currently sixth in the Eastern -Conference, where defending champions Miami Zay Jones Jersey , Indiana, -Toronto, Chicago and Brooklyn have also secured their playoff berths.


"You celebrate tonight and get ready to go on the road and win another game. That's the main thing, try and finish the season as strong as possible for the playoffs and a great playoff seed spot," Wall said on the Wizards' focus for the remainder of the regular season.


"I don't want to take anything away from [the Wizards] because it's a big night for them, clinching the playoffs and I thought they played great. But we didn't provide any fight tonight TreDavious White Jersey ," Celtics coach Brad Stevens said of his side's loss.


Also on Wednesday, the New York Knicks kept their push for a playoff spot alive with a 110-81 win over the Brooklyn Nets.


J.R. Smith made half of his 12 shots from three-point range, scoring 24 points.


The Knicks connected on 60 percent of their shots from the field, although Smith said it was New York's defense that was the real key.


Smith also had eight rebounds and six assists while Carmelo Anthony scored 23 points and pulled down 10 rebounds for the Knicks, who moved into a virtual tie with fading Atlanta for the eighth and final spot in the East.


Elsewhere, Chicago beat the Hawks 105-92 in -Atlanta Tremaine Edmunds Jersey , the Hawks' seventh defeat in their last eight games.


"We still feel like we have a chance," said -Atlanta's Paul Millsap, who had 22 points and 11 rebounds. "Still got a lot more games left; try to tough it out and see what happens."


(Agencies)

A woman and a girl yesterday pay tribute to those people who lost their lives in the New Year's Eve tragedy on the Bund. The accident claimed the lives of 36 revelers and left another 49 injured. --— Wang Rongjiang

Several foreigners were among a small number of people trying to provide potentially life-saving first aid to people injured in the New Year's Eve crush on the Bund.


According to a report by China Youth Daily, Wu Xiaoxiao, a nurse who was in Shanghai as a tourist, said she witnessed a group of foreigners trying to help some of the people who had been hurt.


"I watched a foreign man giving emergency resuscitation for quite a long time Josh Allen Jersey , so I stepped in and offered to help," Wu said.


Aside from herself, a friend who is also a nurse, and the handful of foreigners, very few people tried to deliver first aid to the victims, she said.


"I don't remember how many people I helped Kelvin Benjamin Jersey , I just tried to keep going as long as I could," she said.


Wu said she didn't get any personal details from the foreigners, though they were all quite tall