⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 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, twelve turnovers to their eighteen
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 11:45 · BOS 13-2 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q4 7:23 · BOS 99-88 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 10 | Threes made | 10 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 20 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
