"Many people already have made up their minds after watching the Celtics stagger out of the 2011-12 gate, but coach Doc Rivers was asked if his aging club still has another run in its old bones.

"I do, but I'd like to find out for sure and get us in shape and get us healthy and get us playing the right way — and then I could give you that answer," Rivers said before Ray Allen went out with an injured left ankle in yesterday's 100-94 triumph against the Wizards. "I did before camp started and I saw any of them walk in the door. When they walked in the door, I said, 'Boy, we'd better get in shape quick.' I do, but I'd like to have a real answer, and it's very difficult to give you any type of answer right now.""