"The Celtics were admittedly a little sleep deprived when, on the heels of Thursday's win in Orlando, they returned to the Garden last night for another game against Indiana.

But Ray Allen guaranteed last night that they were fresh, at least compared to him.

The Celtics guard, who missed his third straight game because of a jammed left ankle, was on hand when his wife Shannon gave birth to their fourth son, Wystan, on Wednesday afternoon.

"I watched the game," he said last night. "There wasn't a peep (from the baby), but (the Celtics) got more sleep than me. I was thinking that. When I finished watching the game, I knew that."

The Allens now have four sons named, in order of age, Walter Ray III, Walker, Wynn and Wystan. Names are an especially serious consideration in this family."