"Nate Robinson already had showered. His clothes were hanging in his locker. But he was too busy thinking to get dressed immediately.

Still digesting the Celtics' first loss in more than a month, an 86-78 Christmas defeat to the Magic, Robinson stayed in the locker room longer than nearly everyone else, seemingly paralyzed by his 2-for-15 shooting in the game.

He sat in his chair, back to the rest of the room, with a stat sheet in hand, appearing to be memorizing the numbers.

Coach Doc Rivers, knowing that Robinson logged 43 minutes for the second time in three games when he hadn't logged that many in two seasons, came to his guard's defense.

And knowing that before his shot abandoned him in Orlando, Robinson was shooting 53.4 percent and averaging 15.3 points a night in seven games of fill-in duty for Rajon Rondo, forward Kevin Garnett called it one off night."