⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the third quarter- Made four threes to their ten
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 2-point lead to 14
Q3 9:47 · BOS 72-58 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Garnett technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 7:56 · BOS 64-57 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
John Wall flagrant foul type 1 (Shavlik Randolph draws the foul)
Q3 1:14 · BOS 82-67 WSH
📊The numbers
| BOS | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 4 | Threes made | 10 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
