⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards 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
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third 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
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 29-10 off them- Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 14
- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the third quarter
- They shot well above their usual, eleven of 23 from three
- Lost the glass, 28 rebounds to 43
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q3 6:54 · WSH 81-70 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Antonio Daniels misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:11 · WSH 124-117 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 5:58 · WSH 16-16 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 3:31 · WSH 50-50 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 8:48 · WSH 65-68 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:47 · WSH 121-114 BOS
📊The numbers
| WSH | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 7 | Threes made | 11 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 11 | Steals | 2 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
