⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen- A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up in the fourth quarter
- Made six threes to their fourteen
- Went cold from three, six of 26
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Terry Rozier out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 4:11 · BOS 95-97 WSH
- Missed FT
Jayson Tatum misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:12 · BOS 100-108 WSH
- Turnover
5 second violation
Q4 0:27 · BOS 103-110 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up
Q4 5:49 · BOS 97-104 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Bradley Beal misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:25 · BOS 103-111 WSH
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:01 · BOS 103-111 WSH
📊The numbers
| BOS | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 14 | Threes made | 6 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 4 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 16 | Steals | 8 |
| 23 | Blocks | 17 |
