⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18 in the third quarter
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 cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 11:25 · BOS 64-68 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q1 8:15 · BOS 12-23 WSH
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18
Q3 4:00 · BOS 75-93 WSH
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 26
Q4 6:18 · BOS 90-116 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 24 | Assists | 26 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
