⏱️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 higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 4 in the fourth 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 5:44 · BOS 24-18 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q4 11:11 · BOS 112-99 WSH
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Javonte Green flagrant foul type 1
Q2 11:46 · BOS 34-34 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 7:56 · BOS 13-15 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 4:46 · BOS 24-27 WSH
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 4
Q4 3:11 · BOS 137-133 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Thomas Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:17 · BOS 137-132 WSH
📊The numbers
| BOS | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 16 | Threes made | 11 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 32 | Assists | 28 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
