⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 36- Kept giving it away, 27 turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 25-12 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 1:31 · WSH 30-26 BOS
- Go-ahead
Gilbert Arenas hit a 19-foot two point shot
OT 4:26 · WSH 106-105 BOS
- Go-ahead
Gilbert Arenas hit a 17-foot jumper
OT 0:14 · WSH 115-114 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Caron Butler traveling
Q4 1:00 · WSH 104-102 BOS
- Turnover
Antawn Jamison turnover
Q4 0:29 · WSH 104-104 BOS
- Turnover
Caron Butler 3 second
OT 1:02 · WSH 111-109 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 10:00 · WSH 95-90 BOS
- Go-ahead
Paul Pierce hit a 25-foot three jumper, Orien Greene with the assist
OT 0:28 · WSH 113-114 BOS
- Winner
Paul Pierce hit a 18-foot jumper
OT 0:00 · WSH 115-116 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 0:08 · WSH 104-104 BOS
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce misses free throw 1 of 2
OT 4:43 · WSH 104-104 BOS
- Turnover
Orien Greene bad pass
OT 4:09 · WSH 106-105 BOS
📊The numbers
| WSH | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 27 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
