⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their nineteen- A 18-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 21 in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 26-17 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 21
Q1 2:21 · BOS 17-38 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 28
Q2 6:35 · BOS 19-47 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q3 8:15 · BOS 39-66 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 25 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
