⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher 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, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their seven- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 34 from three
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their four, and outscored them 26-6 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 3:51 · BOS 28-19 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 5:16 · BOS 62-48 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Marcus Smart technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:08 · BOS 91-70 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q4 1:54 · BOS 130-121 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 16 | Threes made | 7 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 29 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 25 | Assists | 23 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 4 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
