⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten- A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their eight
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 1:30 · BOS 36-35 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 7:47 · BOS 98-91 WSH
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q4 5:11 · BOS 111-99 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gerald Green misses technical free throw
Q2 11:42 · BOS 36-35 WSH
- Technical
Isaiah Thomas technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 5:03 · BOS 47-48 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q4 6:31 · BOS 98-99 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Markieff Morris technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 11:42 · BOS 36-35 WSH
- Missed FT
John Wall misses technical free throw
Q2 3:16 · BOS 50-53 WSH
- Technical
Bradley Beal technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 8:51 · BOS 65-68 WSH
📊The numbers
| BOS | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 17 | Threes made | 10 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 20 | Assists | 28 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
