⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
+6Q128-23
-1Q223-24
-8Q323-31
-2Q427-27
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty
Key battles
5Steals12
20Turnovers12
7Blocks4
7Offensive rebounds11
📊The numbers
| WSH | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 1 | Threes made | 2 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 12 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
