⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 28-5 off them- Owned the paint, 42 points inside to 24
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q2 7:31 · WSH 41-34 BOS
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Nene Hilario flagrant foul type 1 (Marcus Smart draws the foul)
Q4 9:26 · WSH 75-86 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 3:20 · WSH 47-48 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q4 6:50 · WSH 78-102 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 31 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
