⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 21
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 2:34 · BOS 26-29 WSH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q2 0:30 · BOS 57-54 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 2:54 · BOS 78-75 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Delonte West technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:48 · BOS 89-100 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 6:33 · BOS 12-23 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 8:41 · BOS 61-69 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q4 10:52 · BOS 80-91 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 14 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
