⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their two- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 35
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 28
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 20-8 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q1 5:20 · BOS 23-10 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 29
Q2 0:48 · BOS 63-34 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 12 | Threes made | 2 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 31 | Assists | 22 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
