⏱️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 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 better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seventeen turnovers to their 24
A 12-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 16 in the second 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 took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 9:15 · BOS 13-10 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 4:39 · BOS 25-16 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q1 2:36 · BOS 38-20 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Isaiah Thomas technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 3:42 · BOS 92-71 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 11:47 · BOS 3-8 WSH
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 16
Q2 4:18 · BOS 63-47 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 12 | Threes made | 8 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 23 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 18 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
