⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third 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 better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 28- A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their eleven
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q2 5:16 · BOS 53-38 WSH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 29
Q3 0:04 · BOS 98-69 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Paul Pierce technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:56 · BOS 75-60 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kirk Hinrich misses technical free throw
Q3 5:56 · BOS 75-60 WSH
📊The numbers
| BOS | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 66% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 62% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 32 | Assists | 12 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
