OS ANGELES Sometimes not doing something you should be doing leads to good things in the end.

Take a very big basket by the Celtics' Eric Williams in yesterday afternoon's satisfying 105-103 overtime victory over the Clippers. With 1 minute 8 seconds to play in overtime, and the Green and White trailing by 4 (100-96) following a Quentin Richardson 3-pointer, Williams found himself all alone in the right corner. Receiving the skip pass from Erick Strickland, the veteran drilled his sole 3-point attempt of the game to give Boston life at 100-99.