After yet another letdown of a fourth quarter against the Boston Celtics on Tuesday, Washington Wizards forward Markieff Morris was critical of his team's toughness.

The Philly native came back from an awful-looking left ankle injury to play in Game 2, pouting 16 points, six rebounds, three assists, two steals, and a block through a 27-minute stint on the floor, mired by foul trouble.

Yet identical to Game 1, the Wizards couldn't hold on to a 13-point lead at the end of the first quarter, or to their five-point advantage at the end of the third, resulting in overtime as All-Star dynamo Isaiah Thomas caught fire late, as usual.

Washington seemed completely helpless stopping a 5-foot-9 one-man train, as Thomas dropped a 30-point bomb in the fourth quarter and overtime periods — the most combined by a player in the last 20 years, finishing with a game-high 53 points.

“We're not playing tough enough,” Morris told reporters post-game. “We had the advantage late in the game and all we had to do was just play tough. We didn't have to make shots. We didn't have to get stops. All we had to do was play tough. We let them get offensive rebounds late in the game. Guys (were) just walking to the basket and we're just worried about our own personal (expletive). It's about the team.”

“At the end of the day it's about winning and we didn't care too much about that tonight. We let them back in the game. We've got to regroup and get the next one.”

The Wizards had two identically huge opportunities by jumping early on the Celtics, but relinquished their lead eventually, and once it became a game, Thomas and the Celtics smelled blood and snatched the game from them for a second time.

“We emphasized (getting 50-50 balls) when we watched film that that's what they do when they go (with a smaller lineup),” Morris said. “They play tough. They've got guys that are going in head first. That's what we've got to do. It's the playoffs. Every possession counts.”