⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their no
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 took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 0:56 · BOS 24-18 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 10:21 · BOS 36-24 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Paul Pierce technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:18 · BOS 92-72 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q3 0:02 · BOS 79-63 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 7 | Threes made | 0 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
