⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 39 rebounds to 25
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 1:07 · WSH 29-26 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 11:02 · WSH 90-83 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Etan Thomas Offensive Foul
Q4 2:44 · WSH 103-97 BOS
- Turnover
Etan Thomas Foul
Q4 2:44 · WSH 103-97 BOS
- Missed FT
Jared Jeffries missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:07 · WSH 109-102 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 10:03 · WSH 4-13 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Paul Pierce Technical Foul
Q2 1:35 · WSH 45-54 BOS
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 3:00 · WSH 103-97 BOS
📊The numbers
| WSH | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 25 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 18 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
